Out of 732 students enrolled in School of Arts and Enterprise, 16.4 percent were in eighth-grade during the 2018-2019 school year, according to the California Department of Education.
The grade with the highest concentration of students was seventh-grade with 18 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 % |
|---|---|---|
| Sixth | 75 | 10.2 |
| Seventh | 132 | 18 |
| Eighth | 120 | 16.4 |
| Ninth | 117 | 16 |
| 10th | 119 | 16.3 |
| 11th | 94 | 12.8 |
| 12th | 75 | 10.2 |
