1939-40 City School Systems 10,000+ Dataset

1939-40 School Systems in Cities 10,000+, Biennial Survey of Education Dataset

Population, Teachers, Enrollment, Attendance

1939-40 School Systems in Cities 10,000+ – Population, Teachers, Enrollment, Attendance

Note: The Biennial Survey divided cities into three population groups: Group 1 (≥ 100,000), Group 2 (30,000 – 99,999), and Group 3 (10,000 – 29,999).

Source: “Table 13.—Enrollment, attendance, length of term, number of schools, and instructional staff by city, 1939-40” United States Department of the Interior, Statistics of City School Systems 1939-40 and 1941-42, Biennial Survey of Education in the United States, 1938-40 and 1940-42, Vol. II, chapt. VII (Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1947), 44 - 63.

Financial

1939-40 School Systems in Cities 10,000+ – Expenses, Bonds, Property