TABLE 1. Summary, by States, of enrollment, attendance, supervising officers, and teachers in cities containing over 8,000 inhabitants in 1896-97. California.. 14 102, 236 14, 439, 119 211 1,983 2,194 TABLE 2. Summary, by States, of school property and expenditures in cities containing over 8,000 inhabitants in 1896-97. attendance to each teacher. TABLE 3.-Comparative statistics of cities containing over 8,000 inhabitants, summarized by States, etc., in 1896-97. Ratio of private school Ratio of Average average number attend of days' attend. ance of (public pupil enschools). rolled. Value of school Cost of Total cost of number number number Average property Average Average Average Average length of school term. pupils in teachers for each number of seats to a per capita of pupils in 100 pupils in attend- building. average attend. ateaching. vision per schools Average percapita day of of capita of pupils in pupils in cost per to each tuition ture per pupil ance. average attendance. average for all attend pupil. purposes. ance. ance. Cities of enrollment to ance to each United States: Per cent. Per cent. 1892-93 21.2 71.9 1893-94 20.8 72.9 139.7 191.5 36.2 18.7 127.1 1894-95 20.3 73.6 140.0 190.1 36.3 18.2 128.3 1895-96 19.6 73.5 140.6 191.4 36.4 17.9 131.6 1896-97 18.7 74.8 141.4 188.9 36.3 19.3 126.4 1892-93 20.7 71.2 138.0 193.7 34.5 20.6 131.2 1893-94 20.3 72.1 140.4 194.8 36.1 18.8 127.9 374 103.95 17.93 30.95 1894-95 19.8 72.6 141.5 194.8 35.9 19.9 126.8 381 102.37 18.44 32.17 9.46 16.51 1895-96 18.5 72.4 141.5 195.6 36.2 18.5 127.7 1896-97 17.5 74.2 141.5 190.7 36.3 19.0 127.8 1893-94 18.8 71.6 134.0 1894-95 17.8 72.5 133.6 1895-96 17.1 70.9 133.9 1896-97 15.7 72.6 134.9 185.9 34.8 26.7 133.4 1895-96 20.1 72.7 129.2 177.8 37.8 18.7 138.6 1896-97 19.6 73.6 131.0 178.2 38.1 18.3 128.3 1892-93 23.6 73.2 137.8 188.4 35.9 19.8 130.4 1893-94 22.8 74.6 141.4 189.6 36.3 17.3 127.6 1894-95 22.7 76.0 142.2 187.2 37.0 16.4 130.9 1895-96 22.5 76.0 143.4 188.6 36.6 17.6 136.8 437 98.90 17.62 29.55 9.34 15.67 1896-97 21.8 76.4 144.6 190.4 36.4 18.9 123.1 133.5 1893-94 12.7 71.1 135.6 190,8 35.5 15.1 121.3 297 151.07 24.07 38.26 12.20 1894-95 14.2 73.2 186.4 186.3 37.4 14.8 122.7 335 133.40 22.88 36.14 12. 61 20.05 1895-96 11.1 1896-97 9.5 75.3 138.7 184.2 35.6 17.1 125.2 339 121.83 22.78 20.76 12.34 18.60 |