Out of 491 students enrolled in Loma Vista Environmental Science Academy, 8.1 percent were in eighth-grade during the 2018-2019 school year, according to the California Department of Education.
The grades with the highest concentration of students were third, fourth and fifth-grade, each with 12.4 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 | 58 | 11.8 |
| First | 55 | 11.2 |
| Second | 44 | 9 |
| Third | 61 | 12.4 |
| Fourth | 61 | 12.4 |
| Fifth | 61 | 12.4 |
| Sixth | 57 | 11.6 |
| Seventh | 54 | 11 |
| Eighth | 40 | 8.1 |
