TABLE 7.-Per cent of pupils in the different kinds of public schools, by general nativity and race of father of pupil.

[Races represented by small numbers are not shown separately. Each race shown includes pupils in. those cíties only in which 200 or more pupils of that race are reported. The totals, however, are for all pupils studied. This table also includes only pupils in the kindergarten, elementary grades, and high school, and does not include pupils in special schools.]

Of the 1,771,914 pupils included in this table, 4.4 per cent are in the kindergarten, 55.7 per cent are in the primary grades, 33.5 per cent are in the grammar grades, and 6.4 per cent are in the high school. The marked difference between the children of native-born white fathers and the children of foreign-born fathers is in the proportions in the primary grades and in the high school. The proportions for the two are as follows:

The Slovaks stand first in the proportion of pupils they furnish to the kindergarten, the percentage being 8.6; the South Italians

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are second, with 7.8 per cent; and the Magyars are third, with 7.6 per cent.

The Portuguese have the lowest proportion, 1 per cent, in the kindergarten, and the Danish have the second lowest, 2.4 per cent.

In the primary grades large differences among the various races are noted. The races are grouped with respect to the proportion of pupils in the primary grades in the statement which follows:

In the grammar grades the Danes have the highest proportion, 42.6 per cent. Canadians other than French are only slightly lower, with 41.5 per cent. The Swedes have 40.9 and the Scotch 40.2 per cent. The Slovaks, with 16.6 per cent, have the lowest proportion in the grammar grades, the South Italians, with 18.7 per cent, are next in order, and the Portuguese, with 18.9 per cent, are third lowest.

In the high schools the Canadians other than French have the highest proportion, 10.3 per cent. The Scotch, with 9.7 per cent, are the second highest, and the native-born white are third in order, with 9.1 per cent. The Portuguese have the lowest proportion in the high school, 0.5 per cent. The Slovaks, with 0.7 per cent, and the South Italians, with 0.8 per cent, are only slightly above the Portuguese.

While these tables show wide differences among the races as to the distribution of the pupils in the kindergarten, primary grades, grammar grades, and high school, it is not possible to determine in how far racial characteristics may affect this distribution, for the reason that no population figures are available showing by race the number of persons of the usual age for the various kinds of schools enumerated. The three tables which follow relate to "retardation." A "retarded" pupil, as the term is used in this report, is one who is older than the "normal" age for the grade. This is best shown by the following:

These tables include for each race only cities in which 200 or more pupils of that race are reported. The elementary grades only are included, and the total number of cities is 37.

TABLE 8.-Number of public school pupils in each elementary grade, by general nativity and race of father of pupil.

[Races represented by small numbers are not shown separately. The totals, however, are for all pupils studied. This table includes for each race only cities in which 200 or more pupils of that race are reported.]

Grand total..

37 294.657 243, 162 238, 453 224,045 202, 992 165, 771 130, 614 99, 1904, 6251, 603, 509

TABLE 9.-Number of public school pupils in each elementary grade who are retarded, by general nativity and race of father of pupil.

[Races represented by small numbers are not shown separately. The totals, however, are for all pupils studied. This table includes for each race only cities in which 200 or more pupils of that race are reported.]

Grand total......

37 33,223 46, 517 58,026 61,452 57,932 41,582 24,709 14,834

37 56,109 76,699 96,794 102, 937 96,944 72, 411 46,780 29,036 375 578,085

149 338, 424

TABLE 10.-Per cent of public school pupils in each elementary grade who are retarded, by general nativity and race of father of pupil.

[Races represented by small numbers are not shown separately. The totals, however, are for all pupils studied. This table includes for each race only cities in which 200 or more pupils of that race are reported.]

Grand total.

37 18.8 32.1 41.1 46.5 48.3

37 19.0 31.5 40.6 45.9 47.8 43.7 35.8 29.3 8.1 36.1

Attention is called to the fact that in computing the proportion retarded in the preceding table the basis of computation is the total number of pupils in each grade and not the number 8 years of age or over as used in the computation in the "intensive" study of schools. Of the 1,603,509 public school pupils included, 578,085, or 36.1 per cent, are "retarded;" that is, 36.1 per cent are older than the normal age for their grade. The proportion retarded reaches the highest point in the fifth grade. The proportion retarded in each grade is as follows: