This report presents statistics of city public-school systems for the year 1933-34. It also presents, in connection with the text, data on certain points to show trends within the past 10 years, and especially within the past 4 years when the effects of the depression were being felt by the schools. In previous reports statistics for cities included in larger units for administration were estimated. Most of these cities, 241 in number, are in Florida, Louisiana, Maryland, and West Virginia. In these States, cities, with the exception of Baltimore, Maryland, and a few cities in Louisiana, are included in county systems. Detailed statistics are presented by population groups for each city having a population of 10,000 or more. Only totals for certain items are given, by States, for cities having a population of 2,500 to 9,999. Since statistics are not given for all items for group IV cities, most of the derived tables used in connection with the text contain data for only cities of groups I, II, and III. (Contains 3 figures and 49 tables.) [Best copy available has been provided.].

This report presents statistics of city school systems for the school year 1935-36. prior to 1933-34 school statistics for cities included in county unit systems were estimated. Most of these cities are in Florida, Louisiana, Maryland, and West Virginia. Since the method of estimating school statistics for the cities included with the counties in these States was very unsatisfactory it was discontinued in 1933-34. A few data are, however, presented in tables 3 and 4 for the counties in which the cities are located. In eight cities, there is more than one school district. As in previous years statistics for each school district within a city are presented. The cities are divided into four population groups on the basis of the 1930 census. Group 1 includes 90 cities having a population of 100,000 or more with school systems of their own; Group II includes 211 cities having a population of 30,000 to 99,999 with school systems of their own; Group III includes 642 cities having a population of 10,000 to 29,999 with school systems of their own; and Group IV includes 1,948 cities having a population of 2,500 to 9,999 that maintain their own schools. Specific topics covered in this bulletin include: (1) Enrollments; (2) School attendance; (3) The school term and number of days attended; (4) Supervisory and teaching staff; (5) Pupil-teacher ratio; (6) Cost per pupil in average daily attendance; (7) Percentage distribution of the city school dollar; (8) Schools, school buildings, and property investments; (9) Bonded indebtedness of city school systems; (10) Night schools; and (11) Summer schools. (Contains 28 tables, 4 figures, and 1 footnote.) [Best copy available has been provided.].

This bulletin provides the second chapter of the Biennial Survey of Education, 1930-32, which has been published in separate chapters dealing with a segment only of the educational system. The statistics presented in this report document city public schools for the school year 1931-32. The cities are divided into four population groups on the basis of the 1930 census: (1) 93 cities having a population of 100,000 or more; (2) 236 cities having a population of 30,000 to 99,999; (3) 672 cities with a population of 10,000 to 29,999; and (4) 2,157 cities with a population of 2,500 to 9,999. The 1930 census data for populations were not available at the time the tables were made for the statistics of city school systems, 1929-30; therefore, the present report is the first to be organized on the basis of city sizes as reported in the 1930 census. Gross figures for a group in 1931-32 are not exactly comparable with given figures for 1929-30. Therefore, comparisons with previous bienniums, especially those relating to expenditures, have been made on the basis of the number of pupils in average daily attendance. The text has been prepared to show changes in enrollments, average attendance, length of school term, pupil-teacher ratio, school facility and property investments, income, expenditures, per capita costs, etc. during the biennium 1931-32 to indicate significant trends and the variations that exist among the States. (Contains 2 footnotes, 40 tables, and 6 figures.) [Best copy available has been provided.].