. The consolidated rural school . n or less, as follows: Average Average Schools Attendance Schools Attendance 13 I 440 6 74 2 533 7 172 3 544 8 235 4 631 9 362 S 576 10 The Terms.—The average length of rural-school termsin 1910 was but days; for city schools it was , a difference of days in favor of the city average length of term of the rural school varied in theseveral States, from days in New Mexico, days inNorth Carolina, days in South Carolina, 98 days inArkansas, to 178 days in California, days in NewYork, days in Connecticut, a
. The consolidated rural school . n or less, as follows: Average Average Schools Attendance Schools Attendance 13 I 440 6 74 2 533 7 172 3 544 8 235 4 631 9 362 S 576 10 The Terms.—The average length of rural-school termsin 1910 was but days; for city schools it was , a difference of days in favor of the city average length of term of the rural school varied in theseveral States, from days in New Mexico, days inNorth Carolina, days in South Carolina, 98 days inArkansas, to 178 days in California, days in NewYork, days in Connecticut, and days in RhodeIsland. The difference between the average length of rural-school term and that of city-school term varied in the sev-eral States from days in Rhode Island and Connecticut,8 days in California, and days in New York, to daysin North Carolina, days in Alabama, days in Ken-tucky, and days in South Carolina. But averages donot tell the whole story of the lack of equality in opportu-. THE AMERICAN RURAL SCHOOL 25 nity for education in the rural communities. Recently theBureau of Education asked all the county and townshipsuperintendents of the several States for facts about in-dividual schools. This inquiry revealed the fact that not afew rural schools are in session less than three school monthsof 20 days each, and a few only a little more than onemonth. In Jeff Davis County, Georgia, the average lengthof all white schools was reported as 60 days; in LibertyCounty, Georgia, white schools were reported of 40, 50, 60,and 80 days, colored schools of 30, 40, and 50 days; in Wal-ton County, Florida, white schools of 30 and 60 days, theaverage for the county being 80 days; in Putnam County,Tennessee, white schools of 27 and 40 days were reported,the average for all schools being 90 days; in Lincoln County,Nebraska, schools were reported of 59, 79, 86, 98, 99, andup to 160 days; in Shannon County, Missouri, the termsranged from 60 to 160
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