TABLE 16.-Private high schools and academies.-Number of schools, secondary instructors, secondary students, and elementary pupils, in 1896–97.

United States.....

2, 100 4, 162 5, 412 9, 574 53, 218 54, 415 107, 633 927 1, 084 2, 011 57, 120 67, 382 124, 502

TABLE 17.—Private high schools and academies.-Number of secondary students in college preparatory course, number of graduates and college preparatory students in graduating class, in 1896-97.

United States..... 12, 414 6, 664 19, 078 7, 886 3, 366 11, 252 6, 130 5, 642 11, 772

357 202

559 133

New Hampshire..

Vermont

492 92 584
168 92 260 72
358 1,558 590
104 32 136 99
433 206 639 276

187

25

35

158
222 197

210

197

407

90

287

385

36 108 119
975 475 391

105

224

866 353

New York.

1, 492

New Jersey

Pennsylvania

South Atlantic Division

189

729 1, 631

79

307 496

118

Arizona

0

4

Utah

28

20

48

33

15

48 42

25

67

19

15

34

48

3

6

15

Oregon.

84 28 112 44 47

85

23

California

129 199 328

TABLE 18.-Private high schools and academies.-Number of secondary students pursuing Latin and Greek in 1896-97.

TABLE 19.-Private high schools and academies.-Number of secondary students pursuing French and German in 1896-97.