TABLE 14.-Average number of teachers to a public high school, students to a teacher, and students to a school, in cities and outside of cities of 8,000 population.

TABLE 16.-Private high schools and academies.-Number of schools, secondary instructors, secondary students, and elementary pupils, in 1896–97.

United States

North Atlantic Division.
South Atlantic Division.
South Central Division..
North Central Division.
Western Division..

2, 100 4, 1625, 412 9, 574 53, 218 54, 415 107, 633 927 1, 084 2, 011 57, 120 67, 382 124, 502

TABLE 17.—Private high schools and academies.-Number of secondary students in college preparatory course, number of graduates and college preparatory students in graduating class, in 1896-97.

United States

North Atlantic Division.
South Atlantic Division.
South Central Division..
North Central Division..
Western Division....

North Atlantic Division
Maine....

New Hampshire.
Vermont

12, 414 6, 664 19, 078 7, 886 3, 366 11, 252 6, 130 5, 642 11, 772 3, 588 1,923 5, 511 6, 648

8, 149 4, 427 1, 114 5, 541 2, 984 2, 348 5, 332 1, 943
3, 644 799 250 1,049
7721 790 1,562
3, 757 1, 0011, 086 2,087 740 796 1,536
2, 810 1, 142 650 1,792 1, 373 1, 392
718 517 266

699 2, 642 3, 043

371

233 604 974

402

375 777 838

2, 765

717

522 1, 239 1, 467

783 261 316

577

155

Massachusetts

1, 200

358 1,558

98