Oakland City Wire

Out of 510 students enrolled in ASCEND School, 13.7 percent were in kindergarten 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	70	13.7
First	53	10.4
Second	53	10.4
Third	53	10.4
Fourth	54	10.6
Fifth	54	10.6
Sixth	57	11.2
Seventh	59	11.6
Eighth	57	11.2