Out of 644 students enrolled in Florence Markofer Elementary School, 13.2 percent were in sixth-grade during the 2020-2021 school year, according to the California Department of Education.
The grade with the highest concentration of students was fifth-grade with 17.5 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 % |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 60 | 9.3 |
| First | 101 | 15.7 |
| Second | 87 | 13.5 |
| Third | 100 | 15.5 |
| Fourth | 98 | 15.2 |
| Fifth | 113 | 17.5 |
| Sixth | 85 | 13.2 |
