Out of 582 students enrolled in Coast Unified School District, 5.8 percent were in eighth-grade during the 2019-2020 school year, according to the California Department of Education.
The grade with the highest concentration of students was 10th-grade with 10.8 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 | 60 | 10.3 |
| First | 29 | 5 |
| Second | 42 | 7.2 |
| Third | 43 | 7.4 |
| Fourth | 47 | 8.1 |
| Fifth | 41 | 7 |
| Sixth | 39 | 6.7 |
| Seventh | 49 | 8.4 |
| Eighth | 34 | 5.8 |
| Ninth | 43 | 7.4 |
| 10th | 63 | 10.8 |
| 11th | 43 | 7.4 |
| 12th | 49 | 8.4 |
