Table 1.-Summary of statistics of school systems of cities, showing increase or decrease from the previous year.

677

Table 2.-Summary, by States, of population and school enrollment and attendance in cities..

679

Table 3.-Summary, by States, of supervising officers, teachers, property, and expendi tures of school systems of cities

680

Table 4.-Summary of statistics of public evening schools

Table 5.-Comparative statistics of school systems of cities.

681

682

CHAPTER XVIII.-SECONDARY SCHOOLS.

Summary of statistics of public high schools

Of private secondary schools

Tables and diagrams illustrating status of secondary schools

Number of students in each branch of study in public high schools.

Number of students in each branch of study in private secondary schools

Number and percentage of students pursuing certain studies to whole number of students
Sex in secondary schools

685

688

690

695

638

701

707

THE RELATION OF THE INDEPENDENT COLLEGES TO THE SYSTEM OF STATE SCHOOLS...

753

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

COMMISSIONER'S INTRODUCTION.

Page.

XI

PART I.

CHAPTER I.-GENERAL CLASSIFIED SUMMARY OF PUPILS OF ALL GRADES IN
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS AND INSTITUTIONS.

Number of pupils or students in all grades in both public and private schools

Where the secondary pupils are found..

What per cent of the total population is under instruction.

What part of the school population is attending school.

Proportion of elementary, secondary, and higher pupils..

Proportion of public and of private instruction.

Higher students and population compared.

Public and private higher instruction..

Distribution of students in professional schools.

Sex of secondary and higher students..

Number of female college students as compared with the population.
Sex of normal students.....

CHAPTER II.-STATISTICS OF STATE COMMON SCHOOL SYSTEMS.

General summary.

General remarks upon the tables.

Table 1.-Total population, school population, and adult male population Table 2.-Relation of school population to total population and to adult male population; proportion of white school population of foreign birth or extraction; percentage of foreign born of total population..

Diagram 1.-Showing for each State the number of adult males to every 100 children of school age in 1890...

Table 3.-Number of pupils enrolled at various periods, and relation of enrollment to school population....

Table 4.-School enrollment of 1891-92, classified by sex, and compared with the enrollment of the preceding year; per cent of the male and of the female school population enrolled. Diagram 2.- Showing for each year of age from 5 to 18 the whole number enrolled in the com mon schools....

Table 5.-Showing for each year of age from 5 to 18 the whole number of children and the number enrolled in the common schools..

Diagram 3.-School enrollment compared with school population.

Table 6.-School population of the United States and number of pupils enrolled each year since 1870-71; per cent of school population enrolled in each geographic division Diagram 4.-Showing the per cent of school population enrolled in the common schools.... Table 7.-Average daily attendance at various periods and its present relation to the aver age attendance of the preceding year, to the enrollment and to school population.... Diagram 5- Percentage of school population in attendance at school. Table 8.- Aggregate number of days' schooling given to all pupils.

39

40

Length of school term, etc

Diagram 6.-Average length of school term in days.

48

Diagram 7-Average number of days' schooling given for every child 5 to 18 by States.

years of age,

Diagram 8.-Average length of school term, by sections.

Table 9-Length of school term

Table 10-Number and sex of teachers..