Out of 548 students enrolled in Oak Mesa Elementary School, 13.7 percent were in kindergarten during the 2020-2021 school year, according to the California Department of Education.
The grades with the highest concentration of students were second and fourth-grade, both with 17.9 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 | 75 | 13.7 |
| First | 94 | 17.2 |
| Second | 98 | 17.9 |
| Third | 88 | 16.1 |
| Fourth | 98 | 17.9 |
| Fifth | 95 | 17.3 |
