Out of 129 students enrolled in Charles Leroy Lowman Special Education and Career Transition Center, 64.3 percent were in 12th-grade during the 2020-2021 school year, according to the California Department of Education.
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 % |
|---|---|---|
| Fourth | 1 | 0.8 |
| Sixth | 5 | 3.9 |
| Seventh | 3 | 2.3 |
| Eighth | 10 | 7.8 |
| Ninth | 10 | 7.8 |
| 10th | 5 | 3.9 |
| 11th | 12 | 9.3 |
| 12th | 83 | 64.3 |
