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UNITED STATES
1 Including pupils in preparatory or academic departments of higher institutions, public and private, and excluding elementary pupils, who are classed in columns 2 and 3. 2 This is made up from the returns of individual high schools, and is somewhat too small, as there are many secondary pupils outside the completely organized high schools whom there are no means of enumerating. 3 Including colleges for women, agricultural and mechanical (land-grant) colleges, and scientific schools. Students in law, theological, and medical de])artments are excluded, being tabulated in columns 9-11. Students in academic and jirejiaratory departments are also excluded, being tabulated in columns 4 and 5.
- Mainly State universities and agricultural and mechanical colleges.
s Including schools of dentistry, pharmacy, and veterinary medicine. 6 Mainly in schools or departments of medicine and law attached to State universities. � ^ Non-professional pupils in normal schools are included in columns 4 and 5. 8 Private normal schools are, with few exceptions, scarcely superior to the ordinary sec- ondary schools. 9 There are, in addition to this number, 22,554 students taking normal courses in univer- sities, colleges, and public and private high schools.
POPULATION AND ENROLLMENT, AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE, AND NUMBER AND SEX OF TEACHERS IN COMMON SCHOOLS, 1896-97
State or Territory Esti- mated Total Popula- Pupils enrolled in the Common Per Cent of the Popula- tion Average Dailv Attend- Teachers tion in 1897 Schools enrolled ance Male Female ToUil United States , North Atlantic Division 71.874.142 14,652,492 20..58 10,089,620 131.386 271.947 403.883 19,947,80(1 8,545,164 17.77 2,529,086 18,731 79,503 98,234 South Atlantic Division 9,782,882 2,070,287 21.27 1,274,579 20,428 26,130 46,553 South Central Division • 12,844,600 2,724,946 21.22 1,840,001 32,011 28,464 60,475 North Central Division . 24,933,500 5,587,450 22.41 3,928,779 53,994 122,499 176,493 Western Division . North Atlantic Division : 3,915,360 724,639 18.50 517,175 6,227 15,351 21,578 Maine .... 657,300 132,189 20.10 96,571 rtl,257 a5,470 6,727 New Hampshire 398,700 64,207 16.10 47,717 202 2,509 2,711 Vermont . 333,000 65,349 19.62 50,465 346 2,035 2.381 Massachusetts . 2,684,000 439,367 16.69 334,945 1,120 11,728 12,848 Rhode Island 395,700 62,337 15.75 49,224 198 1,619 l,bI7 Connecticut 840,100 143,921 17.14 101,068 aft442 aft3.630 a64,072 New York . 6,851,000 1,203,199 17.56 820,254 5,461 28,924 34,885 New Jersey 1,768,000 294,880 16.67 191,776 804 5,065 5,869 Pennsylvania 6,070,000 1,139,765 18.78 837,071 8,901 18,528 27,429 South Atlantic Division : Delaware c • 173,200 88,174 19.16 rt22,698 a21S a622 840 Maryland . 1,179,000 229,947 19.50 138,627 1,113 3,728 4,886 District of CoIuiiiImu . 277,782 42.995 15.50 38,818 147 924 1,071 Virginia 1,704,000 367,817 21.58 213,421 3,( �18 5,562 8,575 West Virginia h 849,300 215,665 25.40 141,081 3,^2s 2,626 6,454 North Carolina ft 1,768.000 370,920 21.04 281,725 4,294 3,591 7,885 South Carolina" . 1 ,274,000 258,188 20.26 182,559 2,245 2,728 4,973 Georgia ft2,0 15,000 446,171 22.14 246,688 f<4,485 rt4,776 9,261 Florida 497,600 105,415 21.19 69,477 1,080 1,578 2,658 South Central Division : Kentucky b 1,993,000 400,126 20.08 286,861 4,962 5,247 10,209 Tennessee ft 1,877,000 481,585 25.66 388,176 5,121 4,014 9,185 Alabama 1,741,000 319,526 18.36 f/218,000 rt4,536 o2,5S7 7,123 Mississippi (Z 1,431,000 350,615 24.62 202,688 3,647 4,208 7,855 Louisiana . 1,253,000 169.947 13.56 124,123 1,425 2,257 3,682 Texas ft . . . 2,979,000 616.568 20.70 440,249 6,815 6,402 13,217 Arkansas . 1,290,000 316,270 24.58 195,509 4,670 2,511 7,181 Oklahoma . 280,600 70,309 25.06 rt39,400 885 1,238 2,073 Indian Territory
a Approximately.
6 In 1895-96.
c In 1891-92.
d In 1894-95.
