Table 13.-Age ranges for compulsory school attendance, by State: 1977

Puerto Rico

Virgin Islands

between 7 and 16
between 7 and 16

between 8 and 16

between 7 and 15 (both Inclusive)
between 6 and 16

of 7 and under 16
over 7 and under 16
between 6 and 16
between 7 and 16

attained 7 but not 16

'between 7th and 16th birthdays

at least 6 and not 18

of 7 but not 16

between 7 and 16

not less than 7, not more than 16

over 7 and under 16

of 7 and under 16
of 7 and under 16

between 7 and 15

between 7th and 15th anniversaries

between 6 and 16

between 6 and 16

between 6 and 16

between 7 and 16
from 7 to 13

between 7 and 16

is 7, not yet reached 16th birthday
not less than 7 nor more than 16

between 7 and 17

between 6 and 16

between 6 and 16

attained 6 and until attaining 17

from 6 to 16

between 7 and 16

of 7 to 16

between 6 and 18

between 8 and 16

between 7 and 18

not later than 8, until 17

completed 7 years of life, not completed 16 years of life

of 7 to 16

of 7 and not exceeding 16

between 7 and 16

as much as 7, not more than 17

between 6 and 18

between 7 and 16

reached 6th birthday, not passed the 17th birthday

child 8 and under 15

begin with the 7th birthday, continue to the 16th birthday

between 6 and 16

between 7 and 16 inclusive

between 8 and 14

school year nearest 5th birthday until expiration of the school year nearest 16th birthday

Many States have special provisions for children who have completed a certain level of education (usually 8th grade or higher) and who are employed.

Table 14.-Estimated retention rates,1 5th grade through college entrance, in public and nonpublic schools; United States, 1924-32 to 1968-76

Table 15.-Level of school completed by persons age 25 and over and 25 to 29, by race: United States, 1910 to 1977

Estimates based on retrojection of 1940 census data on education by age.

Note.-Prior to 1950, data exclude Alaska and Hawall. Data for 1975 and 1977 are for the noninstitutional population.
Sources: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, 1960 Census of Population, Vol. 1, Part 1; Current Population
Reports, Series P-20; Series P-19, No. 4; and 1960 Census Monograph, Education of the American Population, by John K. Folger
and Charles B. Nam.

1870

1880

1890

1900

1910

1920

1930

1940

1947

1952

1959

1969

Table 16.-Percent of illiteracy(1) in the population: United States, 1870 to 1969

1,

Illiteracy is defined as the inability to read or write a simple message either in English or in any other language.

2Percentages refer to the population 10 years old and over from 1870 to 1940 and to the population 14 years old and over from

1947 to 1969.

3Estimated.

Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Current Population Reports, Series P-20, No. 217.

Table 17.-Revenue receipts of public elementary and secondary schools from Federal, State, and local sources: United States, 1919-20 to 1976-77

1Includes a relatively small amount from nongovernmental sources (gifts and tuition and transportation fees from patrons). These

sources accounted for 0.4 percent of total revenue receipts in 1967-68.

2Estimated.

Note.-Beginning in 1959-60, includes Alaska and Hawaii. Because of rounding, details may not add to totals.

Sources: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, National Center for Education Statistics, Statistics of State School Systems, Statistics of Public Elementary and Secondary Day Schools, Fall 1976, and Revenues and Expenditures for Public Elementary and Secondary Education, 1975-76 (in process).