From The University of North Carolina News Letter,
May 7, 1919
Facts About High
Schools
Perhaps no measure of the popularity of high schools and of
the essential part they play in our national scheme of public education is more
impressive than a numerical statement concerning them over a 25-year period.
Public High Schools
1890 1915
Number of schools 2,771 11,674
Number of pupils 221,596 1,328,984
Number of teachers 8,270 62,519
Pupils per 100
Total population .34 1.29
Private High Schools
1890 1915
Number of schools 1,714 2,248
Number of pupils 98,400 155,044
Number of teachers 6,231 14,026
Pupils per 100
Total population .16 .15
Public and Private
Together
Number of schools 4,485 13,922
Number of pupils 309,996 1,484,028
Number of teachers 14,501 76,545
Pupils per 100 total
Population .5 1.44
These figures are very impressive as showing to what an
increased extent we as a nation have realized the wisdom of providing
educational advantages for our children beyond a bare knowledge of the three
R’s.
They are further impressive as showing the increasing
willingness of the people of the United States to provide these advantages out
of the public school funds, instead of depending upon private enterprise and
initiative to furnish advanced educational opportunity.
Practically one individual out of every 75 in our total
population is attending a public secondary school of some sort and just about
half of all children between the ages of 14 and 18 are now in school.
What of those not in school? How does your district compare?
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