Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-02-18
THE CENSUS OF THE SCHOOLS.


Facts Collected by Special Agent Blodgstt-
Tho Schools Of the District.
The census once has in press bulletin pre-
pared by expert special agent James H
Blodgett, showing the general enrolment IN
the public schools Of Arizona, California. Con
necticut, District Of Columbia. Maine, Mary
land, Massachusetts,, Montana, North Carolina
Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island
South Carolina, South Dakota, Vermont, vir.
ginia, Wyoming and eighty-three cities.
The most striking showing of the bulletin q
the comparative growth Of population and
public school enrolment In New Hampshire
Maine and Vermont there has been an absolute
decline in public school enrolment. The rela-
tive gain is generally greatest in the south, but
the phenomenal extreme of per cent gain OF
population and per cent gain of public school
enrolment Is shown by South Dakota.
RELATION OF THE SEXES IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
The relation of men to women among teachers,
as shown in the tables, appears to vary from a
minimum of 10 men to % women in Massachu-
sets to a maximum of 100 men to l0l women
in South Carolina If the colored teachers OF
South Carolina are taken separately there APP
pear to be 100 men to IS women. The other New
England states shown in this table approach the
relation shown in Massachusetts,, while Ohio
shows higher ratio of men than any other
northern state Of the table, or 100 men to lis
women, closely followed by Arizona and Penn
| sylvania.
The ratio Of boys and girls in public schools
has comparatively small range of variation.
This is the more striking when the great varia-
ton in legal school age and the diverse condi-
tons Of the population are taken into account.
1t may be stated, in anticipation Of further
publication, that local disparities in the num-
Der of boys and girls in public schools. create.
than those here shown between men and women
as teachers, will hereafter appear. Uniform,
therefore, as the relation Of the sexes among
enrolled pupils seem to be, they have bearing
of importance.
The extremes in this bulletin are Arizona
where 100 boys are enrolled to eighty-five girls
and the District Of Columbia where the enroll
ment is 100 boys to l13 girls.
THE DISTRICT SCHOOLS.
In the District of Columbia the proportion
Of male teachers to female teachers is nearly al
l to and male pupils to female pupils nearly
as 10 to 11.3. In Maryland male teachers mr.,
to female teachers l to 2.69 and of NAL,
pupils to female pupils as 10 to 9.6. In Vir
! gina male teachers are to female teachers as
| to Ia and male pupils to female rs 10 to SO.
The enrolment Of the public schools Of thu
! District of Columbia il from the report of W
B. Powell. superintendent of schools. includ
ing the report Of colored school. under charg,
Of Superintendent G. F. 7. Cook, who rendered
important aid as to statistics of private schools
The parochial schools of the District OF Col
umbia are mainly Catholic. There arc alst
Episcopal and Lutheran schools 1SSO-Popu
lation, 177,624; enrolment in public schools
&c. 439. Population, 23O, 392 enrolment il
public schools, 36.9O6. Gain of population
29.7l per cent. Gain Of enrolment in publ,
schools, $3.50 per cent.
A summary is given Of the private ant
parochinl schools in the District, which show
a total Of 4S7 private schools and SO parochia
schools. The aggregate of attendance upon til,
former is s. 500 and the latter 2, 4O2. OF tn
pupils in attendance upon private schools 4, 81
are white and 639 are colored; parochial schools
2;402 white and 4l0 colored. 1t is stated tina
the final report will show several hundred addi
tional pupils in private schools in this District