None of the applicants examined during the year were persons qualifying for the position of ordinary assistant in the District Schools, except such as qualified for positions in Colored Schools. All vacancies of assistant's positions in the District Schools, for white children, except those requiring Kindergarten teachers, or German-English teachers, have been filled by Normal graduates. The last item, "the number who received appointments," represents a portion of those who were appointed to German-English positions. NUMBER OF PUPILS REMAINING IN THE SCHOOLS AT THE CLOSE OF THE The following items on Kindergartens are included in the statistics for the District Schools, given above. They are given here as a matter of record on Kindergarten enrollment and attendance: NUMBER OF PUPILS ENROLLED IN THE KINDERGARTENS. Boys. Girls. Total. 2025 3917 2547 4718 Receiving Primary and Kindergarten Instruction, 1892 Total number enrolled..... 4063 4572 8635 AVERAGE NUMBER OF PUPILS BELONGING IN THE KINDERGARTEN. Receiving Primary and Kindergarten Instruction..... Total average number belonging... 2296 2219 4515 AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE OF PUPILS IN THE KINDERGARTEN. Receiving Primary and Kindergarten Instruction.. 2025 1901 3926 Total average daily attendance... NUMBER OF PUPILS REMAINING IN THE KINDERGARTEN AT THE CLOSE OF THE YEAR. Receiving Primary and Kindergarten Instruction. Receiving Kindergarten Instruction only.... Total remaining at close of the year.......... COST OF TUITION IN DAY SCHOOLS, BASED ON 2240 2265 4505 Average number attending... Average number belonging.. Average total number enrolled.. COST OF INCIDENTALS. [Including Fuel and Light, Janitor Hire and Supplies.] From the above statistics, it appears that the total enrollment of pupils in the Day Schools, was 51,581, or only 341 more than were enrolled during the previous year. I am of the opinion that, had there been provided the necessary school buildings to prevent the over-crowded condition of several of our schools, and to supply the increased demand for school accommodations, the increase in enrollment of pupils would have been nearly as great as the average annual increase in former years. It is reasonable to suppose that when a teacher endeavors to control and instruct seventy or seventy-five pupils, as was the case in a large number of our school-rooms, the effort must necessarily result in less progress on the part of the pupil, than would be possible had the teacher not endeavored to instruct more than the required number. It is a well known fact that many parents, fully recognizing the disadvantages arising from an over-crowded school-room, availed themselves of other means for educating their children. Then too, for want of room, many children were refused admission to some of our schools. The item, "Number of pupils enrolled in the High School," shows an increase over last year of 583 pupils. This item includes the pupils in the Branch High School, while last year they were included in the number enrolled in the District Schools. The average number belonging in the High School this year was 723, or 62 less than last year. The average number belonging in the High and District Schools, for the year, was 37,887, or 737 more than for the preceding year. The average number in daily attendance shows a slight increase over last year, in regularity of attendance. The following table shows the number of days the schools were in session, the number of days pupils were in attendance, and the number of cases of tardiness: Whole number of school days...... 200 |