Antelope Valley Today

Out of 9,622 students enrolled in Westside Union Elementary School District, 11.8 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 sixth-grade with 11.9 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	1,120	11.6
First	997	10.4
Second	995	10.3
Third	1,054	11
Fourth	1,024	10.6
Fifth	1,099	11.4
Sixth	1,143	11.9
Seventh	1,137	11.8
Eighth	1,053	10.9