Elsa Widenmann Elementary School had 73 fourth-grade students during 2018-2019 school year

Elsa Widenmann Elementary School had 73 fourth-grade students during the 2018-2019 school year, according to the California Department of Education.

River Springs Charter School had the most fourth-grade students enrolled in California with 535.

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 did not view the financial resources their local public school was getting as adequate.