made up of children seven years old. Between 14 and 15 over 30 per
cent leave school. The loss from 16 to 17 is approximately 43 per
cent, from 17 to 18 about 44 per cent, and from 18 to 19 nearly 62 per
cent.

The compulsory attendance law requires boys to attend school until
they are 15 and girls until they are 16. That the law is not
adequately enforced is demonstrated by the heavy loss between the ages
of 14 and 15, and the fact that the loss between 15 and 16 is
approximately the same for both boys and girls, although girls are
required to attend one year longer than boys. Additional evidence as
to the laxity in the enforcement of the compulsory law is found in the
results of an inquiry conducted by the Consumers' League of Cleveland
in the spring of 1916, in cooperation with the survey.


TABLE 5.--AGES OF PUPILS ENROLLED IN PUBLIC ELEMENTARY, HIGH, AND
NORMAL SCHOOLS IN JUNE, 1915

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Age | Boys | Girls | Total
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6 | 4,255 | 4,180 | 8,435
7 | 5,012 | 4,815 | 9,827
8 | 4,496 | 4,407 | 8,903
9 | 4,268 | 4,103 | 8,371
10 | 4,093 | 3,951 | 8,044
| | |
11 | 3,747 | 3,593 | 7,340
12 | 3,700 | 3,646 | 7,346