South Alameda News

Out of 35,495 students enrolled in Fremont Unified School District, 9 percent were in kindergarten during the 2018-2019 school year, according to the California Department of Education.

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	3,179	9
First	2,819	7.9
Second	2,843	8
Third	2,742	7.7
Fourth	2,731	7.7
Fifth	2,671	7.5
Sixth	2,668	7.5
Seventh	2,643	7.4
Eighth	2,737	7.7
Ninth	2,740	7.7
10th	2,648	7.5
11th	2,550	7.2
12th	2,524	7.1