An average of 1,000 school consolidations were formed yearly; public money spent for pupil transportation increased about three and one-half million dollars annually; and the number of one-room schools in the United States decreased about 4,500 a year, during the period from 1918 to 1922. These are the rates at which three important movements in…

For the 1921-22 school year 1,963 private high schools and academies sent to the bureau schedules complete enough to include in this bulletin. The number of schools reporting decreased about 6 per cent since 1920. This decrease can not be charged to any particular type of control. There is a substantial increase in the number of graduates from…

This report contains statistics of nurse-training schools for the year 1926-27. The principal items included are: Number of schools; number of nurse-training pupils; number of graduates; bed capacity of the hospitals maintaining the schools; average number of patients in these hospitals, length of the nurse-training course; admission requirements,…

This annual bulletin, formerly prepared and published by the National Association of State Universities, has been published by the Bureau of Education for the past 14 years. The data given are taken from reports received from the offices of the presidents of the various institutions, and the figures printed are substantially as given in those…

The list of 52 institutions included in these tables is not sharply defined. In general it includes, in addition to fully organized state and territorial universities, such other institutions of higher education as are supported, at least in part, by the several States. It does not include state normal schools nor high schools. Of the 82…

The present publication is the 87th issue of the annual statistical report by the Office of Education on land-grant colleges and universities. The first issue presented data for the academic year 1869-70; this issue carries the series through 1955-56. The series is distinguished, first, by its long history of 87 years, and second, by the scope of…

This report contains statistics for 1926-27 of schools for delinquents. The institutions are of a reformatory nature, and receive inmates committed to their care by juvenile and other courts. Reports were received from 158 institutions out of 173 believed to exist. The number of instructors reported for the year is 1,488, of which number 582 are…

With regard to administration, three types of schools for mentally defective children are represented in this report: State institutions, private institutions, and city day schools. This bulletin covers the following topics: (1) Types of schools represented; (2) Number of schools reporting; (3) Instructors; (4) Assistants; (5) Enrollment in…

The Biennial Survey of Education presents the statistics of practically all the important school systems in the United States for 1917-18. The various chapters have been previously printed as bulletins, permitting a wider circulation of the statistics. This chapter includes a general summary of the statistics, showing the enrollment in public and…

This annual bulletin, formerly prepared and published by the National Association of State Universities, has been published by the Bureau of Education for the past six years. The data, given are taken from reports received from the offices of the presidents of the various institutions, and the figures printed are substantially as given in those…

After compiling educational statistics for 1916 the Bureau of Education adopted the plan of collecting statistics biennially instead of annually as in preceding years. It was thought advisable this year to divide the summer schools into two classes; one consisting of summer schools more or less closely identified with standard colleges,…

This report contains statistics concerning schools and classes for blind pupils for the year 1926-27. Reports are included for 80 schools and institutions. Data concerning sight-saving classes are not included where it is possible to separate them from data concerning classes for the blind. For schools that failed to report, statistics for a…

This report presents the statistics of 780 universities, colleges, and professional schools for the school year 1921-22. Of this number, 119 institutions are under public control and 661 under private control. One hundred and sixteen are independent professional schools. There are 121 schools of theology, 117 schools of law, 80 schools of…

The list of 83 institutions considered in the tables within this bulletin includes all the fully organized state and territorial institutions and in addition such other institutions of higher education as are supported, at least in part, by the several States and Territories. Fifty-one of the institutions in the list, in addition to receiving…

The first High School and Beyond follow-up survey, conducted in 1982, included sub-samples of 29,737 sophomore cohort and 11,995 senior cohort representatives from the base year survey samples. During the fall of 1982, nearly 18,500 of the sophomore cohort members selected for the first follow-up survey were subsampled for the High School and…