TABLE 4.-Comparative statistics of cities containing over 8,000 inhabitants, summarized by geographical divisions. TABLE 5.-Comparison of the school enrollment of the several ages with the population of like ages in certain cities (statistics of 1890). TABLE 5.-Comparison of the school enrollment of the sereral ages with the population of like ages in certain cities (statistics of 1890)—Continued. 14 years of age. Chil in the Per cent in Pupils Per dren in cent in in the school. in the school. school. city. city. school. school. school. city. CHAPTER III. STATISTICAL REVIEW OF SECONDARY EDUCATION. More than half the space devoted to detail tables in Part IV of this report is surrendered to secondary schools. Of the 8,364 educational institutions mentioned by name in the two volumes, 5,946 are schools of secondary grade, viz, 3,964 public high schools and 1,982 private high schools and academies. In these 5,946 high schools there were 407,919 students pursuing secondary studies in 1894. In the same schools there were 677,933 pupils in elementary grades. In Part IV will be found the two tables giving the statistics of each school in detail. The following table is a review of the statistics of public and private high schools for the past five years, summarized for each year: 2,526 3, 035 2,812 3,964 12, 120 94, 931 98,400 100, 739 15,750 329,098 20, 129 | 407,919 The sudden increase from 4,246 secondary schools and 329,098 students in 1893 to 5,946 schools and 407,919 students in 1894 should be explained. It was known that several hundred high schools, both public and private, had never reported to this office. Many of these were comparatively new schools. Some had grown up out of elementary schools and the development of village into city systems, but most of them were independent high schools established within the last five years. For several months during the spring and summer of 1894 the statistician of the Bureau was busy collecting lists of public and private -3 ED 94 33 Schools. Teachers. Students. |