Common Schools
a term used in the United States as equivalent to primary or elementary schools. The term is officially used to include public schools of the elementary grades, the first eight years of the course of study, and the secondary grade, which includes the 9th to the 12th years of course of study.
Following are the principal statistics of the public school system of the United States in 1918:
Estimated population Number of persons 5 to 18 years of age Number of pupils enrolled Per cent. of population enrolled.
Per cent. of persons 5 to 18 years enrolled ..
Number of pupils in average daily attendance Number of male teachers......
Number of female teachers.....
Number of school houses....
Value of public school property.
Total receipts of the year......
Total expenditures.
Expenditures per capita of population Total expenditures per pupil.... 105,253,300 27,686,476 20,853,516 26.3 75.32 15,548,914 105,194 545,515 276,827 $1,983,508,818 736,876,442 763,678,089 7.26 49.12 The system which has produced the foregoing results in the United States is now extended to Cuba, Porto Rico, Hawaii, and the Philippine Islands.