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Kindergarten, Elementary, and Secondary Enrollment by Control, 1870 - 1970

Year	Total enrollment in thousands	Enrollment per 100 persons 5 to 17	Total enrollment in public day schools in thousands	Public kindergarteners in thousands	Public elementary pupils in thousands	Public elementary pupil teacher ratio	Public secondary pupils thousands	Public pupil teacher ratio	Total enrollment in private schools in thousands	Private elementary pupils in thousands	Private elementary pupil teacher ratio	Private secondary pupils in thousands	Private pupil teacher ratio	Other elementary pupils in thousands	Other secondary pupils in thousands
1870			6,872
1871			7,562		7,481		80
1872			7,815
1873			8,004
1874			8,444
1875			8,786
1876			8,869
1877			8,965
1878			9,439
1879			9,504
1880			9,868		9,757		110
1881			10,001
1882			10,212
1883			10,652
1884			10,982
1885			11,398
1886			11,664
1887			11,885
1888			12,183
1889	13661	75.2	12,392						1,269
1890	14479	78.1	12,723		12,520		203		1,757	1,662		95			60
1891	14541	77.3	13,050		12,839		212		1,491
1892	14556	76.3	13,256		13,016		240		1,300
1893	14826	76.6	13,483		13,229		254		1,343
1894	15314	78	13,995		13,706		289		1,319
1895	15455	77.6	14,244		13,894		350		1,211
1896	15834	78.4	14,499		14,118		380		1,335
1897	16140	78.8	14,823		14,414		409		1,317
1898	16459	79.2	15,104		14,654		450		1,355
1899	16474	78.2	15,176		14,700		476		1,298
1900	16885	78.3	15,503		14,984		519		1,382	1,147		111		37	69
1901	17072	78.3	15,703		15,161		542		1,370
1902	17126	77.6	15,917		15,367		551		1,209
1903	17205	77.1	16,009		15,417		592		1,196
1904	17560	77.8	16,256		15,620		636		1,304
1905	17806	77.9	16,468		15,789		680		1,338
1906	18056	78	16,642		15,919		723		1,414
1907	18200	77.8	16,891		16,140		751		1,309
1908	18609	78.6	17,062		16,292		770		1,547
1909	18995	79.1	17,506		16,665		841		1,489
1910	19372	79.4	17,814		16,899	34.4	915	27.8	1,558	1,440		117	10.5	71	83
1911	19836	79.5	18,035		17,050		985		1,601
1912	19830	79.2	18,183		17,078		1,105		1,647
1913	20348	79.8	18,609		17,474		1,135		1,739
1914	20935	80.6	19,154		17,935		1,219		1,781
1915	21474	81.5	19,704		18,375		1,329		1,770
1916	22172	83	20,352		18,896		1,456		1,820
1918	22516	81.8	20,854		18,920	32.6	1,934	23	1,662
1920	23278	83.2	21,578	481	18,897	33.6	2,200	21.6	1,699	1,456		214	12.3	99	86
1922	24820	85.8	23,239	529	19,837	34.3	2,873	22.2	1,581
1924	26016	87.3	24,289	610	20,289	33.9	3,390	23.5	1,727
1926	27180	88.8	24,741	673	20,311	32.6	3,757	22.2	2,439
1928	27810	89.1	25,180	695	20,573	33.1	3,911	20.7	2,631	2,235		341
1930	28329	89.5	25,678	723	20,556	33.2	4,399	20.6	2,651	2,255		341	14	143	71
1932	29061	91.8	26,275	701	20,434	33	5,140	22.2	2,786	2,384		403			49
1934	29163	92.6	26,434	602	20,163	33.5	5,669	24.9	2,729	2,371		360			62
1936	29006	92.9	26,367	607	19,786	33.8	5,975	22.3	2,639	2,253	34	387	15.3		63
1938	28663	93.7	25,975	607	19,141	33.2	6,227	22	2,687	2,252	33.4	437	16		63
1940	28045	94.2	25,434	595	18,237	32.7	6,601	22	2,611	2,096	33.2	458	15.2		71
1942	27179	93.5	24,562	626	17,549	32.5	6,388	21.3	2,617	2,085	32.6	483	15.3		53
1944	25758	89.7	23,257	697	17,016	32.9	5,554	19.2	2,491	2,022		421			46
1946	26124	91.2	23,300	773	16,905	32.6	5,622	19.4	2,825	2,213	35	565	15.5		40
1948	26998	91.1	23,945	989	17,302	33	5,653	18.5	3,054	2,269	36.4	602	14.4	82	49
1950	28492	92.3	25,111	1034	18,353	32.9	5,725	17.7	3,380	2,575	35.6	672	15.9	105	56
1952	30372	91.5	26,563	1272	19,409	33.4	5,882	17.1	3,809	2,922	38.3	656	15.7	112	59
1954	33175	92.5	28,836	1474	21,072	34.3	6,290	16.8	4,339	3,275	42.3	747	15.2	131	71
1956	35872	93.1	31,163	1564	22,726	33.6	6,873	16.8	4,709	3,623	41.5	823	16.2	145	79
1958	38756	93.5	33,529	1772	23,897	31.5	7,860	16	5,228	3,944	38.6	931	17.9	151	79
1960	41762	95	36,087	1923	25,679	32.2	8,485	15.4	5,675	4,286	38.8	1035	18.4	154	80
1962	44285	94.9	38,269	2081	26,622	32.4	9,566	15.4	6,016	4,521	36.9	1120	17.7	179	83
1964	46674	94.8	40,187	2132	27,172	31.8	10,883	15.7	6,487	4,796	35.9	1287	17.6	180	85
1966	48479	95.9	42,174	2262	28,315	31	11,597	15.2	6,304	4,763	33.5	1329	18.1	187	95
1968	50742	97.6	44,742	2479	29,775	28.6	12,488	15.3	6,000	4,600	30.9	1400	18.2	190	97
1970	51319	97.8	45,619	2601	29,996	27.1	13,022	14.4	5,700	4,100	28.3	1400	18.9	195	97
Year	Total enrollment in thousands	Enrollment per 100 persons 5 to 17	Total enrollment in public day schools in thousands	Public kindergarteners in thousands	Public elementary pupils in thousands	Public elementary pupil teacher ratio	Public secondary pupils thousands	Public pupil teacher ratio	Total enrollment in private schools in thousands	Private elementary pupils in thousands	Private elementary pupil teacher ratio	Private secondary pupils in thousands	Private pupil teacher ratio	Other elementary pupils in thousands	Other secondary pupils in thousands

U.S. Bureau of the Census, Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970, (Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1975), 368 – 369.

Kindergarten, Elementary, and Secondary Enrollment by Control, 1870 - 1970

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