West OC Times

Out of 6,323 students enrolled in Fountain Valley Elementary School District, 13.2 percent were in eighth-grade during the 2018-2019 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	698	11
First	652	10.3
Second	661	10.5
Third	636	10.1
Fourth	633	10
Fifth	715	11.3
Sixth	748	11.8
Seventh	746	11.8
Eighth	834	13.2