Out of 300 students enrolled in Peter J. Shields Elementary School, 17.7 percent were in first-grade during the 2020-2021 school year, according to the California Department of Education.
The grade with the highest concentration of students was fourth-grade with 20 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 | 49 | 16.3 |
| First | 53 | 17.7 |
| Second | 50 | 16.7 |
| Third | 48 | 16 |
| Fourth | 60 | 20 |
| Fifth | 40 | 13.3 |
