Out of 2,007 students enrolled in Golden Valley Unified School District, 8.4 percent were in kindergarten during the 2018-2019 school year, according to the California Department of Education.
The grade with the highest concentration of students was fifth-grade with 8.9 percent of all students.
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 | 168 | 8.4 |
| First | 150 | 7.5 |
| Second | 114 | 5.7 |
| Third | 142 | 7.1 |
| Fourth | 138 | 6.9 |
| Fifth | 178 | 8.9 |
| Sixth | 154 | 7.7 |
| Seventh | 166 | 8.3 |
| Eighth | 162 | 8.1 |
| Ninth | 172 | 8.6 |
| 10th | 134 | 6.7 |
| 11th | 157 | 7.8 |
| 12th | 172 | 8.6 |
