REPORT

[Whole Number 221

OF THE

COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION

FOR

THE YEAR 1893-94.

VOLUME 1.

CONTAINING PART I.

WASHINGTON:

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.
1896.

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THE UNITED STATES

BUREAU OF EDUCATION.

Created as a Department March 2, 1867.
Made an Office of the Interior Department July 1, 1869.

COMMISSIONERS.

HENRY BARNARD, LL. D.,
March 14, 1867, to March 15, 1870.

JOHN EATON, Ph. D., LL. D.,
March 16, 1870, to August 5, 1886.

NATHANIEL H. R. DAWSON, L. H. D.,
August 6, 1886, to September 3, 1889.

WILLIAM T. HARRIS, Ph. D., LL. D.,
September 12, 1889, to date.

EDUCATION DEPT.

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..

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

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

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

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Table 4.- Comparative statistics of city schools......

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

ages....

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Table G.-Statistical comparison of the schools of ten largest cities in the United States. 32

Table 1.- Summary of statistics of public high schools

Table 2.-Students and courses of study.

Tables 3-7.-Students pursuing certain studies.

Table 8.-Equipment and income..

Table 9.-Schools, instructors, and students.

Table 10.-Students and courses of study in private secondary schools

Tables 11-15.-Students pursuing certain studies.

Table 16.-Equipment and income

Tables 17 and 18.-Denominational schools...

Tables 19 and 20. -Averages of public and private high schools...

Tables 21-24.-Summary of statistics of public and private high schools..

Table 25.-Distribution of students receiving secondary instruction........

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Diagram showing proportion of college students that attend colleges in their own States.

III.-Colleges of agriculture and the mechanic arts......

Summary of statistics of colleges of agriculture and the mechanic arts..

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