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, 1938.

Table A2. —Attendance at Public Primary Schools and in Forms I and II of Intermediate Schools and Departments in 1938.

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Education District. u a • ; ® &>-; i | - ~ k* So" Roll for determining Grade £ 6 u s« ° f8ch001 - i ill" t ! 1 -Ji „,<M . ® 5 ® 1° i i f I I ! I I 1 S° Q ® 'f 1 ; ■■' ! I " y- 'B "• 1 £ z 3 o § I | 1-8 .. .. 22 4 13 13 18 26 11 19 10 136 II I 9-24 .. .. 189 46 69 72 61 48 133 87 56 761 IIIA 1 25-30 .. .. 58 13 10 11 16 11 28 11 18 176 IIIk 31-70 .. 226 52 47 35 42 27 77 46 45 597 IVA 71-110 . . 63 7 17 14 18 9 25 16 12 181 IVis 111-150 .. 25 12 5 6 9 3 10 10 6 86 IVo 151-190 .. 12 3 5 7 7 3 4 4 6 51 Va 191-230 .. .. 8 4 1 2 5 .. 8 2 1 31 Vit 231-270 .. ..11 1 2 4 5 8 1 1 33 Vc 271-310 .. ..13 1 3 I 5 1 4 4 32 Vn 311-350 .. .. 4 4 1 3 1 4 3 2 22 VIa 351-390 .. .. 7 2 3 2 ! 5 .. 1 1 .. 21 VIB 391-430 .. .. 5 1 3 5 I 4 .. 2 3 1 24 Vlo 431-470 .. .. 11 1 ... 3 2 2 5/2 .. 26 Vlo 471-510 .. .. 11 1 1 .. 2 .. 3 4 .. 22 VIB 511-550 .. .. 7 1 1 1 7 .. 5 4 1 27 VIf 551-590 .. .. 4 .. 1 .. 1 .. 6 .. 1 13 Vlo 591-630 .. .. 6 .. 1 1 4 .. 1 1 .. 14 VIH 631-670 .. .. 4 .. .. 1 2 1 . . .. 1 9 VIi 671-710 .. 1 .. 1 .. 1 3 VIJ 711-750 .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. 1 VIK 751-790 .. .. 2 2 .. .. 4 VIl 791-830 . . .. .. 1 . . 1 2 VIM 831-870 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. . . 1 VIn 871-910 Vlo 911-950 .. VIP 951-990 .. .. .. . . .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. 1 Intermediate schools and 7 .. 1 1 2 .. 2 3 .. ]6 departments Totals for 1938 .. 695 150 188 180 219 132 | 342 221 163 2,290 Totals for 1937 .. 733 157 192 184 230 140 j 358 227 173 2,394 Difference .. —38 —7 —4 —4 —11 —8 —16 —6 —10 —104 Note.- Four half-time schools and thirty-nine 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, but including pupils in special classes and Standard VII.) Average Attendance for t*«ii Mnmhfim Mean of Average Weekly Roll Whole Year (Mean of of Three Terms, 1938. Average Attendance of Three Average Terms). Attendance Pupils Pupils Percentage at at of Average 31st De- 31st De- Boys, j Girls. Total. Boys. Girls. Total. rXl e ?Jioo cember, cember, j j Moll, 1938, 1937. 1938. I l__ i • Auckland Education District 65,278 65,464 32,935 30,303 03,238 29,075 26,501 55,576 87'88 Taranaki „ 11,213 11,161 5,549 5,121 10,670 5,016 4,596 9,612 90-08 Wangan'ui „ 14,980 14,863 7,560 6,971 14,531 6,682 6,114 12,796 88-06 Hawkc's Bay „ 14,829 14,684 7,480 6,860 14,340 6,642 6,069 12,711 88-64 Wellington ' „ 26,681 26,455 13,344 12,428 25,772 11,877 10,945 22,822 88-55 Nelson „ 6,709 6,599 3,367 3,082. 6,449 3,037 2,764 5,801 89-95 Canterbury „ 33,871 33,196 16,850 15,426 32,276 15,016 13,648 28,664 88-81 Otago ' „ 18,109 17,786 9,080 8,209 17,289 8,186 7,365 15,551 89-95 Southland „ 11,596 11,412 5,787 5,313 11,100 5,268 4,812 10,080 90-81 Intermediate schools and de- 4,338 4,299 2,384 1,981 4,365 2,196 1,805 4,001 91-66 partments ■— — — — Totals, 1938 .. .. 205,919 104,336 95,694 200,030 92,995 84,619 177,614 88-79 Totals, 1937 .. 207,604 .. 105,595 96,941 202,536 97,694 89,298 186,992 92-33 Difference .. .. -1,685 -1,259 -1,247 -2,506 -4,699 -4,679 -9,378 -3-54 Note.- —The corresponding figures for the secondary departments of district high schools will be found in Table G 1 on page 47 of this paper, and the corresponding figures for Form III of the separate intermediate schools in Table B 1 on page 33 of this paper,