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Out of 20,402 students in ABC Unified School District, 7 percent were in first-grade during 2018-2019 school year

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Out of 20,402 students enrolled in ABC Unified School District, 7 percent were in first-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 8.2 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.

ABC Unified School District grade breakdown
GradeNumber of studentsTotal %
Kindergarten1,6478.1
First1,4297
Second1,4337
Third1,4877.3
Fourth1,4547.1
Fifth1,5127.4
Sixth1,6258
Seventh1,6648.2
Eighth1,6187.9
Ninth1,6187.9
10th1,6418
11th1,6338
12th1,6418

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