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ST. LOUIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 



Table VI. 



Column " C." 



Per cent of 



External 



Gain in 



Population. 



+3.2 

 +3.2 

 —0.3 

 —1 

 +0.3 

 +0.6 

 —2.1 

 +0.9 

 + 1.5 

 +2.5 

 +2.8 

 +4.3 

 —0.1 



Amount 



of 

 Increase. 



+233 

 +226 



— 20 



— 63 

 + 17 

 + 32 



— 87 

 + 26 

 + 24 

 + 27 

 + 18 

 + 12 



— 



Possible 

 Number. 



7,273 



7,506 



7,292 



6,585 



6,243 



5,585 



5,294 



4,055 



2,907 



1,611 



1,096 



648 



283 



121 



Withdrawn. 



440 



687 



279 



675 



323 



1,152 



1,174 



1,320 



542 



466 



377 



162 



121 



7,718 



Year 



Pupils. 



3,520 



6,183 



2,790 



7,425 



3,876 



14,976 



16,436 



19,800 



8,672 



7,922 



6,786 



3,078 



2,420 



103,884 



103,884 -r- 7,718 = 13.5 years. 



CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 



Table VII. 



Column " A." 



244,268 -=- 16,965 = 14.4 years. 



