Out of 7,893 students enrolled in El Monte City School District, 10.5 percent were in first-grade during the 2019-2020 school year, according to the California Department of Education.
The grade with the highest concentration of students was eighth-grade with 12.2 percent of all students.
According to the National Center for Education Services, California is expected to see public and secondary school enrollment decrease three percent 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 expected 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 | 914 | 11.6 |
| First | 830 | 10.5 |
| Second | 897 | 11.4 |
| Third | 797 | 10.1 |
| Fourth | 824 | 10.4 |
| Fifth | 847 | 10.7 |
| Sixth | 891 | 11.3 |
| Seventh | 930 | 11.8 |
| Eighth | 963 | 12.2 |
