TABLE 3.-School ages in the several States-State school censuses.

a The compulsory period here given is in many cases extended or shortened under certain circum

TABLE 1.-Number of pupils enrolled in the common schools at different dates, and the relation of the enrollment to the school population.

South Central Div.

United States. 7, 561, 5829, 867, 505 12, 722, 581 15, 503, 110 15, 925, 887
North Atlantic Div. 2, 743, 344 2,930, 345 3, 112, 622, 3, 643, 949 3,733, 683|
South Atlantic Div 603, 619 1, 242, 811 1,785, 486
767, 839 1,371, 9752, 293, 579

2,182, 615|

2, 279, 290

3,018,609

3, 156, 590

-Percentage of the total popu

TABLE 5.-The school enrollment of 1901-2 classified by sexlation enrolled at different dates.

TABLE 6. -Per cent of the school population (i. e., children 5 to 18 years of age) enrolled in the public schools, for a period of years.