Pupils receiving secondary instruction (high-school grade).a Total number of pupils and students of all grades in both public and private schools, 1895-96. 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: Pupils receiving ele mentary instruction (primary and grammar grades). 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. A classification of public and of private secondary students, according to the character of the institutions in which they are found, is given in Chap. XXXVII, Vol. 2. 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 are no means of enumerating. 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. Students in academic and preparatory departments are also excluded, being tabulated in columns 4 and 5. d Mainly State universities and agricultural and mechanical colleges. e Including schools of pharmacy and veterinary medicine. f Mainly in schools or departments of medicine and law attached to State universities. g Nonprofessional pupils in normal schools are included in columns 4 and 5. Private normal schools are, with few exceptions, scarcely superior to the ordinary secondary schools. i There are, in addition to this number, 23,202 students taking normal courses in universities, colleges, and high schools. (See Chap. XXXVII, Vol. 2.) 26, 296 71, 081 97,377 7,340 45, 548 52, 888 40, 421 20, 777 i 61, 198 4,857 25,540 30, 397 197 17, 679 3, 189 10, 218 13, 407 678 5, 635 17,876 6, 313 17, 129 3,519 Total number of pupils and students of all grades in both public and private schools, 1895-96-Continued. Division. The United States. South Central Division AVERAGE AMOUNT OF SCHOOLING PER INHABITANT. It is useful to state the above results in another form to answer the questions, How much schooling is each inhabitant receiving on the basis of present attendance? If the conditions existing the past year were continued indefinitely, what would be the average amount of schooling per individual, counting it in school years of 200 days each? In answer to this inquiry, the average for the nation and its five census divisions is given, estimated in Table 2 for the common schools alone, and in Table 1, including also the higher education and the private schools. The results are shown in comparative form, beginning with 1870: Average total amount of schooling (including all grades of both public and private schools) cach individual of the population would receive under the conditions actually existing at the different dates given below. Average total amount of schooling received per inhabitant, considering only public elemen tary and secondary schools. GRAPHIC EXHIBIT OF SCHOOL STATISTICS. The following nine graphic views have been prepared to show at a glance the trend of the chief items of educational statistics. Especial attention is called to diagrams 6 and 7, and to the note (a) explaining the change in methods of counting the secondary enrollment after 1889. Also see note (b), which explains the sudden increase in public highschool enrollment by counting not merely those in cities, but all others. In diagrams 8 and 9 the rapid increase after 1888 is in part due to the adoption of coeducation in the colleges for men and the establishment of women's colleges. 1 By the expert in State systems, Mr. F. E. Upton. |