Evening star., 1951-10-02
ID. {. Schools
Record Rise
In Enrolment
1886 More CoIored
Students, Isl Fewer
In White Glasses

lie schools is 96,722, an increase
of 2.085 over last years 94,637 en-
rollment figure of the same date,
school officials reported today.
The peak enrolment is expected
to be reached by october 19 and
Officials predict it will climb even
higher by that date. Last years
peak enrolment October 20 record,
94,716 pupils enrolled.
46,O36 White Students.
Today's figures show a drop of
Isl in white students while
substantial increase of 1886 Is
revealed in the colored school
figures.
Total number of white students
last year at this date was 46,787
as compared to 46,036 this year.
In the colored schools, last years
total figure of 1880 has in
creased to 50,686 to date.
The white high schools are all
revealed to be occupied under ca
pacity in today's figures, with a
total of 5.O76 spaces vacant. The
colored high schools, on the other
hand, reveal two high schools
slightly under capacity and Arm
strong High School overcrowded
by a total of 292 students.
Enrolment Given in Detail.
Enrolment and capacity figures
in the junior high schools show
the same trend, with the white
school vacancies totaling 2,l28 and
the colored schools overcrowded
by total Of 1.148 students.
A breakdown of the figures fol-
lows:
White school enrollment-Wil-
son Teachers College, 435; senior
high schools, 6,945; vocational
high schools, 9l2; junior high
schools, 9,239; elementary schools.
28.446; Capitol Page School, SO.
Total enrolment, 46,036.
Colored school enrolment:
Miner Teachers College, SIG:
senior high schools. 5,246; voca-
tional high schools, 848: junior
high schools. 1928; elementary
schools, 32,303; veterans center,
SAT; total enrolment, 50,686.
White high schools: Capacity
and enrolment. Anacostia high
school enrolment 1.078, capac-
Iity Ito; Coolidge High School.
enrolment 1,106. Capacity 1884;
Eastern High school. enrolment
1,112. capacity 2.726: Mckinley
High School. enrolment 1,105,
capacity 2.607; Roosevelt High
School. enrolment BAL. capacity
1872: Western High School, en-
Irollment 5T8, capacity 1,460: Will
son High School. enrolment 1925,
capacity 1883.
Colored high schools: Arm
strong High School. enrolment
1859, capacity LOTT: Cardozo
High School. enrolment 2.309.
capacity 2,400: Dunbar High
School, enrolment 1868; capa-
city 1.615.
White Junior High Schools:
Deal Junior High. enrolment 1876.
capacity. 1915: Eliot Junior High
School. enrolment, 447. capacity
918; Gordon Junior High School,
enrolment 720. capacity 1853;
Hine Junior High School, enroll
ment 551. capacity 912; Jenerson
Junior High School. enrolment
466. capacity SOB; Kramer Junior
High School, enrolment 1881.
capacity 1101; Mcfarland Junior
High School, enrolment 964. Ca
pacity 1893; Paul Junior High
School, enrolment 1906. capacity
1885; Susa Junior High School,
enrolment 1893. capacity 1924;
Stuart Junior High School, enroll
ment 728, capacity 1856; Taft Jun
ior High School, enrolment 915,
capacity S26.
Colored Junior High Schools:
Banneker Junior High School, en-
rollment 1922, capacity 1910;
Browne Junior High School, en-
rollment 1912. capacity 1888; Doug
lass Junior High School, enroll
ment 428. housed in elementary
school; Francis Junior High
School. enrolment $50, capacity
846; Patterson Junior High School
Ienrollment 925, capacity 811;
Langley Junior High School, en-
Irollment 1906, capacity 1924;
Miller Junior High School, enroll
ment 1889, capacity 1908; Randall
Junior High School, enrolment
1881. capacity 1856; Shaw Junior
High PSchool, enrolment 1925
capacity 1896; Terrell Junior
High School, enrolment $50, ca
pacity 673,