SCHOOLS IN JUNE, 1915

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Grade | Pupils
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1 | 13,108
2 | 10,857
3 | 10,562
4 | 9,323
5 | 8,902
6 | 7,259
7 | 6,429
8 | 4,903
|
I | 3,122
II | 2,100
III | 1,534
IV | 1,399
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About 77 per cent of the children are enrolled in the grades below the
seventh, about 13 per cent in the seventh and eighth grades, a little
over six per cent in the first two years of the high school, and less
than three and one-half per cent in the third and fourth.

There are eight academic high schools, two technical high schools, and
two commercial high schools. The technical high schools are steadily
growing in favor. The registration of boys in these schools increased
about 33 per cent from 1913 to 1915, and of girls about 77 per cent.
During the same period the registration of boys in the academic high