TABLE 6.-Statistics of kindergartens belonging to the public school systems of cities and villages of 4,000 population and over in 1896–97.

In cities and villages of 4,000 popu

In cities of 8,000 population and over. lation and over, but less than 8,000.

Boys.

Girls.

Total.

TABLE 7.-Estimated population of cities of 8,000 inhabitants and over in 1897 and the population outside of such cities.

a Claimed population of cities.

b Population of cities estimated on the basis of the 1890 percentage of total population.

TABLE 8.-Number of children of school census age and percentage to population in cities of 8,000 inhabitants and over and outside of such cities in 1897.

in 1897.

TABLE 9.-Number of pupils enrolled, percentage to total population, and percentage to school population in cities of 8,000 inhabitants and over and outside of such cities

TABLE 10.-Aggregate and average attendance and length of school term in cities of 8,000 population and over, compared with like statistics of public schools outside of such cities. In cities of 8,000 population Outside of cities of 8,000 popu

and over.

lation and over.

term, in days, for the

Average length of school

school term, in
days.

Average length of

United States.