San Francisco Sun

Out of 277 students enrolled in San Francisco Community Alternative, 11.9 percent were in third-grade during the 2020-2021 school year, according to the California Department of Education.

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	32	11.6
First	32	11.6
Second	32	11.6
Third	33	11.9
Fourth	33	11.9
Fifth	26	9.4
Sixth	29	10.5
Seventh	29	10.5
Eighth	31	11.2