The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-01-20
BIG GAIN NOTED IN RURAL
HIGH SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
Both Enrolment and Pupils In
School Nearly Tripled In
Past Decade.

Approximately 10000 pupils now
are enrolled in the approved high
schools of the counties of Maryland
as compared with 1000 ten years ago,
according to a report made public a
few days ago by the State Board Of
Education. In the period attendance
has nearly tripled, mounting from
$500 to 1900. The increase in en-
rollment from 1925 to 1926 was 1858
and in attendance 1874, or a gain Of
eight per cent.
The establishment of additional
high schools is, in part, responsible
for the increase in enrolment and at
tendance, the report stated. In exam
pie, it was pointed out provision for
public nigh schools in Southern Mary
land, has been a development of the
last few years. In 1920, there were in
the State only eighty-two high schools
for white pupils and four for colored
which met the requirements for ap-
proval by the State Board of Educa-
ton. At present there are $50 white
and sixteen colored approved secon-
Diary schools, so that the increase in
institutions has been siXty-eight for
white and twelve for colored pupils.
Two White Schools Added In Year.
The fact that there were only two
more high schools for white students
last year than in 1925 indicates, it
was said, that the number schools now
established for whites is rapidly ap-
preaching the total needed in most Of
the counties.
New high schools were founded last
year at Cumberland, Allegany county;
West Friendship, Howard county;
Bethesda, Montgomery county, and at
Maryland Park, Prince Georges
county. High schools at Wolfeville,
Frederick county, and Oxen Hill, in
Prince Georges county, were reestab-
lished.
The ratio of the number of pupils
attending high schools for white chill
dren in the counties to the combined
enrolment of elementary and secon-
Diary schools is increasing steadily
each year, according to the report. Of
every 100 white pupils Belonging" to
county schools, fifteen were in the
high schools in 1926, while, in 1918,
only seven of every 100 were found
in the secondary institutions, it was
explained.
Each year, it was pointed out, one
more out of every one hundred white
pupils in the counties goes on to the
last four years of high school work.
Last years total of 1876 white high
school pupils is ISL per cent of the
combined enrolment, an increase Of
g per cent over the ratio for 1925.
Eastern Shore Leads.
Eastern Shore parents seem more
anxious to provide high school ed
ucation for their children than those
of any, other part of the State, the
report asserts. In the table showing
the per centage of pupils in each
county enrolled in the white schools,
Worcester county leads with PIP per
cent. Talbot is second with 20.6 per
cent, while Wicomico, with 1876 per
cent, Dorchester with 1872 per cent,
Somerset, 1879 per cent; Caroline, 1875
per cent; Kent, 1873 per cent, and
Queen Anne's, with IT'S per cent, fol-
low in the order named.
The largest increase in percentage,
81 per cent, over 1925 was registered
in St. Mary's county.
Of the 166 white and colored high
schools in the State, 1913 offer four
year courses. Pupils taking courses
in the schools which made only two or
three years work, take the last one or
two years of the course in the first
group of schools. In 1920, only thirty
four schools for white pupils offered
a full course, whereas the number for
1926 was 120.