TABLE 14.-Average number of teachers to a public high school, students to a teacher, and students to a school, in cities and outside of cities of 8,000 population. TABLE 16.-Private high schools and academies.-Number of schools, secondary instructors, secondary students, and elementary pupils, in 1896–97. 665 1,804 2, 376 4, 180 20,944 19, 524 United States..... 2, 100 4, 162 5, 4129, 574 53, 218 54, 415 107, 633 9271, 084 2, 011 57, 120 67, 382 124, 502 North Atlantic Division. South Atlantic Division. 140 244 14, 412 14, 162 28,574 576 1, 078 12, 586 14, 131 26,717 21, 859 264 21, 580 57 67 124 8, 962 14, 470 23,432 130! 249 329 578 2,284 3, 052 5, 336 0 0 05, 125 6, 952 12,077 Total. TABLE 17.-Private high schools and academies.-Number of secondary students in college preparatory course, number of graduates and college preparatory students in graduating class, in 1896-97. United States..... 12, 4146, 664 19, 078 7, 886 3, 366 11, 252 6, 130 5, 642 11, 772 3, 588 1,923 5, 511 6, 648 North Atlantic Division. 6, 039 2, 110 8, 149 4, 427 1, 114 5, 5412, 984 2, 348 5, 332 1, 943 South Atlantic Division. 2, 289 1, 355 3, 644 799 250 1,049 772 790 1,562 South Central Division.. 2, 220 1, 537 3, 757 1, 0011, 086 2,087 740 796 1, 536 North Central Division.. 1, 513 1, 297 2, 810 1, 142 1,792 1, 373 1,392 2,765 Western Division... 353 365 718 517 North Atlantic Division: New Hampshire. 650 266 699 2, 642 3, 043 371 233 604 974 402 375 777 838 717 522 1, 239 1, 467 783 261 316 577 155 94 249 326 25 35 36 Massachusetts Rhode Island. Connecticut New York.. New Jersey 940 201 1, 141 977 221 585 307 496 Pennsylvania 558 South Atlantic Division |