The grade with the highest concentration of students was eighth-grade with 18.1 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 | 8 | 2.7 |
First | 15 | 5.1 |
Second | 9 | 3.1 |
Third | 14 | 4.8 |
Fourth | 9 | 3.1 |
Fifth | 17 | 5.8 |
Sixth | 47 | 16 |
Seventh | 48 | 16.4 |
Eighth | 53 | 18.1 |
Ninth | 19 | 6.5 |
10th | 19 | 6.5 |
11th | 19 | 6.5 |
12th | 16 | 5.5 |