E.—2.

PRIMARY EDUCATION.

4. TABLES RELATING TO PEIMAEY EDUCATION AND -REPORTS (EXTRACTS) OF EDUCATION BOARDS.

Table A1.—Number of Public Primary Schools classified according to Grade, and Junior High Schools and Departments, December, 1931.

Note. Twenty-one half-time schools and thirty-three 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 Junior High Schools and Departments, in 1931.

Note. —The corresponding figures for the secondary departments of district high schools will be found in Table G 1 Oil page 37 of this paper, and the corresponding figures for Forms 111 of the separate junior high schools in Table B 1 on page 26 of this paper.

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~T~ I • S - i .m pq I g * 9 '§ Grade of School •§ 3 g « I ft . j| § and eg q & 0 j cl jj q 2 53 cJ Average Attendance. 3 § a k 3 S -s M -g 0 § £ £ § ; £ ® § - § 0^« <§ H W I £ £ Q 0_ 0 1-8 . .. 43 15 26 29 23 22 24 20 11 213 T 9-20 .. ..235 41 66 57 75 47 110 74 54 759 XT 21-35 .. ..141 42 30 28 38 , 19 80 48 44 470 fA 36-50 .. ..94 28 24 17 24 15 42 29 31 304 HI J B 51-80 .. .. 89 19 27 19 19 10 40 24 18 265 1 C 81-120 .. .. 43 10 12 16 13 7 22 9 7 139 f A 121-160 .. 17 8 6 6 10 4 10 8 5 74 IV-i B 161-200 .. 6 1 6 5 4 3 6 4 2 37 I 0 201-240 .. ..9 1 3 2 5.. 8 1 3 32 f A 241-280 .. 6 2 2 I 4 1 3 1 3 23 V«! B 281-320 .. .. 7 .. 4 2 5 .. 3 2 .. 23 10 321-360 .. ..6 1 3 5 8 1 4 5.. 33 fA 361-400 .. .. 8 .. .. 3 2 1 4 2 .. 20 VI<i B 401-440 .. ..8 2 2 3 2 I 2 2 3 25 10 441-480 .. .. 4 5 3 .. 12 fA 481-520 .. .. 9 1 2 1 2 .. 2 2 .. 19 B 521-560 .. 10 1 .. 1 4 .. 4 1 .. 21 0 561-600 .. ..4 I 1 1 5 1 5 4 1 23 D 601-640 .. .. 4 .. 1 .. 3 .. .. .. 1 9 E 641-680 .. .. 4 .. 1 .. 1 •• 2 1 1 10 vrrr F 681-720 .. 1 2 •• 2 •• •• 5 | G '721-760 .. .. 1 2 1 4 H 761-800 .. .. 1 1 1 3 1 801-840 J 841-880 .. .. •• •• •• •• •• •• 1 •• •• 1 Junior high school and de- 6 .. .. .. 2 • • • ■ 2 • • 10 partments Totals for 1931 .. 755 174 217 197" 251 132 381 243 184 2,534 Totals for 1930 .. 783 170 218 198 264 137 390 253 188 2,601 Difference .. —28 -{-4 —1 —1 —13 —5 —9 10 4 67

(Excluding 'Secondary Departments of District High Schools, but including pupils in special classes and Standard VII.) Average Attendance for -f. ,, v ri11> ,v»ovc Mean of Average Weekly Roll Whole Year (Mean of ±ton JNumoers. 0 j. Terms, 1931. Average Attendance of Three Average Terms). Attendance • i — as Percentage Pupils Pupils f Average 31st De- 31st De- Boys. Girls. Total. Boys. Girls. Total. cember, cember, 1930. 1931. Auckland Education District 65,812 65,997 33,916 30,618 64,534 31,195 28,040 59,235 91-79 Taranaki „ 11,959 12,129 6,066 5,722 11,788 5,649 5,301 10,950 92-89 Wanaanui „ 16,610 16,753 8,719 7,660 16,379 8,043 7,007 15,050 91-89 Hawke'sBay „ 16,345 16,191 8,279 7,402 15,681 7,613 6,799 14,412 91-91 Wellington „ 28,514 28,419 14,575 13,412 27,987 13,546 12,427 25,973 92-80 Nelson „ 6,929 6,956 3,521 3,237 6,758 3,275 2,999 6,274 92-84 Canterbury „ 36,753 36,944 18,569 17,331 35,900 17,381 16,178 33,559 93-48 Otago . „ 20,603 20,551 -10,278 9,603 19,881 9,661 9,001 18,662 93-87 Southland „ 11,995 12,085 6,142 5,531 11,673 5,723 5,126 10,849 92-94 Junior high schools and depart- 2,212 2,417 1,378 1,100 2,478 1,311 1,049 2,360 95-24 m en t s — Totals, 1931 .. .. 218,442 111,443 101,616 213,059 103,397 93,927 197,324 92-61 Totals, 1930 .. 217,732 .. 111,241 101,461 212,702 102,831 93,251 196,082 92-19 Difference .. .. +710 +202 +155 +357 +566 +676 +1,242 +0-42