Out of 466 students enrolled in PUC CALS Middle School and Early College High School, 13.3 percent were in 12th-grade during the 2020-2021 school year, according to the California Department of Education.
The grade with the highest concentration of students was eighth-grade with 17.8 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 | 29 | 6.2 |
| Seventh | 58 | 12.4 |
| Eighth | 83 | 17.8 |
| Ninth | 82 | 17.6 |
| 10th | 79 | 17 |
| 11th | 73 | 15.7 |
| 12th | 62 | 13.3 |
