Table 17.--Number of pupils enrolled in full-time public ementary and secondary day schools, by organizational level and State:

fall 1961 and fall 1960 (Cont.)

rounded figures furnished by the various States. Totals, while shown to the last digit, are not in fact precise to that degree but merely represent the sum of unrounded and entirely comparable. kindergarten through grade 8 for elementary, and grades 9 to 12 for secondary. 2/ Data for elementary and secondary schools are reported by grade group: 3/ Percent change not shown because data are not the regular public school system. elementary, and grades 7 to 12 for secondary. 5/ As of June 30, 1960. Data for elementary and secondary schools are reported by grade group: kindergarten through grade 6 for 6/ Exoludes vocational schools not operated as part of grade 7 for elementary, and grades 8 to 12 for secondary. Education, 10/ Data for 1960-61 school year. 8/ Estimated data for 1961-62 school year. 7/ Data for elementary and secondary schools are reported by grade group: Icindergarten through 9 Estimated by Office of ment, Teachers, and Schoolhousing in Full-Time Public Elementary and Secondary Day Schools Source: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Office of Education, Circular No. 676, Fall 1961 Statistics on

Table 18.-Estimated enrollment in science and mathematics courses in public high schools: United States, 1958-59

The percent is the ratio between the course enrollment and the total enrollment in the grade where the course is usually offered.

NOTE:-Data are for 48 States and D. C.

SOURCES: Columns 1-4 from Office of Education Bulletin 1961, No. 5,

Offerings and Enrollments in Science and Mathematics in Public High Schools 1958; column 5 computed using grade enrollment data from Office of Education Circular No. 650, Statistics of State School Systems, 1958-59.

Table 19.-Enrollment in science and mathematics courses in public high schools compared with total enrollment in grades 9-12 and population aged 14-17: United States, 1948-49 to 1958-59

1,074,000
1,518,000 1,581,000
996,000 1,294,000 1,430,000 1,677,000
412,000 483,000 520,000 657,000 59.5
291,000 303,000 310,000 379,000 30.2
172,000
266,000 376,000 118.5

47.2

68.4

Enrollment estimates based on sample survey.

Data from Bureau of the Census, Current Population Reports, Series P-25, No. 193.

NOTE.Data are for 48 States and D. C.

SOURCE: U. S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Office of Education, Bulletin 1961, No. 5, Offerings and Enrollments in Science and

Figure 2.-Proportion of public high school
programs devoted to certain subject matter
areas, by pupil ability level: United
States, 1957-58

E Source: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Office of Education, Bulletin 1962, No. 10, What High School Pupils Study.