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 | 53 | 13.3 |
First | 56 | 14 |
Second | 45 | 11.3 |
Third | 40 | 10 |
Fourth | 34 | 8.5 |
Fifth | 63 | 15.8 |
Sixth | 29 | 7.3 |
Seventh | 32 | 8 |
Eighth | 47 | 11.8 |