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 % |
---|---|---|
Second | 1 | 1 |
Third | 2 | 1.9 |
Fourth | 3 | 2.9 |
Fifth | 4 | 3.8 |
Sixth | 9 | 8.7 |
Seventh | 18 | 17.3 |
Eighth | 12 | 11.5 |
Ninth | 30 | 28.8 |
10th | 25 | 24 |