E.—2.

PRIMARY EDUCATION.

4. TABLES RELATING TO PRIMARY EDUCATION AND REPORTS (EXTRACTS) OF EDUCATION BOARDS. Table A1. —Number of Public Primary Schools classified according to Grade, and Intermediate Schools and Departments, December, 1936.

Note.—Eight half-time schools and forty 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.

Table A2.—Attendance at Public Primary Schools and in Forms I and II of Intermediate Schools and Departments in 1936.

Note. —The corresponding figures for the secondary departments of district high schools will be found in Table G 1 on page 46 of this paper, and the corresponding figures for Form 111 of the separate intermediate schools in Table B 1 on page 32 of this paper.

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>> I & « 1 d * -d G-rade of School v 3 g ° 5 aggg and § 03 § - Q 00 • t * KB Average Attendance. 3 = « | 5 g | g 5 <1 B > O O. CO EH 0 (1-8) .. ..20 6 13 12 17 20 18 19 6 131 1 (9-20) .. ..211 35 71 64 65 48 111 69 56 730 II (21-35) .. 159 43 38 27 44 29 81 51 43 515 f A (36-50) .. ... 92 32 22 18 22 8 44 26 24 288 IIIB (51-80) J 08 21 21 21 18 11 38 20 19 277 (81-120) .. .. 44 8 16 8 14 9 18 11 8 136 f A (121-160) .. 17 5 3 12 7 4 9 6 5 68 IVB (161-200) .. ..10 4 2 2 8 2 6 5 4 43 tC (201-240) .. 12 2 4 3 7 .. 5 1 1 35 f A (241-280) .. ..8 1 3 2 5 1 5 2 2 29 (281-320) .. 5 5 5 1 3 5 1 2'5 IG (321-360) .. 6 2 3 2 5 1 4 1 24 fA(361-400) .. ..12 1 1 6 4 4 2 1 31 Vl-j B (401-440) .. .. 8 .. .. 2 ] 1 2 2 .. 16 [ C (441-480) .. 9 1 1 1 1 4 3 1 21 f A (481-520) .. .. 6 2 1 .. 4 .. 4 2 1 20 B(521-560) .. .. 5 .. 1 1 4 . . 6 2 . 19 C (561-600) .. .. 7 5 1 1 2 .. 16 D(601-640) .. .. 2 .. 1 2 1 .. 3 .. 2 1] E (641-680) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . . . . 1 .. 1 VII<! P (681-720) .. .. 1 .. .. .. . . . 1 .. 2 G (721-760) . . .. ] 1 1 3 H (761-800) I .. 1 2 I (801-840) .. J (841-880) [_K (881-920) .. 1 .. .. 1 Intermediate schools and depart- 7 .. I 1 2 .. 2 3 .. 16 ments Totals for 1936 .. 750 164 208 184 239 136 371 233 175 2,460 Totals for 1935 .. 759 173 213 191 237 139 ?,73 238 179 2,502 Difference .. .. —9 —9 —5 —7 +2 —3 —2 —5 —4 —42

(Excluding Secondary Departments of District High Schools, but including pupils in special classes and Standard VII.) Average Attendance for T?r>ll Nnmhftrs Mean of Average Weekly Roll Whole Year (Mean of of Three Terms, 1936. Average Attendance of Three Average Terms). Attendance j j as Pupils Pupils I I Percentage at at ! of Average 31st De- 31st Do- • Boys. Girls. Total. Boys. Girls. ! Total. comber, cember, itou, 1935. 1936. Auckland Education District 60,807 65,300 32,731 30,014 62,745 30,103 27,525 37,628 91-84 Taranaki „ 10,980 11,617 5,886 5,508 11,394 5.374 5,007 10,381 91-11 Wanganui „ 14,410 15,350 7,812 7,113 14,925 7,146 6,474 13,620 91-26 Hawke'sBay ,, 14,222 15,003 7,667 6,972 14,639 7,046 6,350 13,396 91-51 Wellington „ 25.421 26,971 13,610 12,559 26,169 12,571 11,620 24,191 92-44 Nelson „ 6,308 6,771 3,358 3,137 6,495 3,172 2,952 6,124 94-79 Canterbury „ 32,378 34,429 17,442 15,941 33,383 16,044 14,630 30,674 91-89 Otago „ 17,546 18,610 9,385 8,651 18,036 8,798 8,127 16,925 93-84 Southland „ 11,030 11,814 5,925 5,515 11,440 5,497 5,089 10,586 92-53 Intermediate schools and de- 4,163 4,257 2,366 1,942 4,308 2,230 1,823 4,053 94-08 partments Totals, 1936 .. .. 210,122 106,182 97,352 203,534 97,981 89,597 187,578 92-16 Totals, 1935 .. 197,265 .. 100,548 91,781 192,329 93,215 84,752 177,967 92-53 Difference + 12,857 +5,634 +5,571 +11,205+4,766 +4,845 +9,611 -0-37