According to numbers provided by the National Center for Education Services, California is expected to see a decrease of three percent in public elementary and secondary school enrollment from 2017-2029. The state expected to see the largest drop in enrollment is New Mexico with a projected 12 percent decrease, while Washington D.C. is projected to see a 14 percent increase over the same time period.
In a survey conducted by the Public Policy Institute of California, seven percent of respondents said large class sizes was the biggest issue facing California's K-12 schools. In the same survey, 50 percent of the respondents said they didn’t view the financial resources their local public school was getting as adequate.
Grade | Number of students | Total % |
---|---|---|
Kindergarten | 2,784 | 8.9 |
First | 3,959 | 12.6 |
Second | 2,575 | 8.2 |
Third | 2,355 | 7.5 |
Fourth | 2,274 | 7.2 |
Fifth | 2,349 | 7.5 |
Sixth | 2,239 | 7.1 |
Seventh | 2,557 | 8.1 |
Eighth | 2,402 | 7.6 |
Ninth | 2,084 | 6.6 |
10th | 1,885 | 6 |
11th | 1,753 | 5.6 |
12th | 2,210 | 7 |
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