San Joaquin Times

Out of 23,588 students enrolled in Manteca Unified School District, 8 percent were in 10th-grade during the 2018-2019 school year, according to the California Department of Education.

The grade with the highest concentration of students was seventh-grade with 8.2 percent of all students.

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	1,845	7.8
First	1,653	7
Second	1,725	7.3
Third	1,750	7.4
Fourth	1,663	7.1
Fifth	1,767	7.5
Sixth	1,829	7.8
Seventh	1,945	8.2
Eighth	1,913	8.1
Ninth	1,764	7.5
10th	1,897	8
11th	1,921	8.1
12th	1,916	8.1