Out of 411 students enrolled in San Luis Obispo County Office of Education, three were in fourth-grade during the 2019-2020 school year, according to the California Department of Education.
The grade with the highest concentration of students was 12th-grade with 43.8 percent of all students.
According to the National Center for Education Services, California is expected to see public and secondary school enrollment decrease three percent 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 expected 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 | 2 | 0.5 |
| First | 2 | 0.5 |
| Second | 3 | 0.7 |
| Third | 2 | 0.5 |
| Fourth | 3 | 0.7 |
| Fifth | 1 | 0.2 |
| Sixth | 5 | 1.2 |
| Seventh | 3 | 0.7 |
| Eighth | 6 | 1.5 |
| Ninth | 11 | 2.7 |
| 10th | 38 | 9.2 |
| 11th | 155 | 37.7 |
| 12th | 180 | 43.8 |
