A rural survey in Maryland, made by the Department of church and country life of the Board of home missions of the Presbyterian church in the . 11 to 1912, was 5,709 or of the populationof school age. For the entire continental United States, according tothe Census of 1910, the proportion of the population of school ageenrolled in the schools was Montgomery County, then, isnearly 10% below the average for the country (even allowing for thenumber attending private schools and colleges.) Of the total enrollment,3,726 were in regular attendance. This last means that of
A rural survey in Maryland, made by the Department of church and country life of the Board of home missions of the Presbyterian church in the . 11 to 1912, was 5,709 or of the populationof school age. For the entire continental United States, according tothe Census of 1910, the proportion of the population of school ageenrolled in the schools was Montgomery County, then, isnearly 10% below the average for the country (even allowing for thenumber attending private schools and colleges.) Of the total enrollment,3,726 were in regular attendance. This last means that of thechildren of the county did not attend the public schools regularly. White Schools. The highest total enrollment of the white schoolslast year was 3,927 or of the white population of school total average attendance was 2,639 or of the made an average attendance of pupils per school. The proportion of pupils enrolled in each grade begins to decreaseafter the fourth grade and drops off sharply after the sixth. (TableNo. 18, Appendix, page VI). The district showing the best average attendance was Bethesda,. GREEN BUT GROWING73 with of the enrollment in regular attendance. Olney and Rock-ville were second and third respectively, with and Thepoorest average attendance was shown by the Barnesville District,with 52% of its enrollment in regular attendance. Potomac was aclose second, with 53%. Evidently it would seem that the attendanceat the schools is very closely related to the question of transportationfacilities and roads. Throughout the county it holds true that in thosedistricts accessable to trolley lines and railroads or equipped with goodroads, the average attendance is high. In those districts having poorroads and no other transportation facilities available for school pur-poses, the average attendance is low. For the entire county the averagedistance from the school to the home of the pupil is about miles,bu
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