TABLE 4.-Number of pupils enrolled in the common schools at different dates, and the relation of the enrollment to the school population. DIAGRAM 1.-Number of pupils enrolled in the common schools of the United States. 1884-85 1889-90 1870-71.. 1871-72.. 7,561, 582 7,815, 306 1872-73.. 8, 003, 614 1873-74.. 1874-75.. 1875-76.. 1876-77.. 8,444, 251 8,785, 678 8,869, 115 8,965, 006 1877-78.. 9,438, 883 1878-79.. 9,504, 458 1891-92.. 1892-93... 1893-94... 1894-95... 1895-96. 1879-80.. 9,867, 505 1896-97. 1880-81.. 10,000, 896 1881-82.. 10, 211, 578 1882-83.. 10, 651, 828 1883-84.. 10, 982, 364 1884-85.. 11, 398, 024 1885-86.. 11, 664, 460 1886-87.. 11, 884, 944 1897-98.. 1898-99.. 1899-1900. 1900-1901. 1901-2... 1902-3.... a Subject to correction. 1894-95 1899-1900 1900-01 1901-02 1902-03 DIAGRAM 2.-Per cent of population enrolled in the common schools. 1884-85 1889-90 1894-95 19.6 19.4 1899-1900 1900-01 1901-02 1902-03 |