Note

The classification of States made use of in the following table is the same as that adopted by the United States census, and is as follows: North Atlantic Division: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts. Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. South Atlantic Division. Delaware, Maryland, District of Columbia, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. South Central Division: Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Indian Territory. North Central Division: Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Kansas. Western Division: Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Nevada, Idaho, Washington, Oregon, and California.

Division.

Pupils Receiving Elementary Instruction (Primary and Grammar Grades).

Pupils Receiving Secondary Instruction (High-school Grades).1

Students Receiving Higher Instruction.

In Universities and Colleges.3

In Schools of Medicine, Law, and Theology.5

In Normal Schools.7

Total Higher.

Public.

Private (largely estimated).

Public.2

Private (in Preparatory

Schools,

Academies,

Seminaries, etc.).

Public.4

Private.

Total.

Public.6

Private.

Total.

Public.

Private.

Total.

Public.

Private.

The United States

15,375,276

1.103,901

566,124

168,636

39,487

80,009

119,496

10,726

50,773

61,499

49,403

15,665

865,068

99,616

146,447

N. Atlantic Div. ..

3,552,652

383,870

184,800

53,279

5,470

31,150

36,620

270

17,898

18,168

17,242

1,268

18,510

22,982

50,316

S. Atlantic Div. . .

2,251,329

107,005

30,953

25,589

4,710

11,129

15,839

1,392

6,803

8,195

4,083

1,558

5,641

10,185

19,490

S. Central Div. .. .

3,116,136

159,714

43,060

30,567

3,772

11,263

15,035

1,326

5,918

7,244

5,261

2,277

7,538

10,359

19,458

N. Central Div . .

5,599,946

407,624

269,467

48,719

19,601

23,281

42,882

6,826

18,492

25,318

18,907

10,485

29,392

45,334

52,258

Western Division..

855,213

45,688

37,844

10,482

5,934

3,186

9,120

912

1,662

2,574

3,910

77

3,987

10,756

4,925

Division.

Summary of Pupils by Grade.

Summary According to Control.

Grand Total.

Per Cent, in Each Grade of the Whole Number of Pupils.

Per Cent, of Public Pupils.

Per Cent, of the Total Population Enrolled in Each Grade.

Elementary.

Secondary.

Higher:

Public.

Private.

Elementary.

Secondary

Higher.

Elementary.

Secondary.

Higher.

Elementary

Secondary.

Higher.

Total.

The United States. .

16,479,177

734,760

246,063

16,041,016

1,418,984

17,460,000

94.38

4.21

1.41

93.30

77.05

40.48

20.98

0.94

0.31

22.23

N. Atlantic Division.

3,936,522

238,079

73,298

3,760,434

487,465

4,247,899

92.67

5.60

1.73

90.25

77.62

31.35

18.05

1.09

0.34

19.48

S. Atlantic Division..

2,358,334

56,542

29,675

2,292,467

152,084

2,444,551

96.47

2.31

1.22

95.46

54.74

34.32

22.05

0.53

0.27

22.85

S. Central Division. .

3,275,850

73,627

29,817

3,169,555

209,739

3,379,294

96.94

2.18

0.88

95.12

58.48

34.74

22.26

0.50

0.20

22.96

N. Central Division ,

6,007,570

318,186

97,592

5,914,747

508,601

6,423,348

93.53

4.95

1.52

93.21

84.69

46.45

22.33

1.18

0.36

23.87

Western Division. . .

900,901

48,326

15,681

903,813

61,095

964,908

93.37

5.01

1.62

94.93

78.31

68.59

20.39

1.09

0.36

21.84

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 to the Bureau, 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 departments are excluded, being tabulated in columns 9-11. Students in academic and preparatory departments are also excluded, being tabulated in columns 4 and 5.

4 Mainly State universities and agricultural and mechanical colleges.

5 Including schools of dentistry, pharmacy, and veterinary medicine.

6 Mainly in schools or departments of medicine and law attached to State universities.

7 Non-professional pupils in normal schools are included in columns 4 and 5

8 There are, in addition to this number, 29,065 students taking normal courses in universities, colleges, and public and private high schools.