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 circumstances.

Not limited by law.

c No State school census.

d Applies only to Baltimore city and Allegany County.

e Estimated for 1904.

f No compulsory law.

A compulsory law; 8 to 14 applies in certain counties pursuant to local vote.

TABLE 4.-Number of pupils enrolled in the common schools at different dates and the relation of the enrollment to the school population.

TABLE 5.-The school enrollment of 1906-7, classified by sex.

population enrolled at different dates.

Percentage of the total

Number of different pupils of all Per cent of the total population ages enrolled.

enrolled.

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.

TABLE 7.-The average daily attendance at various periods, and its relation in 1906-7、 to the enrollment.

a Approximately.

a 3,300

10,546

a 15,000
64, 286

27,435 100,966

36,946 43,333 146,589

74,717

130, 750

73.41

64, 411 197,395

76,954 247,880

74.96

73.85