The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-15
KIDS ARE FLUNKED
In City Schools, 9.3 Per Cent
Fail to Pass Grades.
Average Failures Among Col
Ored Schools 30 Per Cent.
BRAANER SCHOOL TOPS LIST
Had Smallest Number of Fail
ures in Entire System.
Many Factors Enter Into In
ability to Make Grade.


schools. excluding colored schools
during the fall term was % per cent
according to a bulletin issued today
nv A. / Stout superintendent of
schools These figures were prepared
from the promotion sheets Issued by
the principals of the various Waru
schools The number OF tailufes III
the colored schools was 20 per cent
1T is understood that the per cent
of failures is dependent on' many
things saws Superintendent Stout
TT is also true that it is sometimes
better to mark a pupil failure and
have him repeat the work than to
send him on poorly prepared
Failures In Each School.
The total per cent of failures in
each school for the term, including
the first eight grades. were s follows:
Brauner. s per cent; Central Park,
per cent; Clay, 81 per cent; Gage
Park, So per cent; Garfield, 1912 per
cent; Grant, 20.2 per cent; Harrison,
"a per cent; Lafayette, 1853 per cent;
Lincoln. 1 per cent; Lowman Hill, 10
per cent; Parkdale, 1874 per cent;
Polk, 6.5 per cent: Potwin, "a per
cent: Quincy, 7 per cent; Quinton
Heights. % per cent; State Street, g.
per cent; Sumner, 81 per cent; van
Buren, Pa per cent; Buchanan. 21.2
per cent; Mckinley, 1911 per cent;
Monroe, 26.5 per cent; Washington
1871 per cent.
The average per cent Of failures
in the first grades Of the white schools
was 17.6 per cent. The average in
the coIored schools was 25.4 per cent.
Branncr Holds the Record.
Branner school had the lowest per-
centage Of failures in the first grade,
which was 60 per cent. The large
percentage of failures in the first
grade is due to several reasons. The
to- 4T,ra~z Iva ~
new conditions when they enter
school and they also suffer from dis
cas- and minor ailments which the
advanced pupils do not have to con-
tend.
The percentage of failures in the
other schools were as follows: Cen
trail Park. Il per cent; Clay. SO per
cent; Gage Park. 1876 per cent; Grant, |
292 per cent; Harrison, 10 per cent; |
Lafayette, 29.1 per cent; Lincoln, 70
per cent; Lowman Hill, 81 per cent;
ParkdaIe. % per cent; Polk, II per
cent; Potwin. 25.2 per cent; Quincy,
25.4 per cent; Quinton Heights, 20
per cent; State Street 17.5 per cent;
Sumner, Ill per cent; Van Buren,,
81 per cent; Buchanan, SO per cent;
Mckinley. 1875 per cent; Monroe. %
per cent; Washington, 1871 per cent?
No Failures in Two.
The average percentage of failures
in the second grades Of the white
schools was So per cent. The aver
age in the cOlored schools was % per-
cent Central Park and Quinton
Heights schools reported no failures
in this grade.
The percentage of failures in the
second grades of the other schools
were: Branner. 2.5 per cent; Clay 2.s
per cent; Gage Park. 8.3 per cent; |
Grant, 22.2 per cent; Harrison, 2.S per |
cent; Lafayette, IL per cent; Lincoln. |
10 per cent; Lowman Hill, ga per
cent: Parkdale, II per cent; Polk, |
11.3 per cent; Potwin, 10.5 per cent; |
Quincy. 14.4 per cent; State Street, !
II per cent: Sumner 81 per cent; !
Van Buren,, 3 per cent; Buchanan, !
PA per cent; Mckinley, 1925 per
cent; Monroe, 3S.3 per cent; Washing |
ton, 1875 per cent.
In Third Grade.
The average percentage OF failures |
in the third grades of the white
schools was 10 per cent. The average
in the colored schools was 1873 per
cent. Clay Gage Park, Harrison. |
Polk, Quinton Heights and Van Buren,
schools reported no FAILURES in this
grade.
The percentages of failure in the
other schools were as follows: Bran
ner. 2-3 per cent; Central Park. SIS
per cent; Grant, 1914 per cent; Lafay- |
cite. 15.4 per cent; Lincoln, 1877 per
cent; Lowman Hill, 1O.4 per cent; |
Parkdale, rs per cent; Potwin, Al per
cent; Quincy, 1871 per cent; State
Street. ? per cent; Sumner, Ill per
cent; Buchanan, 1917 per cent: Nc |
Kinley. 21.S per cent; Monroe 143l
per cent; Washington, 81 per cent.
In Fourth Grade.
The average percentage of failures
in the fourth grades of the white
schools was ~ per cent. The average
in the colored schools was 1873 per
cent. Gage Park. Harrison and Qufn- !
ton Heights schools reported no fail
ures.
The percentages of failures in the
other schools were: Branner. "a per
cent; Central Park. IS per cent; Clay, |
j.A per cent; Grant, So per cent; La
fayette, 10.5 per cent; Lincoln. SO per
cent; Lowman Hill, 6.S per cent: Park
dale. III per cent; Polk, % per cent; |
Potwin, ,. per cent; Quincy, PA
per cent; State Street, Ills per cent:
Sumner. rs per cent; Van Buren,, "a
per cent; Buchanan. 14.S per cent;
Mckinley 1876 per cent; Monroe. Is
per cent; Washington. 20 per cent.
In Fifth Grade.
In the fifth grades of the white
schools of the city, percentage of fail
ures was only sd per cent The aver
age in the colored schools was 23.2
per cent No failures were reported
at Clay. Garfield. Lincoln. Parkdale
and QuiRtOn Heights. Schools report
cent: Central Park. 2.5 per cent: Gage
Park, 27.6 per cent; Grant. rs per
cent; Harrison, per cent; Lafayette
1 "a per cent; Lowman HILL 81 per
cent; Polk. 2.3 per cent: Po;win SO
per cent; Quincy. 17.3 per cent; State
street, SO per cent; Sumner. 2.6 per
cent; Van Buren,. per cent; Blu
chanan. I ; per cent; Mckinley, "a per
cent; Monroe, 80 per cent; Washing
ton. 2l.4 per cent.
The percentage Of failures in the
fifth grades Of the white schools was
81 per cent. In the colored schools
It was 2S.2 per cent.
Clay, Garfield. Lincoln, Parkdale.
and Quinton Heights reported no fall
ures. Schools reporting failures were: