Merced Times

Out of 209 students enrolled in Sherman Thomas Charter School, 11 percent were in kindergarten during the 2020-2021 school year, according to the California Department of Education.

The grades with the highest concentration of students were second, fourth, sixth, seventh and eighth-grade, each with 11.5 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	23	11
First	21	10
Second	24	11.5
Third	22	10.5
Fourth	24	11.5
Fifth	23	11
Sixth	24	11.5
Seventh	24	11.5
Eighth	24	11.5