Solano Sun

Out of 426 students enrolled in Mare Island Health and Fitness Academy, 6.8 percent were in kindergarten during the 2020-2021 school year, according to the California Department of Education.

The grade with the highest concentration of students was sixth-grade with 13.6 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	29	6.8
First	50	11.7
Second	53	12.4
Third	37	8.7
Fourth	49	11.5
Fifth	44	10.3
Sixth	58	13.6
Seventh	49	11.5
Eighth	57	13.4