West OC Times

Out of 9,114 students enrolled in Westminster School District, 11 percent were in seventh-grade during the 2018-2019 school year, according to the California Department of Education.

The grade with the highest concentration of students was kindergarten with 13 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	1,187	13
First	952	10.4
Second	923	10.1
Third	934	10.2
Fourth	995	10.9
Fifth	1,019	11.2
Sixth	1,027	11.3
Seventh	999	11
Eighth	1,078	11.8