Out of 10,401 students enrolled in Milpitas Unified School District, 6.9 percent were in sixth-grade during the 2020-2021 school year, according to the California Department of Education.
The grade with the highest concentration of students was kindergarten 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 | 933 | 9 |
| First | 851 | 8.2 |
| Second | 810 | 7.8 |
| Third | 823 | 7.9 |
| Fourth | 727 | 7 |
| Fifth | 763 | 7.3 |
| Sixth | 716 | 6.9 |
| Seventh | 745 | 7.2 |
| Eighth | 753 | 7.2 |
| Ninth | 861 | 8.3 |
| 10th | 765 | 7.4 |
| 11th | 787 | 7.6 |
| 12th | 867 | 8.3 |
