West Ventura News

Out of 8,240 students enrolled in Hueneme Elementary School District, 10.8 percent were in eighth-grade during the 2018-2019 school year, according to the California Department of Education.

The grade with the highest concentration of students was seventh-grade with 12.1 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 %
Kindergarten	930	11.3
First	897	10.9
Second	915	11.1
Third	913	11.1
Fourth	899	10.9
Fifth	881	10.7
Sixth	911	11.1
Seventh	1,001	12.1
Eighth	893	10.8