The grades with the highest concentration of students were second and sixth-grade, both with 10 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 | 49 | 7.5 |
First | 62 | 9.5 |
Second | 65 | 10 |
Third | 55 | 8.4 |
Fourth | 45 | 6.9 |
Fifth | 59 | 9.1 |
Sixth | 65 | 10 |
Seventh | 53 | 8.1 |
Eighth | 60 | 9.2 |
Ninth | 9 | 1.4 |
10th | 23 | 3.5 |
11th | 48 | 7.4 |
12th | 58 | 8.9 |