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DETAILED TABLES RELATING TO PRIMARY EDUCATION.

The following tables relate to primary education for the year 1925.

Table A1. —Number of Public Schools, December, 1925, classified according to Grade.

Table B1. —School Attendance at Public Schools in 1925.

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>> . ® P3 ® *** Grade of School 'SSSco® 2 a 3 £2 and g | g -S g> ri ■£ . <5 kS" Average Attendance. 3 g af 5 S ® §> S^Q <! H P K R° ~~i ~ 0 1-8 .. .. I 84 11 21 26 31 21 IS 15 15 209 1 9-20 .. .. j 235 50 61 61 76 51 127 79 54 794 II 21-35 .. ..150 33 33 29 50 25 82 57 47 506 fA 36-50 .. .. ! Ill 25 25 13 19 16 46 32 33 320 TUV B 51-80 66 25 30 18 15 10 44 22 23 253 t C 81-120 42 10 7 17 15 8 21 18 7 145 f A 121-160 .. 16 4 11 5 5 3 7 7 5 63 IVX B 161-200 .. .. 4 3 2 2 7 1 6 .. .. 25 IC 201-240 .. ..3 2 2 2 8 4 9 2 6 38 ( A 241-280 .. .. [ 11 1 5 2 2 1 3 1 1 27 B 281-320 .. .. J 7 .. 1 1 7 2 2 4 1 25 [C 321-360 .. ..8 2 3 2 6.. 5 2 1 29 fA 361-400 .. .. 8 1 3 4 .. .. 5 3 .. 24 VI B 401-440 .. .. 6 .. .. 1 2 .. 3 3 2 17 [C 441—480 .. .. 4 .. 1 .. 2 .. 1 2 .. 10 fA 481-520 .. .. 9 1 1 4 2 .. .. 1 .. 18 B 521-560 .. .. 5 .. 1 1 2 .. 2 5 1 17 C 561-600 .-. .. 5 1 2 1 .. .. 7 .. .. 16 D 601-640 .. .. 4 1 .. .. 2 1 2 3 .. 13 E 641-680 .. .. 4 1 1 1 3 .. 2 .. 2 14 F 681-720 .. .. 2 1 .. 2 1 .. 6 x 11 1 G 721-760 .. .. 1 2 .. 1 .. .. 4 H 761-800 .. .. 2 .. 1 .. 1 .. 1 .. .. 5 I 801-840 J 841-880 .. 1 1 K 881-920 .. L 921-960 .. 1 .. .. 1 Totals for 1925 .. 1 757 171 211 191 258 143 394 257 198 2,580 Totals for 1924 .. 753 172 209 187 258 144 395 260 196 2,574 Difference .. .. + 4 -1 +2 +4 .. -1 -1 -3 +2 +6 I I Note.- —Part-time schools and main schools with side schools attached are counted separately, and are included in the separate grades determined by the separate average attendance of each school.

(Excluding Secondary Departments of District High Schools.) Average Attendance for ■Rn'n Nnmhnrn Mean of Average Weekly Boll Whole Year (Mean of of Three Quarters, 1925. Average Attendance of Three Average Quarters). Attendance — ———— as Education District. Pupils Pupils Percentage at at of Average 31st De- 31st De- Boys. Girls. Total. Boys. Girls. Total. cember, cember, koij, 1924. 1925. Auckland .. .. 64,689 65,070 33,906 31,134 65,040 30,780 28,036 58,816 90-4 Taranaki.. .. .. 11,310 11,474 5,904 5,387 11,291 5,415 4,927 10,342 91-6 Wanganui .. .. 16,983 17,218 8,846 8,030 16,876 8,117 7,329 15,446 91-5 Hawke's Bay .. .. 15,865 16,277 8,369 7,576 15,945 7,665 6,910 14,575 91-4 Wellington " .. .. 26,533 26,972 13,790 12,691 26,481 12,681 11,548 24,229 91-5 Nelson .. .. .. 7,074 7,143 3,705 3,348 7,053 3,411 3,065 6,476 91-8 Canterbury .. .. 36,853 36,887 18,685 17,608 36,293 17,126 16,033 33,159 91*4 Otago .. .. .. 21,749 21,360 10,883 10,012 20,895 10,174 9,312 19,486 93-2 Southland .. .. 12,234 12,323 6,373 5,649 12,022 5,873 5,186 11,059 92-0 Totals, 1925 .. .. 214,724 110,461 101,435 211,896 101,242 92,346 193,588 91-4 Totals, 1924 .. 213,290 .. 109,451 100,416 209,867 99,412 90,821 190,233 90-6 Increase .. .. .. 1,434 1,010 1,019 2,029 1,830 1,525 3,355 0-8