West Ventura News

Out of 16,129 students enrolled in Oxnard School District, 11.1 percent were in third-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 11.6 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	1,854	11.5
First	1,720	10.7
Second	1,718	10.7
Third	1,794	11.1
Fourth	1,771	11
Fifth	1,808	11.2
Sixth	1,790	11.1
Seventh	1,871	11.6
Eighth	1,803	11.2