REPORT

OF THE

58716

COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION

FOR

THE YEAR 1893-94.

VOLUME 1.

CONTAINING PART I.

WASHINGTON:

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.

CHAPTER II.-CONSOLIDATED STATISTICS OF STATE AND CITY COMMON SCHOOL SYSTEMS.

I. State school systems:

Table 1.-Total population, school population, adult male population

Table 2.-Relation of school population to total population and to adult male population;

proportion of the white school population of foreign birth or extraction; percentage of

foreign born of total population

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Table 3.-Enrollment of pupils in common schools at various periods, and relation of enroll-

ment to school population.....

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Table 4.-School enrollment of 1893-94 classified by sex..

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Table 5.-Average daily attendance at various periods, and its relation to enrollment....

Table 6.-Average length of shool term; aggregate number of days' schooling given to all

pupils.......

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Table 12.-School revenue compared with adult male population and with school population

Table 13.-Progress of school expenditure..

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Table 14.-The school expenditure classified..

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Table 15.-Amount expended per pupil; percentage analysis of expenditure; average

monthly expense of each pupil..........

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II.-City school systems:

Notes on the statistics..

Table 1.-Summary of statistics of city schools..

Table 2.-Summary, by States, of attendance, superintendents, and teachers.

Table 3.-Summary of school property and expenditures...

Table 4.-Comparative statistics of city schools..

Table 5.-Comparison of school enrollment of the several ages with population of like

ages........

Table 6.-Statistical comparison of the schools of ten largest cities in the United States.