Out of 593,924 students enrolled in Los Angeles Unified School District, 7.7 percent were in third-grade during the 2019-2020 school year, according to the California Department of Education.
The grade with the highest concentration of students was kindergarten with 9.7 percent of all students.
According to the National Center for Education Services, California is expected to see public and secondary school enrollment decrease three percent 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 expected 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 | 57,739 | 9.7 |
| First | 43,818 | 7.4 |
| Second | 44,581 | 7.5 |
| Third | 45,525 | 7.7 |
| Fourth | 45,282 | 7.6 |
| Fifth | 44,814 | 7.5 |
| Sixth | 44,868 | 7.6 |
| Seventh | 44,493 | 7.5 |
| Eighth | 45,360 | 7.6 |
| Ninth | 49,803 | 8.4 |
| 10th | 46,247 | 7.8 |
| 11th | 41,008 | 6.9 |
| 12th | 40,386 | 6.8 |
