Table 8. Comparison of Per Pupil Costs of High School Education 

 by Districts Grouped According to Average Daily Membership (ADM) 



in Residence 



Contrary to the predominant pattern among New Hampshire school 

 districts, there are 10 of the 195 districts in which costs per pupil are 

 actually higher for elementary pupils than for high school pupils. Of 

 these 10 districts none maintains a high school and two maintain no 

 schools at all. Since all high school pupils were sent to neighhoring dis- 

 tricts at either a contract or standard tuition rate, plus puhlic transpor- 

 tation in most instances, the costs per pupil for secondary education 

 were much helow those of districts maintaining a small high school. 



Tahle 9 compares the above 10 districts (Group A), which maintain 

 no high school and have costs per pupil higher for elementary pupils 

 than for high school pupils, with 13 districts (Group B) maintaining a 

 high school for fewer than 60 pupils in residence. The average popula- 

 tion of the two groups was 314 and 876 respectively in 1960. The change 



Table 9. Comparison of Two Groups of Rural School Districts: 



A. 10 districts maintaining no high school, and having per pupil costs for 



elementary pupils higher than for high school pupils. 



B. 13 districts maintaining a high school with fewer than 60 pupils in residence. 



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