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 | 59,185 | 9.8 |
First | 45,395 | 7.5 |
Second | 46,151 | 7.6 |
Third | 45,857 | 7.6 |
Fourth | 45,361 | 7.5 |
Fifth | 47,756 | 7.9 |
Sixth | 45,547 | 7.5 |
Seventh | 45,896 | 7.6 |
Eighth | 44,658 | 7.4 |
Ninth | 49,630 | 8.2 |
10th | 46,546 | 7.7 |
11th | 42,012 | 6.9 |
12th | 41,316 | 6.8 |
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