South Bay Leader

Out of 9,998 students enrolled in Redondo Beach Unified School District, 8.4 percent were in kindergarten during the 2018-2019 school year, according to the California Department of Education.

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	841	8.4
First	740	7.4
Second	745	7.5
Third	761	7.6
Fourth	780	7.8
Fifth	721	7.2
Sixth	767	7.7
Seventh	800	8
Eighth	756	7.6
Ninth	791	7.9
10th	795	8
11th	760	7.6
12th	741	7.4