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first grade in May, 1917, and those who have been dropped 

 to enter the first grade, less those who were dropped before 

 December 19 to 23. The number of pupils in the fourth grade 

 consists of (1) those of the 1,000 who started to school in 

 September, 1914, and who have made regular progress; (2) 

 those who were in the fourth grade in May, 1917, and were 

 not promoted; and (3) those who started to school after Sep- 

 tember, 1914, and who have made rapid progress, i.e. have 

 skipped a grade without being retarded at any time. Thus, 

 the fourth grade includes several pupils who started to school 

 before September, 1914, and some who entered at a later 

 date. On the other hand, not all of the 1,000 remain in the 



TABLE VIII 



Number of Children Belonging in Each Grade for Both Groups of 

 Systems, Reduced to Basis of 1,000 in First Grade 



systems having annual promotion 



Grade 



I 



II 



III 



IV 



V 



VI 



VII 



VIII 



IX 



X 



XI 



XII 



Number 

 Children 



1,000 



939 



1,016 



1,028 



960 



881 



878 



837 



631 



399 



369 



321 



Number 



. of 

 Children 



SYSTEMS HAVING SEMIANNUAL PROMOTION 



1,000 



819 



803 



761 



705 



578 



494 



354 



331 



204 



151 



135 



fourth grade. Some have become retarded and are now 

 counted in grades below the fourth, while others who have 

 been permitted to skip a grade are found in grades above the 

 fourth. A small number have died or did not ''belong" on 

 the date the census was taken. 



Still another factor must be taken into consideration. 

 Because of the increase in population, the number entering 

 school in these cities in 1914 was larger than the number 

 which entered in any preceding year. If all other factors 

 affecting the grade distribution were eliminated this one 

 would cause a slight decrease in the number of pupils from 

 grade to grade. 



Thus there are four factors affecting the distribution of 

 pupils in the several grades: (1) termination of member- 



