The grade with the highest concentration of students was eighth-grade with 17.3 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 | 31 | 8.2 |
First | 38 | 10.1 |
Second | 45 | 12 |
Third | 25 | 6.6 |
Fourth | 43 | 11.4 |
Fifth | 34 | 9 |
Sixth | 40 | 10.6 |
Seventh | 55 | 14.6 |
Eighth | 65 | 17.3 |