Out of 453 students enrolled in Gidley Elementary School, 6.4 percent were in third-grade during the 2020-2021 school year, according to the California Department of Education.
The grade with the highest concentration of students was seventh-grade with 30.7 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 | 32 | 7.1 |
| First | 26 | 5.7 |
| Second | 24 | 5.3 |
| Third | 29 | 6.4 |
| Fourth | 20 | 4.4 |
| Fifth | 25 | 5.5 |
| Sixth | 26 | 5.7 |
| Seventh | 139 | 30.7 |
| Eighth | 132 | 29.1 |
