The proportion of male and female teachers remained practically unchanged for ten years from the first marginal date, the numbers standing approximately in the ratio of two to three, respectively. To-day places of all grades are filled by women from that of State superintendent and city superintendent down, and the ratio of numbers has increased to the extent that nearly three-fourths of the public school teachers are women.

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Increase in the average monthly salary of male and female public school teachers during fifteen years, 1888-1902.

Increase in average monthly salaries of public school teachers, 1888 and 1902.

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RELATIVE SCHOOL ENROLLMENT IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES.

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Proportion of the total population enrolled in the elementary schools in certain

The two tables here presented, showing the proportion of the total population enrolled in the various classes of schools, public and private, in the 39 countries named, are instructive in the highest degree. The term "elementary," as here used, embraces all grades of instruction below colleges and universities. The figures for all foreign countries are gathered from various authoritative sources, such as school yearbooks, annual reports, etc., but are not the results of inquiries of the Bureau beyond these sources. It will be noted that the statistics are variously for the four years ending with 1902, but an examination of the figures for any short term of years preceding a particular date will show that the changes are not so variable as to seriously impair the value of the comparison as here indicated.

PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF THE UNITED STATES-ENROLLMENT, AVERAGE ATTENDANCE, AND LENGTH OF TERM.

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Percentage of the population between 5 and 18 years of age enrolled in the public

schools.

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The
United
States.

Average length of public school term (number of days) for each of the last thirtytwo years (1870-1902).

Year.

Average number of days attended in the public schools by each person of school age (i. e., 5 to 18 years), 1870-1902.

Average number of days attended in the public schools by each pupil enrolled,

AMOUNT OF SCHOOLING RECEIVED BY EACH INDIVIDUALPUBLIC SCHOOL INCOME AND EXPENDITURE.

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Average number of years of schooling of two hundred days each enjoyed by each individual of the population, 1870-1902.

Proportion of revenue of the public schools derived from different sources.

Expenditures for public schools by geographical divisions, 1871 and 1902.

It is interesting to note that the expenditures in the North Atlantic States have increased in thirty-two years 206 per cent; in the South Atlantic, 274 per cent; in the South Central, 245 per cent; in the North Central, 229 per cent; and in the Western, 762 per cent. The period named has been one of continued growth in the West, and the generous provision for public education has been a feature of the development of that section.