The grade with the highest concentration of students was ninth-grade with 8.7 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 | 1,060 | 7.1 |
| First | 928 | 6.2 |
| Second | 1,016 | 6.8 |
| Third | 1,077 | 7.2 |
| Fourth | 1,046 | 7 |
| Fifth | 1,125 | 7.6 |
| Sixth | 1,145 | 7.7 |
| Seventh | 1,213 | 8.1 |
| Eighth | 1,281 | 8.6 |
| Ninth | 1,298 | 8.7 |
| 10th | 1,271 | 8.5 |
| 11th | 1,221 | 8.2 |
| 12th | 1,214 | 8.2 |
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