Out of 2,395 students enrolled in Ojai Unified School District, 7 percent were in third-grade during the 2020-2021 school year, according to the California Department of Education.
The grade with the highest concentration of students was ninth-grade with 9.4 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 | 199 | 8.3 |
| First | 156 | 6.5 |
| Second | 158 | 6.6 |
| Third | 167 | 7 |
| Fourth | 173 | 7.2 |
| Fifth | 165 | 6.9 |
| Sixth | 176 | 7.3 |
| Seventh | 163 | 6.8 |
| Eighth | 199 | 8.3 |
| Ninth | 225 | 9.4 |
| 10th | 189 | 7.9 |
| 11th | 209 | 8.7 |
| 12th | 216 | 9 |
