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 | 88 | 10.1 |
First | 74 | 8.5 |
Second | 58 | 6.7 |
Third | 64 | 7.3 |
Fourth | 56 | 6.4 |
Fifth | 40 | 4.6 |
Sixth | 144 | 16.5 |
Seventh | 173 | 19.9 |
Eighth | 174 | 20 |