Out of 280 students enrolled in Thelma B. Bedell Elementary School, 17.5 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 20.4 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 | 29 | 10.4 |
| First | 49 | 17.5 |
| Second | 55 | 19.6 |
| Third | 48 | 17.1 |
| Fourth | 57 | 20.4 |
| Fifth | 42 | 15 |
