| Below Fifth Grade Per cent. | Fifth Grade Per cent. | Sixth Grade Per cent. | Seventh Grade Per cent. | Eighth Grade Per cent. | Graduate Per cent. | High School Per cent. | |
| 1902 | 8 | 19 | 35 | 26 | 2 | 10 | 0 |
| 1903 | 11 | 18 | 19 | 29 | 6 | 15 | 2 |
| 1904 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 25 | 16 | 25 | 2 |
| 1905 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 19 | 4 |
| 1906 | 8 | 16 | 20 | 23 | 17 | 13 | 3 |
| 1907 | 7 | 10 | 25 | 23 | 15 | 18 | 2 |
| 1908 | 4 | 15 | 26 | 20 | 13 | 16 | 6 |
During 1908, 143 older women were admitted to a special workroom opened for the "unemployed."
III. Filing of working papers is required of girls under sixteen.
1. No girl under sixteen can work in New York unless she has an Employment Certificate issued by the Board of Health, and then only from 8 A.M. to 5 P.M., or for eight hours daily.
2. The public school last attended by the girl is responsible for her until she is sixteen, or has her working papers, or is dismissed to another school. If dismissed to Manhattan Trade School her attendance there cannot be made compulsory, and she may attend a few days and then leave and work illegally. Our facilities for following up such cases are limited. With her working papers on file we know she is not evading the law, and can dismiss her to work if she is not a success in trade lines of training.
3. Exceptions: Lack of proper birth record, on account of foreign birth or failure to make record of it by officials, may prevent the obtaining of an Employment Certificate. A special provision is made by the Board of Health in such cases, and, pending adjustment, the girl is admitted upon notice of date of future issuance.
IV. Reference: Some reliable person's name is required of each applying student, in order to have some one to communicate with in case of difficulty of any kind.
V. Application in person: Each girl fills out an application blank giving name, address, and birthplace of self, father, and mother, public school attendance, previous trade experience, if any, trade desired, reference. This must be written at the school, for the manner in which it is done is a large part of test for admission.
Times of Admission
The school year begins in July, but a girl is admitted any Monday when there is a vacancy in the department she wishes to enter. The following table gives record of yearly admission: