North OC Times

Out of 25,459 students enrolled in Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District, 8.9 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	2,255	8.9
First	1,664	6.5
Second	1,730	6.8
Third	1,740	6.8
Fourth	1,752	6.9
Fifth	1,982	7.8
Sixth	1,827	7.2
Seventh	1,937	7.6
Eighth	2,045	8
Ninth	2,170	8.5
10th	2,090	8.2
11th	2,109	8.3
12th	2,158	8.5