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1. Public K-12 Projected Enrollment 2008-13 (5 years) See also:
   California Public K-12 Enrollment and High school Graduate Projection by County - 2008 Series
   (XLS; Outside Source)
   (Department of Finance Demographic Unit)
   Based on Department of Finance October 2008 estimates of graded enrollment

Grade Level	2008-09	2013-14	Five Year Change	Change Per Year
K-6	3,273,426	3,404,427	131,001	26,200
7-8	965,041	933,968	-31,073	-6,215
9-12	1,996,874	1,895,386	-101,488	-20,298
TOTAL	6,235,341	6,233,781	-1,560	-312

2. Statewide New Construction and Modernization Classroom Need
   Based on eligibility documents on file with the Office of Public School Construction (OPSC) as of June 25, 2008 and projects for which only a design apportionment has been made, the five-year need for new classrooms and the modernization of existing classrooms is:
   
   New Construction Five-Year Need
   

   Grade Level	Projected unhoused students	Classrooms needed 2008-2013*	Classrooms needed per year	Classrooms needed per day
   K-6	295,451	11,818	2,364	6
   7-8	86,516	3,204	641	2
   9-12	228,030	8,446	1,689	5
   TOTAL	609,997	23,468	4,694	13

Modernization Five-Year Need

Grade Level	Students in classrooms over 25 years old	Classrooms to be modernized 2008-2013*	Classrooms to be modernized per year	Classrooms to be modernized per day
K-6	486,336	19,453	3,891	11
7-8	178,431	6,609	1,322	4
9-12	295,863	10,958	2,192	6
TOTAL	800,042	37,020	7,405	21

*Based on 25 students per K-6 classroom and 27 students per 7-12 classroom.

3. Statewide New Construction and Modernization Funding Need
   The state share of funding, including district financial hardship costs, for approved but unfunded projects and for projects for which eligibility documents have been filed with the Office of Public School Construction as of September 26, 2007 is:

State Share	5 Year Need	Per Year
New Construction (50% state share)	$ 9.2 billion	$1.84 billion
Modernization (60% state share)	$ 3.5 billion	$0.7 billion
TOTAL (Rounded)	$12.7 billion	$2.54 billion

4. State K-12 General Obligation Bond History

Year	Dollars
1982	$500 M
1984	$450 M
1986	$800 M
1988 (June)	$800 M
1988 (Nov.)	$800 M
1990 (June)	$800 M
1990 (Nov.)	$800 M
1992 (June)	$1.9 B
1992 (Nov.)	$900 M
1994 (June)	$1.0 B (failed by 0.4%)
1996 (March)	$2.03 B
1998 (Nov.)	$6.7 B (for 4 years)
2002 (Nov.)	$11.4 B
2004 (March)	$10.0 B
2006 (Nov.)	$7.33 B

Million (M); Billion (B)

5. Public School Data 2007-08. See also: Dataquest and Student Demographics.
   
   Number of District, 1,050

Number	Type of District
556	Elementary Districts
331	Unified Districts
86	High School Districts
77	County Offices, California Youth Authority, and State Special Schools

 

Number of Public Schools 10,127

Number	Type of School
5,770	Elementary Schools
1,293	Middle/Jr. High Schools
1,215	High School Schools
1,849	Continuation (Cont.), Alternative (Alt.), etc.

 

Number of Classrooms: 305,754

Number of Classrooms over 25 years old 210,002 (69%)

Number of Charter Schools: 674

Charter School Enrollment: 246,621 (3,94% of K-12 enrollment)

6. Year-Round Education (YRE) 2006-07. See also Multitrack Year-Round Education
   140 districts use YRE. 64 districts use Multitrack (MTYRE) and 104 use Single Track (STYRE) (some districts use both calendars)

Calendar	Elementary MTYRE	Elementary STYRE	Middle MTYRE	Middle STYRE	High School MTYRE	High School STYRE	Cont. High, Alt., etc. MTYRE	Cont. High, Alt., etc. STYRE	Total MTYRE	Total STYRE
Schools	371	533	33	95	25	79	17	55	446	762
Enrollment	301,150	317,839	55,813	72,764	71,543	61,707	13,695	14,834	442,201	467,144

One district use the MTYRE Concept 6 calendar: Los Angeles Unified. Of the MTYRE data cited above, Concept 6 consists of:

	Elementary	Middle	High	Cont. High, Alt., etc.	TOTAL
Schools	13	12	15	2	42
Enrollment	10,534	28,772	57,718	6,035	103,059

7. Basic Construction Data
   These are average costs based on the allowances provided in the State's School Facility Program as presented in the OPSC's September 26, 2007 version of "School Facility Program Statistical and Fiscal Data." Local costs may vary due to district educational program needs and the local building economy.

	Construction Cost per Student*	Students per School	Construction Cost per School	Square Feet per Student	School Site Size (Acres)**	Cost per Square Foot	Land Cost at 25% of Construction Cost	Total Cost
Elementary	$16,350	600	$9,810,000	71	9.6	$230	$2,452,500	$12,262,500
Middle	$18,032	1,000	$18,032,000	85	21.9	$212	$4,508,000	$22,540,000
High	$21,624	1,800	$38,923,200	92	44.5	$235	$9,730,800	$48,654,000

*Cost based on twice the state share (as of June 25. 2008) provided in the "School Facility Program." Includes design fees, furniture, equipment, and construction.

**Based on the number of students per school and the guidelines in "School Site Analysis and Development," California Department of Education, 2000 Edition.

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