STATE SCHOOL SYSTEMS. CALIFORNIA 1 STATISTICAL TABLES FOR 1835-96. TABLE 1.-School year, population, and school population. Increase or decrease. Per cent. I....7.27 1885-86 July 1 935, 058 212.046 6-21 358, 006 I....5.76 California 1885-86 July 1 1, 001, 293 158, 727 5-17 259,973 I....3.54 Colorado 1885-86 Sept. 1 243, 910 30, 185 6-21 b37, 955 I....8.47 Connecticut.. 1885-86 Sept. 1 670, 807 104, 608 4-16 152, 166 I....0.72 Delaware..... Florida... 1883-84 158, 768 28,966 6-21 c10, 569 I....5.55 1885-86 338, 406 75, 095 6-21 123, 526 1886 Jan. 1 1,694, 809 376,265 6-18 d508, 722 July 1 3, 280, 204 644, 970 6-21 b1, 077, 302 I....2.90 1885-88 Sept. 1 2,061, 008 415, 625 6-21 740, 949 I....2.50 1883-84 Mar. 1,766, 239 346, 436 5-21 623, 151 I....3.04 1885-86 Aug. 1 1,284, 809 259, 066 5-21 497, 785 I....7.96 1882-83 1,801, 831 390, 268 6-20 581, 322 I....1. 66 Jan. 1 1, 008, 951 218, 605 6-18 311, 425 647,319 103, 697 4-21 212, 782 D...0.51 1,009,798 192, 847 6-21 341, 497 1,942, 141 285,778 5-15 348, 903 I....1.48 1, 912, 181 337, 390 5-20 1595, 752 1, 117, 798 203, 145 5-21 387, 402 I....7.80 Oct. 1 1, 237, 453 282, 999 5-21 450, 000 I....1.32 2,438, 747 512, 485 6-20 812, 425 I....0.88 740, 645 146, 601 5-21 252, 006 I....8.04 50,388 7,090 6-18 9, 320 D...2.92 362, 292 50,814 5-15 83, 023 1,278, 033 225, 960 5-18 366, 317 I....2.88 5, 330, 491 878, 322 5-21 1,735, 073 I....0.81 1,525, 341 328, 989 6-21 6530, 127 I....2.85 3,348, 589 638, 922 6-21 1, 101, 358 I....0.53 1885-86 Mar. 1885-86 June 1 1885-86 May 1 234,582 43, 156 g4-20 4,722, 954 891, 065 6-21 1,568, 525 304, 284 46,186 e5-15 82, 8C0 I....3.55 63, 735 I....5.96 Texas... 1885-86 Sept. 1 1885-86 July 1,085, 789 241, 601 6-18 1 1,723, 996 383, 638 6-21 623, 450 I....2.78 1885-80 Sept. 1 1885-86 Apr. 1 2,027, 895 446, 482 8-16 h331, 474 333, 155 54,474 5-20 99, 724 Wisconsin West Virginia.. 1885-86 Aug. 1 1,660, 783 357, 322 5-21 610,271 1885-86 July 1 692, 726 153, 266 G-21 242, 752 I....2.83 Alaska 1885-86 July 1,563, 423 305, 562 4-20 544, 976 Dakota.. Arizona......... 1885-86 July 35,000 5,060 1885-86 July 1 76, 892 9, 631 Idabo District of Columbia 1885-86 July 1 415, 610 68, 004 7-20 87,563 1885-86 July 1 203, 459 35, 288 e6-17 50,919 Montana 1885-86 Sept. 1 55, 095 8, 279 5--21 15, 399 New Mexico 1885-86 Sept. 1 93, 029 10, 607 4-21 20, 193 I....2.02 Washington... Wyoming. 1880 131, 985 25, 778 7-18 129, 255 1885-86 July 179, 238 38, 579 6-18 50, 638 I...10. 3 1885-86 July 1 104, 732 18, 587 6-21 1880 31, 391 3,702 7-21 j40, 000 i4, 112 I....8. 10 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ From Table 1, it appears that the population of the United States 6-14 years of age is 10,928,943, which may be regarded as fairly representing the elementary school demand. As this is the first year for which the population between these ages has been computed the increase as compared with any previous year cannot be indicated. The population of legal school age is given for all the States and for ten Territories, either for the current year 1885-86 or some previous one. This shows an increase, as compared with the preceding year, in 24 States and 3 Territories, and decrease in 2 States and 1 Territory. Data is wanting for determining the nature of the change in the remaining States and Territories. The periods of legal school age remain the same as for the previous year, excepting in South Carolina, where there has been an extension of two years, and in Washington Territory, where there has been a diminution of two years. The statistics of population 6 to 14 years of age, and of total population, afford the means of estimating the extent of the school demand in each State, and its comparative relation to the adult portion of the population, upon whom the obligation of meeting the demand rests. The computations have not been carried into this particular, but a few contrasts which excite attention upon a very cursory examination of the columns are suggestive. For instance, it can hardly escape notice that the ratio of the population 6-14 years to the total population in the States of the Southern Central Division is much greater than the corresponding ratio in the States of the North Atlantic Division, the ratio of the former group ranging in fact from 21 to 23 per cent., and that of the latter from 15 to 17 per cent. Moreover, the rate of increase in the legal school population is higher in the Southern Central than in the North Atlantic Division. In other words, the former States have a greater and a more rapidly increasing school burden than the latter. TABLE 2.—Enrolment, attendance, duration of schools, and sittings. |