The School System of Norway

by David Allen Anderson

TABLE I

Pupils in the Primary Schools of Christiania in the month of April, 1908

NUMBER OF CLASSES AND PUPILS IN THEM

		1st Grade		2nd		3rd		4th		5th		6th		7th
Schools		Cl.	Pu.	Cl.	Pu.	Cl.	Pu.	Cl.	Pu.	Cl.	Pu.	Cl.	Pu.	Cl.	Pu.
A.	{Boys	3	112	3	99	3	114	4	136	3	115	3	96	3	95
	{Girls	3	107	3	113	3	116	3	105	3	111	3	191	2	83
B.	{Boys	5	183	5	194	4	157	4	160	5	199	5	177	4	144
	{Girls	5	178	5	184	5	196	4	140	5	188	4	151	4	149
C.	{Boys	2	89	2	90	2	100	2	98	2	98	2	79	2	64
	{Girls	2+1	99	2+1	96	2+1	101	2+1	95	2+1	97	2+1	89	2	77
D.	{Boys	3	139	3	123	4	140	3	127	3	108	3	103	3	93
	{Girls	3+1	119	3+1	132	3	117	3+1	139	3	028	3	110	3	101
E.	{Boys	3	121	4	149	3	113	2	77	2	74	2	72	2	65
	{Girls	3	115	4	152	3	101	3	116	3	115	2	77	2	60
F.	{Boys	3	138	2	93	2	83	2	67	3	98	3	107	1	37
	{Girls	3+1	122	2+1	102	2+1	104	3	104	2	77	2	79	2	65
G.	{Boys	4	151	3	140	2	119	4	138	3	121	3	99	3	105
	{Girls	4	147	4+1	157	4+1	148	4	134	3	106	2	80	3	93
H.	{Boys	4	142	4	136	3	119	3	115	4	139	3	109	2	66
	{Girls	3	131	3	136	4	131	4	142	3	102	2	80	2	69
I.	{Boys	3	96	3	96	3	86	2	73	2	77	2	68	3	102
	{Girls	2	79	2	68	2	82	2	79	2	68	2	71	3	102
J.	{Boys	2	95	2	91	2	90	2	80	2	81	2	70	2	641
	{Girls	2+1	87	2+1	109	2+1	98	3	93	2	66	2	68	2	661
K.	{Boys	4	153	4	145	4	143	3	118	3	120	3	121	3	84
	{Girls	5	170	4+1	153	4	139	4	154	3	123	3	103	3	93
L.	{Boys	4	143	4	145	4	134	4	144	4	129	4	132	2	75
	{Girls	4	158	4	148	4	141	4	132	4	136	4	157	4	131
M.	{Boys	7	133	6	111	5	91	2	99	2	102	2	70	2	74
	{Girls		136		108		115	2+2	124	2+2	115	3	97	2	72
N.	{Boys	4	151	1	106	1	108	2	113	2	85	2	105	2	72
	{Girls	3	109	1+4	125	1+3	127	2+2	108	2+1	100	2+2	106	2	64
O.	{Boys		111		98		128		118		102		95		57
	{Girls	5	90	5	98	7	126	6	104	5	88	5	98	4	73
P.	{Boys	3	126	2	83	3	116	3	103	3	103	2	68	3	96
	{Girls	3	113	3	117	3	105	3	113	3	99	2	80	3	100
Q.	{Boys	4	155	5	192	5	168	4	158	4	155	4	149	3	116
	{Girls	4	154	5+1	189	4	163	5	171	4	144	3	118	2	111
R.	{Boys		154		159		131		112	3	107	2	83	3	104
	{Girls		186		128		141		115	3	110	3+1	131	2	77
S.	{Boys	5	185	4	151	4	139	4	135	3	111	2	75
	{Girls	4	159	5	172	4	146	3	108	4	148	2	79
Total	(Classes)		134		131		126		122		115		104		91	2
			——		——		——		——		——		——		——	—
	(Pupils)		5036		4878		4676		4458		4235		3753		3099	43
Average number of pupils per class			37.6		37.3		37.1		36.5		36.8		36.1		34.1
Schools for Abnormals
{Boys	4+1	47	7	54	5+1	57		46		66	6+1	65	30	2	19
{Girls		18		53		41		37		47		33	18		9

Cl.—Class.
Pu.—Pupils.
1.—Classes made up of children requiring individual attention.

	Total Classes			Total Pupils		Condensed table of all groups
	——————			——————		————————
Schools	Boys'	Girls'	Coeds.	Boys	Girls	Classes	Pupils	Average for class.
A.	22	20	767	736	42	1503	35.8
B.	32	32	1214	1195	64	2409	37.6
C.	14	14	6	618	644	34	1262	37.1
D.	22	21	3	833	840	46	1679	36.5
E.	18	20	671	736	38	1407	37.0
F.	16	16	3	623	653	35	1276	36.5
G.	22	24	2	873	865	48	1738	36.2
H.	23	21	826	781	44	1607	36.5
I.	18	15	598	549	33	1147	34.8
J.	15	16	3	595	606	34	1201	35.3
K.	24	26	884	935	50	1810	36.4
L.	26	28	902	1003	54	1905	35.3
M.	8	9	22	680	767	39	1447	37.1
N.	14	13	13	740	789	40	1479	37.0
O.		37	709	677	37	1380	37.5
P.	19	20	695	727	39	1422	36.5
Q.	29	28	1093	1050	57	2143	37.6
R.	8	8	31	850	888	47	1738	37.0
S.	22	22	796	812	44	1608	36.5
	——	——	——	——	——	——	——	——
Total number of Pupils	352	353	120	14967	15209	825	30176	36.6
Schools for Abnormals	3	39	384	256	42	640	15.6

In addition to the special features in this table, to which we have already called attention, it may be observed that the total number of boys', girls', and co-educational classes; the total number of boys and of girls in attendance at each school; and the average number of pupils per class in each school are also included.