Cienega Union Elementary School District Education: 21 students were enrolled in 2022-23 school year

Cienega Union Elementary School District’s only school enrolled 21 students in the 2022-23 school year, 12.5% less than the previous year, according to the California Department of Education.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 52.4% of them were girls, and 47.6% were boys.

The most represented ethnicity among Cienega Union Elementary School District students was white, accounting for 47.6% of the student population.

In the last decade, enrollment in California elementary and secondary schools rose by at least 5%, while high school enrollment dropped 5%.

However, overall enrollment in California public schools is sliding, and the Public Policy Institute of California expects it to drop another 8% by the 2031-32 school year.