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 | 51 | 8.5 |
First | 49 | 8.1 |
Second | 41 | 6.8 |
Third | 40 | 6.6 |
Fourth | 62 | 10.3 |
Fifth | 47 | 7.8 |
Sixth | 79 | 13.1 |
Seventh | 65 | 10.8 |
Eighth | 56 | 9.3 |
Ninth | 33 | 5.5 |
10th | 32 | 5.3 |
11th | 23 | 3.8 |
12th | 25 | 4.1 |