TABLE 1.-Total number of pupils or students of each grade, in both public and private schools. NOTE. The classification of States made use of in the following table is the same as that adopted by the United States census, and is as follows: North Atlantic Division: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. South Atlantic Division: Delaware, Maryland, District of Columbia, Virginia, West Virginia. North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. South Central Division: Kentucky. Tennessee, Alabama, MisNorth Central Division: Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, North Dakota, sissippi, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, and Oklahom Western Division: Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Nevada, Idaho, Washington, Oregon, and Cali. South Dakota, Nebraska, and Kansas. The United States North Atlantic Division. South Atlantic Division South Central Division North Central Division Western Division. Public. (largely Public.b estimated). seminaries, etc.). Public.d Private. Total. Public.e Private. Total. Public. Private. Total. 2 3 5 6 9 10 12 13 12, 966, 321 1, 198, 861 247, 660 154, 429 14, 070 58,390 72, 460 4, 768 31, 297 36, 065 33,427 5,710 39, 137 3,092, 976 537,815 88, 070 45, 638 1,751 20, 652 22,403 0 12,772 12, 772 15, 392 1,816, 722 113, 853 13, 577 22,821 1,452 8, 761 10, 213 G71 4,555 5, 226 2,704 418 312 15, 810 2,439, 393 151, 347 15, 511 29, 797 1, 614 10,559 12, 173 582 3, G43 4, 225 2, 946 1, 118 5, 012, 955 339,099 119, 433 47, 123 7,785 16,920 604, 275 56, 747 11, 069 9,050 1, 468 1,498 892 435 12,943 899 a Including pupils in preparatory or academic departments of higher institutions, public and private, and excluding elementary pupils, who are classed in Columns 2 and 3. This is made up chiefly from the returns of individual high schools to the Bureau, and is considerably too small, as there are a great many secondary pupils outside the completely organized high schools whom there is no means of enumerating. The whole number of pupils studying secondary branches in public schools is probably near 500,000. e Including colleges for women, agricultural and mechanical (land-grant) colleges, and scientific schools. Students in law, theological, and medical departments are excluded, being tabulated in columns 9-11. d Mainly State universities and agricultural and mechanical colleges. e Mainly in schools or departments of medicine and law attached to State universities. f Nonprofessional pupils in normal schools are included in Columns 4 and 5. g Private normal schools are, with one or two exceptions, scarcely superior to the ordinary secondary schools. Total number of pupils or students of each grade, in both public and private schools—Continued. The United States. North Atlantic Division. South Atlantic Division. South Central Division North Central Division Western Division TABLE 1.-Total number of pupils or students of each grade, in both public and private schools. NOTE. The classification of States made use of in the following table is the same as that adopted by the United States census, and is as follows: North Atlantic Division: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. South Atlantic Division: Delaware, Maryland, District of Columbia, Virginia, West Virginia. North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. South Central Division: Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, MisNorth Central Division: Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, North Dakota, sissippi, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, and Oklahom Western Division: Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Nevada, Idaho, Washington, Oregon, and CaliSouth Dakota, Nebraska, and Kansas. fornia. Western Division. 3,016 4,064 13, 850 2,397 a Including pupils in preparatory or academic departments of higher institutions, public and private, and excluding elementary pupils, who are classed in Columns 2 and 3. b This is made up chiefly from the returns of individual high schools to the Bureau, and is considerably too small, as there are a great many secondary pupils outside the completely organized high schools whom there is no means of enumerating. The whole number of pupils studying secondary branches in public schools is probably near 500,000. e Including colleges for women, agricultural and mechanical (land-grant) colleges, and scientific schools. Students in law, theological, and medical departments are excluded, being tabulated in columns 9-11. d Mainly State universities and agricultural and mechanical colleges. e Mainly in schools or departments of medicine and law attached to State universities. f Nonprofessional pupils in normal schools are included in Columns 4 and 5. g Private normal schools are, with one or two exceptions, scarcely superior to the ordinary secondary schools. |