Burt Community School - Bears / Roundup Yearbook (Burt, IA)

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ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT , 3URT PUBLIC SCHOOLS, 1908-1935 Statistical curves are of inter st because of the trends which they shew in a graphical way. The curve below, showing the annual enroll- n.r.« in one elementary school grades of one Burt schools is partic- ularly interesting. This graph covers a oeriod of some twentyLeight years. In 1908 there were some 126 different oupils enrolled during the year. In 1913 taere were a total of 157 and in 1916 the total number was 173 , a number not quite equalled in 1919. From about 1905 to 1916 the enrollments showed increases, some years very markedly so. Following 1916 and continuing until 1927 the enrollments tended to decrease. Sinie tnis latter date the trend has again turned upward. I t is expected tnat the total numb w: enrolled in the elementarv grades during the present year of 1934-« 31 will exceed 150 puoils. TThile the grade rooms are all well filled, the total is still about 23 puoils fewer than were registered back in 1916. It is anticipated that the upward trend will continue for some years to come. One reason for so thinking is the growing tendency to close rural schools and send the pupils to other schools. Such schools have contributed several pupils to our grade school in the past few years. It is believed that as the Township school authorities come to realize the economy of sending pupils from small schools to others that a larger and. larger number will be sent to the town school. Another reason for believing chat the grade school enrollment will continue to increase is found in the large number of ch ld.ren count ’d in the last census when the largest number of children of scho 1 age ever recorded were counted. Many o, these children were in the lower grades and in many many cases there were children in the families represented who were below the school age. Still another rea°on is that there are not as many flos.ting families no: resident in th' district as was true