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Out of 9,914 students in Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District, 7.5 percent were in fifth-grade during 2020-2021 school year

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Out of 9,914 students enrolled in Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District, 7.5 percent were in fifth-grade during the 2020-2021 school year, according to the California Department of Education.

The grade with the highest concentration of students was 12th-grade with 9.1 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.

Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District grade breakdown
GradeNumber of studentsTotal %
Kindergarten6426.5
First6456.5
Second6656.7
Third6766.8
Fourth7207.3
Fifth7437.5
Sixth7107.2
Seventh8388.5
Eighth8658.7
Ninth8408.5
10th8188.3
11th8458.5
12th9079.1

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