Retardation in the Reading public schools . oximately twelve thousand eight hun-dred, the computations based upon the October enrolment, let ussay, will vary decidedly from those derived from the enrolmentfor June. Table II.—Enrolment of Males and Females in Each GradeOF the Public Schools in October, 1907. •ade Male Female Total Grade Male Female Total 1 994 969 1,963 7 338 378 716 2 871 795 1,666 8 241 254 495 3 872 862 1,734 9 214 237 451 4 916 824 1,740 10 131 149 280 5 807 691 1,498 11 62 79 141 6 529 569 1,098 12 45 85 130 Total 6,020 5,892 11,912 A study of the monthly enrolments for te
Retardation in the Reading public schools . oximately twelve thousand eight hun-dred, the computations based upon the October enrolment, let ussay, will vary decidedly from those derived from the enrolmentfor June. Table II.—Enrolment of Males and Females in Each GradeOF the Public Schools in October, 1907. •ade Male Female Total Grade Male Female Total 1 994 969 1,963 7 338 378 716 2 871 795 1,666 8 241 254 495 3 872 862 1,734 9 214 237 451 4 916 824 1,740 10 131 149 280 5 807 691 1,498 11 62 79 141 6 529 569 1,098 12 45 85 130 Total 6,020 5,892 11,912 A study of the monthly enrolments for ten years showed thehighest enrolment to be, on the average, for the month of Octoberalthough differing but little from that of ISTovember. In October1907, the enrolment was .2 per cent higher than in Septemberbut from then on until June there was a gradual total decreaseof 10 per cent in the elementary grades. As shown in table IIthere is also a decided difference between the number of males FIGURES OF ENROLMENT. 15 1000 800 600 400 200. Diagram 1. The approximate number of males and femalesin each grade. cal relations are shown in diagram 1. and females en-rolled in gradestwo, four, and five,and in each of thefirst five grades thenumber of malesexceeds the num-ber of females, atotal difference of319. But in allgrades above thefifth the numberof females exceedsthe number ofmales by a totalof 191. Their ap-proximat^numeri- Table III.—Changes in Enrolment erom September to June During- 1907-1908 in the First Four Grades. (The Minus Sign Represents a Decrease.) Sept. to Oct. .. per cent Sept. to March. percent Sept. to ]^ov. . a Sept. to April. - - Sept. to Dec. . a Sept. to .- - Sept. to Jan. . a Sept. to June. .- - Sept. to Feb. .. u Computing the percentages of change in monthly enrolmentin each grade from September to June, 1907-1908, shows that theenrolment in the first four grades increases about 4 per cent inOctober, then rema
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