Out of 65 students enrolled in Ralph Richardson Center, six were in eighth-grade during the 2020-2021 school year, according to the California Department of Education.
The grade with the highest concentration of students was 12th-grade with 23.1 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 % |
|---|---|---|
| First | 1 | 1.5 |
| Second | 3 | 4.6 |
| Third | 2 | 3.1 |
| Fourth | 1 | 1.5 |
| Fifth | 2 | 3.1 |
| Sixth | 5 | 7.7 |
| Seventh | 4 | 6.2 |
| Eighth | 6 | 9.2 |
| Ninth | 11 | 16.9 |
| 10th | 8 | 12.3 |
| 11th | 7 | 10.8 |
| 12th | 15 | 23.1 |
