Monterey Times

Out of 8,835 students enrolled in Alisal Union School District, 16 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	1,414	16
First	1,170	13.2
Second	1,275	14.4
Third	1,249	14.1
Fourth	1,222	13.8
Fifth	1,281	14.5
Sixth	1,224	13.9