women 4,576, in normal schools 16,469, and in manual training schools 3,418. These numbers, added to the total for public and private secondary schools, bring the grand total of secondary students up to 480,358. This number does not include any number supposed to be in the elementary schools, but only the secondary students reported to this Bureau for the year ended June, 1894. Table 25 is a résumé showing the distribution of all the secondary students in the United States as reported to this office. The first 12 columns show the distribution of public secondary students, columns 13 to 28 private secondary students, and the last column gives the total. Columns 1, 2, and 3 recapitulate the numbers of male and female students in the public high schools, giving the total 289,274. In columns 4, 5, and 6 the number of secondary students in the preparatory departments of public colleges and universities will be found, the total being 5,441-males 4,053 and females 1,388. These institutions are State universities and agricultural and mechanical colleges. In columns 7, 8, and 9 are given the numbers of secondary students in public normal schools. The total number was 7,291-males 2,032 and females 5,259. Column 12 shows that the total number of public secondary students was 302,006, the two preceding columns showing that the males numbered 123,287 and the females 178,719. In column 15 the number of secondary students in private high schools is given-118,645. From column 18 it will be seen that there were 42,535 secondary students in the preparatory departments of private universities and colleges-28,884 males and 13,651 females. Column 19 shows that in the preparatory departments of colleges for women there were 4,576 secondary students. The institutions of higher education previously mentioned are coeducational or for men only. The number of secondary students in private normal schools is given as 9,178 in column 22, there being 5,021 males and 4,157 females. In manual training schools there were 3,418 secondary students-2,059 males and 1,359 females. Only 11 States are here represented, 15 independent manual training and trade schools reporting the 3,418 secondary students. Column 28 shows the total number of private secondary students to have been 178,352. There were 95,750 males and 82,602 females. The last column of the table gives the grand total of secondary students in the United States so far as reported to the United States Bureau of Education. The total number was 480,358. As shown in columns 29 and 30, there were 219,037 males and 261,321 females. In the North Atlantic Division there were 151,507 secondary students, in the South Atlantic 46,472, in the South Central 58,557, in the North Central 198,210, and in the Western Division 25,612. United States.. 3, 9615, 738 6, 382 12, 120 117, 202 172, 072 289, 274 1, 557 2, 640 4, 197 282, 702 300, 627 583, 329 United States.. 11, 505 11, 269 22,774 9,759 8,847 18, 606 13, 233 24,095 37, 328 4,797 5, 169 9, 966 Total. 59,714 2,716 3,811, 6,527 United States........ 52, 042 77, 482 129, 524 5, 804 3. 829 9, 633 6, 683 13, 019 19, 702 12, 665 21, 391 34, 056 North Atlantic Division... 17, 383 23, 656 41, 039 3, 804 2, 515 6. 319 5, 184 8,398 13, 582 4, 562 7, 701 12, 263 South Atlantic Division... 4,645 6,650 11, 295 323 1, 195 1,518 South Centra! Division.... 4,291 6,658 10,949 276 590 866 North Central Division.... 23, 007 36, 707 769 2, 327 3, 096 Western Division..... 509 640 North Atlantic Division: Maine New Hampshire. Massachusetts New Jersey. South Atlantic Division: 763 1, 463 2, 226 383 425 808 6, 287 10, 677 16, 964 670 1,125, 1, 795 241 409 650 1,019 1, 397 1,785 2,925 4,710 173 225 774 994 1,768 434 1,003 1, 619 2, 622 519 156 675 294 66 360 991 868 1,859 196 224 420 131 498 152 88 240 267 157 424 348 846 262 614 876 625 293 8.591 644 1,438 2,082 502 49 176 225 |