Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1898-05-24
SOME SCHOOL STATISTICS
Nationality Of Pupils and Teachers in
All Hawaiian Schools.
Number Of Schools, Teachers and Pupils Of All
Grades Numbers in Each Course
Of Study, Etc,

tached to the biennial report of
the Minister of Public Instruc.
ton much valuable information
can be obtained concerning the
schools of Hawaii, and an effort is
here made to condense some of
the more salient points contained
therein.
There were in the islands on
December 81, 1897, 131 public
schools taught in English, one in
Hawaiian ION Niihau) and GO pri.
vate schools. The 1872 public
schools required 122 male and
IT'S female teachers, while the 60
private schools gave employment
to 80 male and 127 female
teachers.
The total number Of children in
attendance on these 1872 schools
was IA, 522, of whom 1852 went
to the English public schools, 26
to the native public school and
1864 to private schools.
The division of nationality of
the Ia, 522 school children attend
ing all classes of schools in the
Hawaiian Republic is as follows ::
Hawaiian $500, part Hawaiian
2479, American 4S4, British $50,
German 302, Portuguese 1915,
Scandinavian LOG, French 2, Japa
nese $50, Chinese 1918, South Sea
Islanders 10, all other foreigners
76.
The number Of pupils under 6
years of age was 895, divided into
All males and 424 females. Those
between 6 and Is years of age
were 6762 males and 57O4 females,
or a total of 12,466. OF those
pupils above Is years of age there
were 1161, of whom 7S4 were
males and 377 females.
Of the 1852 children attend
ing the public schools 1881 were
in the first yearly course; 20S9 in
the second; 1884 in the third and
1878 in the fourth. Those in the
fifth to the eighth yearly course
of study numbered 1880 and 1886
were taking the High School
course.
Of the teachers employed in all
! the schools of the Islands 81 were
Hawaiian, 62 part Hawaiian, 253
American, 60 British, IL German,
q French, 6 Scandinavian, 20
Portuguese, 3 japanese, l3 Chin
csc and 6 of other foreign birth.
On Hawaii in the public Eng
lish schools there are 49, with 81
male and So female teachers and
100 male and 1462 female pupils.
Maui and Lanai have % schools
with SO male and 90 female
teachers, and HOO male and $50
female pupils. Molokai has 5
schools with 3 male and 3 female
teachers and 80 male and 67
female pupils. Oahu has SO schools
with 80 male and rs female
teachers and 1924 male and 1918
female pupils. Kauai and Niihau
have IA schools with IA male ano
20 female teachers and 794 male
and 637 female pupils.
Of private schools on the isl
ands Hawaii has II with IL male
and 20 female teachers and 355
male and 81 female scholars.
Maui and Lanai have s private
schools with & male and IA female
teachers and 221 male and 317 fe-
male pupils. Molokai has no pri-
vate schools, but Oahu makes up
for it with 81, employing SO male
and 80 female teachers and having
l4l4 male and 1172 female pupils.
Kauai and Niihau have 3 private
schools with s male and female
teachers and 102 male and 62 fe-
male pupils.
The only public school now
taught in the Hawaiian language
is the one on Niihau with IL male
and 9 female pupils under l male
teacher.
OF the 200 teachers employed
in the private schools the nation
atty was: Hawaiian 8, part Ha-
waiian IA, American 122, British
rs, German 10, French 5, Scandi-
navian l, Portuguese 6, Japanese
3, Chinese IL and other foreign
ers 3.
OF the 1854 pupils taught in
private schools $50 were under 6
years Of age, 1878 ranged from 6