The high school failures

by F. P. O'Brien

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5. DISTRIBUTION OF PUPILS DROPPING OUT—SEMESTERS—AGES

[Table V] presents the facts concerning the time and the age at which the failing pupils drop out of school. [Table VI] furnishes the corresponding facts for the non-failing drop-outs.

TABLE V

DISTRIBUTION OF THE FAILING NON-GRADUATES,
SHOWING THE SEMESTER AND THE AGE AT THE TIME OF DROPPING OUT

	AGES										UNDIS-
SEMESTERS	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	TRIB.	TOTALS
1 B.	1	40	49	50	18	0	1	1	. .	. .	1	160
G.	3	40	65	47	23	4	0	0	. .	. .	3	185
													345
2 B.	. .	9	56	88	56	22	6	2	. .	. .	3	242
G.	. .	6	72	119	61	24	3	0	. .	. .	6	291
													533
3 B.	. .	4	30	40	23	10	7	. .	. .	. .	0	114
G.	. .	3	35	51	32	13	7	. .	. .	. .	1	142
													256
4 B.	. .	1	16	66	86	34	16	2	. .	. .	3	224
G.	. .	1	19	60	70	59	18	3	. .	. .	0	230
													454
5 B.	. .	. .	2	12	36	21	8	4	. .	. .	3	86
G.	. .	. .	4	17	48	28	9	3	. .	. .	1	110
													196
6 B.	. .	. .	1	6	48	52	38	10	. .	. .	1	156
G.	. .	. .	1	11	52	49	26	5	. .	. .	2	146
													302
7 B.	. .	. .	. .	2	12	35	21	7	0	. .	1	78
G.	. .	. .	. .	2	15	21	15	4	1	. .	0	59
													137
8 B.	. .	. .	. .	0	10	23	19	19	2	0	2	75
G.	. .	. .	. .	2	10	31	29	10	4	2	3	91
													166
9 B.	. .	. .	. .	. .	1	4	4	2	. .	1	1	13
G.	. .	. .	. .	. .	1	6	12	4	. .	0	0	23
													36
10 B.	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	1	3	3	1	. .	8
G.	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	4	3	3	1	. .	11
													19
11 B.	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	0	0	0	. .	0
G.	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	2	1	1	. .	4
													4
Tot. B.	1	54	154	264	290	201	120	50	6	2	14	1156
G.	3	50	196	309	312	235	123	34	9	4	16	1292
													2448

[Table V] reads: In the first semester 1 boy and 3 girls drop out at age 13; 40 boys and 40 girls drop out at the age of 14; 49 boys and 65 girls, at the age of 15. In this table, as elsewhere, age 15 means from 141/2 to 151/2, and so on. Any drop-out, as for the second semester, means either during or at the end of that semester.

TABLE VI

DISTRIBUTION OF THE NON-FAILING NON-GRADUATES, SHOWING THE SEMESTER AND THE AGE AT THE TIME OF DROPPING OUT

	AGES
SEMESTER	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	TOTALS
1 B.	17	118	141	106	39	3	4	1	1	430
G.	11	159	235	160	51	19	4	4	0	643
											1073
2 B.	0	7	49	50	18	7	3	0	. .	134
G.	1	1	59	42	31	10	7	2	. .	163
											297
3 B.	. .	. .	7	16	11	5	1	0	. .	40
G.	. .	. .	14	22	33	15	3	2	. .	89
											129
4 B.	. .	. .	5	13	11	10	1	0	1	41
G.	. .	. .	7	20	31	16	2	1	1	78
											119
5 B.	. .	. .	1	2	9	1	2	0	. .	15
G.	. .	. .	0	3	10	9	4	1	. .	27
											42
6 B.	. .	. .	1	4	14	3	2	0	. .	24
G.	. .	. .	0	5	17	13	7	3	. .	45
											69
7 B.	. .	. .	. .	0	2	2	2	1	. .	7
G.	. .	. .	. .	1	2	7	1	1	. .	12
											19
8 B.	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	1	1	1	. .	3
G.	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	3	1	1	. .	5
											8
9 B.	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	0	. .	0
G.	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	1	. .	1
											1
Tot. B.	17	125	204	191	104	32	16	3	2	694
G.	12	170	315	253	175	92	29	16	1	1063
											1757