Show summary of report re port of I 1 che the schools for the first month ith of 1 the he arese prese present nt year elementary schools original belonging cases of pr ct of pr ct of including first entries at date attend six grades ness ance aliby eureka 26 98 1 99 3 mammoth 15 96 6 99 8 silver city 27 95 6 99 Knight knightville ville 62 52 51 3 96 4 99 7 mixed schools 37 37 33 96 5 96 3 total 1155 1133 au 6 98 8 junior HS H S eureka 5 98 3 f a 99 8 junior II 11 3 S mammoth 80 80 4 97 5 A 99 9 junior HS silver city 37 7 7 96 6 99 4 total 6 97 4 r 99 7 senior high school 85 85 total for district 1553 1 total number of pupils enrolled in regular high school work comparison of first month s I 1 report last year elementary junior senior regular schools high school high school high school last bear ear 61 this year 1155 ila 85 increase 66 24 57 per cent InTe hir rease aae 18 1 26 7 39 3 49 5 total increase 67 with reference to this report it is especially gratifying to note that more than a fifth of the entire enrollment of the district is in our junior I 1 high schools flie I 1 he reports ot of school systems throughout the united states show a great diminished enrollment in the ath ath and ath grades on ac count of so many pupils losing interest and dropping out of school about the t ime these grades are reached the exceptionally large enrollment in our junior high schools in tintic gintic seems to justify the organ organization organisation tation of the system and to indicate that it will be the mea means of checking tae falling off in attendance in the upper grades and high school that has been such a serious problem in the past the fact that there are 57 more pupils in the regular four year hegt school work tl lo 10 i ear than were enrolled in high school last year indicate that the junior high school will also be an important factor in stimulating pupils to f nish their high school work instead of dropping out early in tl ti c course the increase of 67 51 over last year s enrollment in regular tour four yeal high school work represented an increase of about 50 per cent in tact fact it should be noted that the percentage of increase Is very mv t I 1 eigher in the upper portion of the school grade seven to twelve tha i lr jl the lower grades tl ti a e percentage of increase as indicated on the repp t be ing as follows elementary school including first six grades 19 per cent junior high school include g ath esth and ath grades 2611 26 per cent senior high school including alth grades 99 Q 3 per cent if the ath grade pupils were included with the senior high school ac a under the old plan the increase in regular digh Fl enrollment ae A stated before would be approximately 50 per cent anye ti gation show that the greater part of the increase in ili the junior and nd sinfor high schools Is due to the file re enrollment of pupils who were in eel bel ool la 10 st year and who have moved one year nearer the completion of tl air course this report is especially gratifying when compared with reports from many other school systems in the united states which show a marked de crease in percentage of enrollment in the upper grades evidently the tintic gintic schools by adopting the junior high school pla i have made a long step forward in solving the problem of keeping the oler children in school until they have finished their high school education the degree to which any school system is successful in solving thia this problem determines to a great extent the completeness with which it fulfills its mission that it to minister to the educational needs of all the children of all the people I 1 L V ILLIAMSON superintendent |