Out of 4,159 students enrolled in Tahoe-Truckee Unified School District, 7.9 percent were in eighth-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 9 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 | 335 | 8.1 |
| First | 286 | 6.9 |
| Second | 307 | 7.4 |
| Third | 297 | 7.1 |
| Fourth | 295 | 7.1 |
| Fifth | 308 | 7.4 |
| Sixth | 333 | 8 |
| Seventh | 375 | 9 |
| Eighth | 327 | 7.9 |
| Ninth | 358 | 8.6 |
| 10th | 330 | 7.9 |
| 11th | 306 | 7.4 |
| 12th | 302 | 7.3 |
