Per cent of total number of secondary students in public high schools in certain courses and studies, etc. 1889-90 1890-91 1891-92 1892-93 1893-94 1894-95 1895-96 1896-97 1897-98 1898-99 Per cent of total number of secondary students in private high schools and academies in certain courses and studies, etc. Students and studies. 1889-90 1890-91 1891-92 1892-93 1893-94 1894-95 1895-96 1896-97 1897-98 1898-99 1899- 19001900 1901 1901-21902-3 1903-4 1904-5 1905-6 Studying Latin.. 31.32 37.00 7.02 8.00 8.48 8.61 16.30 38.60 39.23 40.77 9.04 5.51 43.14 46.36 46.67 48.45 49.80 46.92 47.29 46.64 9.55 9.83 10.22 10.43 9.55 9.77 8.37 16.69 18.47 18. 85 19.38 21.31 21.83 23.04 23.15 22.83 23.05 14.45 15.63 15.25 16.07 17.46 18.84 18.45 19.04 18.47 44.57 42.75 44.37 46.88 49.22 49.50 19.66 20.37 20.54 22.06 23.84 24. 45 4.37 5.76 5.93 5.39 44.24 44.77 46.47 49.63 7.89 6.79 7.05 6.57 6.25 Physics.. Astronomy. Chemistry. 6.69 7.99 7.46 6.91 6.75 6.46 6.04 5.73 4.77 4.77 4.85 4.80 18.39 20.98 20.16 19.76 20.91 8.59 10.60 9.83 9.94 10.32 Physical geography. Geology. 7.08 6.61 6. 11 Physiology. 22.34 28.01 26.71 Psychology. 5. 13 Rhetoric. 29.12 English literature History (other than United States). 28.98 33.10 32.22 32.46 34.07 Civics. 21.25 20.57 5.90 6.11 26.80 25.95 24.77 6.74 7.35 7.48 7.07 7.00 6.93 32.01 32.00 32.43 32.78 34.02 34.58 33.88 35.30 36.90 37.95 35.60 37.35 37.31 37.59 38.82 36.11 35.87 15.74 15.95 18.41 18.73 18.41 20.33 20.04 17.93 18.05 18.05 18.32 5.91 6. 10 5. 42 4. 35 4.42 4.36 4. 48 24. 60 24. 46 21.56 21.36 21.06 22.00 6. 17 5.39 5. 40 5. 25 5.37 Per cent of total number of secondary students in public and private high schools and academies in certain courses and studies, etc. Students and studies. 1889-90 1890-91 1891-92 1892-93 1893-94 1894-95 1895-96 1896-97 1897-98 1898-99 1899- 19001900 1901 1901-21902-3 1903-4 1904-5 1905-6 10.61 8.45 9.18 9.90 10.34 8.05 6.38 7.59 8.22 7.33 Total preparing for college 18.66 14.83 16.77 18. 12 17.67 17.11 45. 03 43.67 44.01 43.62 43.39 43.00 43.40 43.84 43.50 42.93 43.16 42.83 54.97 56.33 55.99 56.38 56.61 57.00 56.60 56.16 56.50 57.07 56.84 57.17 10.00 10.05 8.94 7.99 7.87 8.32 8.30 7.11 7.16 6.57 6.03 6.18 6.21 6.54 14.05 14.53 14.84 17.21 15. 51 14.02 12.86 11.87 11.20 10.75 10.21 English literature 38.90 40.60 41. 19 43.90 45.60 46.15 47.91 48. 14 50.53 History (other than United States). 27.83 29.77 31.35 33.46 35.78 34.65 35.73 36.08 37.68 38.32 37.80 38.41 21.41 20.89 21.09 20.60 19.87 19.45 TABLE 113.-Public high schools-number of schools, secondary instructors, secondary students, and elementary pupils in 1906–7. United States..8, 804 15, 122 17, 652 32,774 317, 120 433, 961 751, 0813, 313 6, 702 10,015 71, 387 70, 138 141,525 517 865 1,382 23,202 20,019 43,221 725 1,646 2,371 7,926 8,301 16,227 913 2,062 2,975 7,764 8,205 15,969 195 3, 426 3,251 6,677 N.Atlantic Division 2, 109 4,152 6,053 10, 205 103, 215 137,270 240, 485 N.Atlantic Division Pennsylvania. 163 186 246 432 72 123 5,719 9,837 4,947 3 217 239 456 2,335 4, 120 1,565 West Virginia.. 78 180 1,356 2,022 3,378 12 North Carolina. 156 1,464 2,001 3,465 Florida. 8. Central Division: 154 961 1,463 2,424 20 TABLE 114.-Public high schools-number of secondary students in college preparatory courses; number of graduates and college preparatory students in graduating class in 1906-7. State or Territory. United States........ North Atlantic Division... North Atlantic Division: New Hampshire.. Massachusetts. Rhode Island.. Connecticut. South Atlantic Division: Delaware.. Maryland.. District of Columbia... Virginia.. West Virginia. North Carolina.. South Carolina. Georgia.. Florida. South Central Division: Kentucky. Tennessee. Alabama.. |