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 | 12 | 16 |
First | 10 | 13.3 |
Second | 6 | 8 |
Third | 9 | 12 |
Fourth | 9 | 12 |
Fifth | 7 | 9.3 |
Sixth | 11 | 14.7 |
Seventh | 6 | 8 |
Eighth | 5 | 6.7 |