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Charles Drew Middle School had 359 eighth-grade students during the 2018-2019 school year, according to the California Department of Education.

Eastlake Middle School had the most eighth-grade students enrolled in California with 917.

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 did not view the financial resources their local public school was getting as adequate.

Rank	School	Attendance
1	Eastlake Middle School	917
2	Rancho del Rey Middle School	860
3	Alfred B. Nobel Charter Middle School	808
4	Lexington Junior High School	788
5	Clark Intermediate	784
6	South Junior High School	750
7	Turlock Junior High School	734
8	Washington Academic Middle School	729
9	Reyburn Intermediate	725
10	Paul Revere Charter Middle School	722
11	Katherine L. Albiani Middle School	700
12	Alta Sierra Intermediate	697
13	Toby Johnson Middle School	687
14	Thomas Starr King Middle School Film and Media Magnet	679
15	Thornton Junior High School	671
16	Sycamore Junior High School	668
17	Lakeside Middle School	662
18	George Ellery Hale Charter Academy	660
18	Arroyo Seco Junior High School	660
20	Rosemont Middle School	655
21	Granite Ridge Intermediate	650
21	San Elijo Middle School	650
23	River Heights Intermediate	649
24	Washington Middle School	645
25	Rio Norte Junior High School	644
26	Gaspar De Portola Middle School	634
27	La Mesa Junior High School	630
27	South Gate Middle School	630
29	Rancho Santa Margarita Intermediate	626
30	Rudecinda Sepulveda Dodson Middle School	623
31	Harden Middle School	619
32	Sutter Middle School	613
33	Thompson Middle School	610
34	John M. Horner Junior High School	609
35	Dr. Augustine Ramirez Intermediate	602
36	Cedar Middle School	599
37	T.R. Smedberg Middle School	595
38	James Madison Middle School	593
39	Robert A. Millikan Affiliated Charter & Performing Arts Magnet Middle School	591
40	Jurupa Middle School	589
41	Henry T. Gage Middle School	588
42	La Paz Middle School	585
42	El Rancho Charter School	585
44	Stephen M. White Middle School	584
45	Carmel Valley Middle School	582
46	Serrano Intermediate	581
46	Horace Ensign Intermediate	581
48	Richard Henry Dana Middle School	579
49	Bonita Vista Middle School	572
50	Canyon Hills Junior High School	571
51	Robert O. Townsend Junior High School	569
52	Pinacate Middle School	568
52	Edward Harris Jr. Middle School	568
54	Tommie Kunst Junior High School	567
55	Jeffrey Trail Middle School	557
56	Hesperia Junior High School	553
56	Kraemer Middle School	553
58	Sequoia Middle School	551
59	El Sausal Middle School	550
60	Toro Canyon Middle School	549
61	Kastner Intermediate	548
62	El Roble Intermediate	547
63	Matthew Gage Middle School	546
64	Ranchero Middle School	545
65	Granite Oaks Middle School	544
66	Placerita Junior High School	543
66	Elizabeth Pinkerton Middle School	543
68	Walter Reed Middle School	542
68	Brookhurst Junior High School	542
68	Griffith Middle School	542
71	William G. Jehue Middle School	540
71	Valley View Middle School	540
73	Citrus Hills Intermediate	538
74	John Burroughs Middle School	535
74	Sierra Vista Junior High School	535
76	Cesar E. Chavez Middle School	533
76	El Cerrito Middle School	533
78	Culver City Middle School	531
78	Eleanor Murray Fallon	531
78	Rancho Pico Junior High School	531
81	Chester W. Nimitz Middle School	528
81	William Hopkins Junior High School	528
83	Thomas A. Edison Middle School	526
84	Bernardo Heights Middle School	525
85	Chaboya Middle School	521
86	Mary McLeod Bethune Middle School	518
87	Lynwood Middle School	517
87	Ladera Ranch Middle School	517
89	Santiago Middle School	516
89	Colton Middle School	516
91	Woodrow Wilson Middle School	509
92	Walker Junior High School	506
93	Marshall Middle School	505
94	Harriet G. Eddy Middle School	504
94	Centerville Junior High School	504
