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Download full textHildebrand, Alice S., Comp. – 1973
American Indian children attend public, Federal, private, and mission schools. In fiscal year 1973 there were 187,613 Indians (aged 5 to 18 years) enrolled in these schools in the U.S. Of these 68.5 percent attended public schools; 25.6 percent attended Federal schools; and 5.9 percent attended mission and other schools. The Bureau of Indian…
Descriptors: American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Annual Reports, Boarding Schools
Nehrt, Roy C. – 1981
The vital, sometimes controversial contribution of private schools to American education is documented by data gathered from 1976 to 1979. Although the totals reported are estimates because many values had to be statistically imputed, many patterns emerge. The proportion of private schools to all schools has varied only slightly since 1932.…
Descriptors: Boarding Schools, Catholic Schools, Comparative Analysis, Educational History
Alaska State Dept. of Education, Juneau. – 1994
This brochure provides educators, statisticians, the press, the public, and other interested parties with selected facts and figures about education in Alaska. Brief tables give: (1) general district and school information for Alaska's 54 public school districts and its private schools; (2) student information, including enrollment and graduates…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Boarding Schools, College Entrance Examinations
Gaumnitz, W. H. – Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1934
Although it has long been known in a general way that smallness is the dominating characteristic of rural schools, it has seldom been realized how small the enrollments of some of these schools are, how their smallness affects educational costs, or what can be done about it. It is the purpose of this study, so far as the data, are available, to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational History, Public Schools, Educational Finance
Foster, Emery M.; Deffenbaugh, W. S.; Jessen, Carl A. – Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1936
For many years the Office of Education has collected and published statistics of private schools. In 1933 there were on the mailing list of the Office of Education 11,515 private elementary and secondary schools in the continental United States. There are, doubtless, more private schools, but no means are available for ascertaining the exact…
Descriptors: Educational History, National Surveys, School Statistics, Statistical Surveys
Foster, Emily M. – US Office of Education, Federal Security Agency, 1942
The U.S. Office of Education is required by law to collect statistics to show the condition and progress of education. Statistics can be made available, on a national scale, to the extent that school administrators, principals, and college officials cooperate on a voluntary basis with the Office of Education in making the facts available. This…
Descriptors: Educational History, Statistical Surveys, School Statistics, National Surveys
