school enrollment shows an increase of 67 per cent for this period; the private elementary schools show a loss of 11 per cent. Kindergarten enrollments have increased 1,882 per cent, those of public high schools 1,570 per cent, private high schools 168 per cent, preparatory departments of colleges 20 per cent, secondary students in normal schools 331 per cent, and all secondary-school pupils 946 per cent. There is an increase of 606 per cent in normal-school enrollments, 445 per cent in college and university enrollments, and 139 per cent in commercial-school enrollments. These increases are shown graphically for colleges and for secondary schools. PER CENT OF INCREASE 1,000 INCREASE OF POPULATION, AND ENROLLMENTS IN COLLEGES, AND IN SECONDARY Table 7.-In this table enrollments in elementary schools, high schools, teacher-training institutions, and colleges are classified according to public and private control, and are given by States. VALUE OF SCHOOL PROPERTY The States report a total valuation of public elementary and secondary school property of $3,744,780,714. Private high schools and academies report $396,616,100. Exclusive of endowments, teachers colleges and normal schools report property valued at $136,623,958, and colleges and universities at $1,056,929,060. If the value of school property used by the private elementary schools be estimated at $300,000,000, and $12,862,722 be included as endowment owned by teacher-training institutions, and $814,718,813 as productive funds of colleges and universities, the total value of property used by all types of schools mentioned above is $6,462,531,367. The average value of public-school property per pupil enrolled has increased from $129 in 1922 to $154 in 1924. This increase is due not so much to increased values of real estate as it is to newer and better buildings, better equipment, and more extensive grounds. It is safe to say that our public-school children were never better housed than at present, although there is still room for improvement. A large number of cities report considerable congestion. The percentage of public-school expenditures going for sites, buildings, and contents for 1920 is 14.8 per cent; for 1922 it is 19.4 per cent; and for 1924 it is 21.3 per cent. This increase over previous years reflects the efforts of school districts toward resuming building programs that were curtailed during the war period or held in abeyance when building costs began to increase so rapidly above the pre-war figures. In the matter of permanent school funds for public-school education, Texas leads with a total of over $80,000,000. Minnesota has fortyfour million, Virginia and Oklahoma have nearly twenty-four and one half million each, and South Dakota has twenty-four million in a permanent school fund. North Dakota, Washington, Montana, Indiana, New Jersey, Missouri, Wyoming, Kansas, and Nebraska each has a permanent school fund of over $10,000,000. Nearly a half billion dollars of public-school resources are in school lands. Minnesota leads with $85,000,000, South Dakota has seventyfive million, Montana forty-six million, Colorado forty-one million, and eight other States have unsold lands valued at over $10,000,000 each. TABLE 1.-School and college enrollments in 1923-24 TABLE 2.-School enrollment and estimated costs in 1923-24 4 The items beginning "Teachers colleges, extension courses," are not included in Table 1. TABLE 3.-Gifts and bequests to education, 1914-1924 TABLE 4.-Gifts and bequests to education from 1871 to 1924 1873_ 11, 225, 977 21, 192, 450 1874 24, 755, 663 6, 053, 804 1893. 8, 207, 690 1911. 1875 27, 634, 029 10,855, 365 1912 1876_ 30, 061, 310 4,691, 845 1913. 1877. 29,651, 879 3,015, 256 1896. 11, 677, 048 1914_ 1878 31, 357, 398 10, 049, 141 1915_ 1879. 26, 023, 246 5, 249, 810 1898. 1880 37,095, 280 1918. 1881. 29,856, 568 7,440, 224 1883 67, 417, 156 1884 78, 330, 790 1885 9, 314, 081 1903 20, 348, 739 1924. 17, 261, 375 Total, excluding 1882, 1917, 1919, 83, 578, 479 1921, and 1923. 906, 719, 601 28, 585, 780 • Figures for 1922. Does not include 1,832 men and 817 women duplicates, in universities, colleges, and professional schools. 1,050 4,950 1,350 7, 150 1,500 8,000 10, 022 717 10, 852 2, 140 10, 852 2, 140 149, 428 267, 653 163, 999 339,599 158, 574 471, 633151, 215 663, 958 194, 642 712,000 906, 642 |