. Schooling of the immigrant . ulation, thebest showing is 53 per cent for the group havingfrom 30 to 39 per cent foreign born—againonly about half of the group. TABLE II Public School Provision for Foreicn Born Reportedin 1918-19 bt Classes of Places Total Num-ber ofPlaces1 Places Report-ing Provision Class of Place Num-ber PerCent 2,404 64 374 229 504 4194147 159 3969 87012656 50 141422 589 43010257 I4S 6043 42 14 74 392 257835- 156 595443 40 83 I96 43 103 422734 386479 Foreign-born pop. 40 per cent and over 95 581720 42 18 7 17 44 314185 Per cent of foreign-born pop. unknown 80
. Schooling of the immigrant . ulation, thebest showing is 53 per cent for the group havingfrom 30 to 39 per cent foreign born—againonly about half of the group. TABLE II Public School Provision for Foreicn Born Reportedin 1918-19 bt Classes of Places Total Num-ber ofPlaces1 Places Report-ing Provision Class of Place Num-ber PerCent 2,404 64 374 229 504 4194147 159 3969 87012656 50 141422 589 43010257 I4S 6043 42 14 74 392 257835- 156 595443 40 83 I96 43 103 422734 386479 Foreign-born pop. 40 per cent and over 95 581720 42 18 7 17 44 314185 Per cent of foreign-born pop. unknown 80 8 10 Foreign-born pop. 20 per cent and over 683 426142US 301 1198894 44 Places classified according to census of PUBLIC-SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION It seems conservative to say that all placeswhich have a population over 20 per centforeign born need to have schools for immi- Diageam 4.—Percentages of Five Classes op Cities Report-ing Public School Provision for Foreign Born, 1918-19 60 Percentagesreporting 50provision 40. 0-a 10-19. 20-29, 30-39 40 and overClassification of cities by percent of populationforeign-born \ J Reporting- provision Not reporting provision • • ■*■ Not reporting provisionMflHB with 20% and over foreign-born grants. In 1910 the foreign born were 23 percent of all our urban population, so that mostcities with 20 per cent or more foreign bornhave a percentage higher than the average 85 SCHOOLING OF THE IMMIGRANT for the country; in a few cases this would in-clude cities having only 500 foreign born. How-ever, when the foreign born comprise 20 percent of the population, they impose a resposi-bility not to be overlooked. There are 683places with 20 per cent or more foreign born,of which 301 report schooling provision; that is,over four out of ten of these places have educa-tional facilities for the adult immigrant. Againwe find more than half the communities in theUnited States which most need provision neglect-ing to make it. The group of citi
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