96	Robert Frost Middle School	503
96	Buena Park Junior High School	503
98	Lennox Middle School	502
99	Cerro Villa Middle School	501
100	Hilltop Middle School	499
100	River Springs Charter School	499
100	Stonecreek Junior High School	499
103	Hillsdale Middle School	498
104	Dale Junior High School	494
104	Dorothy McElhinney Middle School	494
106	Marco Forster Middle School	491
107	George K. Porter Middle School	490
107	Washington Intermediate	490
107	Quimby Oak Middle School	490
110	Itliong-Vera Cruz	489
111	Hughes Middle School	488
112	Frank Augustus Miller Middle School	487
113	Sunnymead Middle School	486
113	Gordon Griffiths Middle School	486
115	Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School	485
115	Ladera Vista Junior High School of the Arts	485
117	Samuel Jackman Middle School	484
117	Shivela Middle School	484
119	Oak Valley Middle School	483
120	Oak Avenue Intermediate	482
120	Mayfair High School	482
122	Folsom Middle School	481
123	Cahuilla Desert Academy Junior High School	480
123	Valley Oak Middle School	480
123	Ernest Lawrence Middle School	480
123	Palm Desert Charter Middle School	480
123	Mitchell Intermediate	480
128	Terrace Hills Middle School	479
128	Lakeview Leadership Academy	479
130	Sutter Middle School	477
131	Ysmael Villegas Middle School	476
131	Canyon Middle School	476
131	D. Russell Parks Junior High School	476
131	John Muir Middle School	476
135	Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School	475
135	Gerald P. Carr Intermediate	475
135	Eleanor J. Toll Middle School	475
138	Barbara Worth Junior High School	474
139	Joe Walker Middle School	472
139	California Middle School	472
141	Lodi Middle School	471
142	Norris Middle School	467
142	William Mulholland Middle School	467
142	Charles Blackstock Junior High School	467
145	Manhattan Beach Middle School	466
145	Abraham Lincoln Middle School	466
147	Sierra Vista Middle School	465
147	Joseph Kerr Middle School	465
149	Serrano Middle School	462
149	Ball Junior High School	462
149	Rincon Valley Middle School	462
152	Roosevelt Junior High School	461
152	Robert L. McCaffrey Middle School	461
154	Earl Warren Junior High School	460
155	Ramona Middle School	459
156	Desert Ridge Academy	458
156	Windemere Ranch Middle School	458
158	Creekside Junior High School	457
159	Sequoia Middle School	456
160	La Colina Junior High School	455
161	James Rutter Middle School	454
162	Raymond A. Villa Fundamental Intermediate	453
162	Alexander Fleming Middle School	453
162	Day Creek Intermediate	453
165	Amelia Earhart Middle School	452
165	La Joya Middle School	452
165	Diegueno Middle School	452
165	Chaparral Middle School	452
165	Montgomery Middle School	452
165	Brea Junior High School	452
165	Tenaya Middle School	452
165	Helms Middle School	452
165	Meadowbrook Middle School	452
174	Robert E. Peary Middle School	451
174	Richard E. Byrd Middle School	451
174	Glacier Point Middle School	451
177	Francisco Sepulveda Middle School	450
177	Ethel Dwyer Middle School	450
179	Chipman Junior High School	449
180	El Sereno Middle School	448
180	Wendy Lopour Doty Middle School	448
182	Palm Middle School	446
182	Laguna Middle School	446
182	Joe Baca	446
185	Isaac Fesler Junior High School	445
186	Spring View Middle School	444
187	Willis Jepson Middle School	443
187	San Marcos Middle School	443
189	Thomas Jefferson Middle School	442
190	Mountain View Middle School	441
190	Kenilworth Junior High School	441
190	Mary R. Stauffer Middle School	441
190	Kings Canyon Middle School	441
190	Raymond J. Fisher Middle School	441
195	Etiwanda Intermediate	440
196	Wilmington Middle Science Technology Engineering Arts Mathematics (STEAM) Magnet	439
197	Cope Middle School	438
198	Hollenbeck Middle School	437
199	Gonzalo Felicitas Mendez Fundamental Intermediate	436
199	Newark Junior High School	436