Number of enrolled pupils of all ages in the Public Schools 397,170 during the year 356 Increase for the year Average daily attendance of pupils. 232,077 4,912 Increase for the year Percentage of average attendance to total attendance 58.43 1.18 Increase for the year Number of persons employed as teachers (exclusive of Kin dergarten and Night School teachers) in the Public Schools men, 1,839; women, 6,840; total Decrease: men, 118; increase, women, 187; Number of teachers who attended Normal School Decrease for the year Number of teachers with a University degree Average annual salary for male teachers. Average annual salary of female teachers Increase for the year Average experience of male teachers Amount expended for Public School houses (sites and Average experience of female teachers buildings) $715,761 Amount expended for School houses (sites and buildings) *The Curriculum of Secondary Schools includes all the subjects required for matriculation into the University. +These statistics are based on Returns to the Department, dated January, 1906. 7 Amount expended for all other High School purposes... Amount expended for High School teachers' salaries...... Amount expended for High School houses (sites and buildings) $666,547 $103,515 $234,436 $1,004,498 $127,411 Increase for the year Cost per pupil (enrolled attendance) Increase for the year Cost per pupil (average attendance) Increase for the year b. Continuation Classes. Number of Continuation Classes, 1905-6 (included in Pub- Increase for the year: Grade A, 10; Grade B, 2; Total decrease for the year Number of pupils in attendance Decrease for the year III. GENERAL. 429 53 5.224 125 Average number of days attended by each pupil enrolled... 116.62 Average cost per pupil (enrolled attendance) in all schools: For all purposes $11.40 $12.06 $13.06 $14.68 Average cost per pupil (average attendance) in all schools: 1903. 1904 1905 COMPARATIVE SCHOOL STATISTICS, 1867-1905. I. PUBLIC SCHOOLS (INCLUDING SEPARATE SCHOOLS). These tables, 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, for the purpose of comparison with previous years in which the R. C. Separate Schools were included with Public Schools, include R. C. Separate Schools. In the Statistical Tables, A, B, C, D, E, (Appendix A), the Separate Schools are excluded. 1.-School Population-Attendance. The School population of the Province, as ascertained by the assessors, is given in the third column of following table: It will be seen by the figures given in the above table that the School population and the School attendance throughout the Province have declined every quinquennial period from the year 1887 to 1902 and up to and including 1904, whilst last year a considerable increase is shown over the preceding year. Another feature of these statistics that shows well for these schools is the increase in the percentage of average to total attendance-from 57.82 to 59.15 per cent. This increase of 1,873 in the enrollment and 7,022 in the average daily attendance of the Province was brought about through the quite large increases in the urban municipalities, as the attendance is still declining in the rural localities as shown in the following table. 1t will there be noticed that the rural attendance in 1904 decreased by 7,484 from 1903, while that in 1905 decreased by only 2,475 from 1904, showing that the drain from the rural parts has appreciably diminished. Year. Attendance in Rural Attendance in Urban 260,617 or 57.88% of total 189,661 or 42.12% of total 191,488 or 43.07% of total 195,836 or 43.86% of total 1872. 1877. 1882. 1887. 1892. 1897. 1902. · 1904. 1905. 272,173 47,618 *61,787 33,926 *150,989 147,412 147,412 47,019 37,339 105,512 176,644 375,951 168,942 59,694 43,401 226,977 226,977 280,517 158,694 209,184 209,184 316,791 203,567 71,525 94,830 114,141 270,856 270,856 334,947 220,941 171,594 106,505 147,451 294,331 294,331 342,189 233,915 215,343 114,398 169,627 316,787 316,787 318,755 268,356 194,459 106,282 163,672 296,172 296,172 323,101 266,992 215,421 115,342 171,823 305,829 305,829 326,657 272,725 228,760 128,350 183,456 334,070 237,023 The following table classifies the pupils in the various Readers in 1904 and 1905, as to Rural and Urban Schools. |