REPORT OF THE GOVERNOR OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS + 45


 1961-62 Public School Attendance and Membership

Average daily attendance___-_-__-_-------------
Average daily membership__ _-------------------------
Average number of pupils per classroom teacher -----__-__
 Rural elementary-________________---- -----
 Urban elementary ________-_----_--------
 High school----------------------------------

 School enrollment summary


6,821
7,399
 37
 37
 41
 31


 Number of schools 1957-58 1958-59 1959-60 1960-61 1961-62

Public (including kindergartens) -------------- 28 29 29 28 28
Parochial -------- 8 10 10 10 10
Private.. ---------- 5 4 4 4 4
 Total ------ 41 43 43 42 42
School enrollment:
 Public -------------- 6,391 6,466 6, 549 7,132 7,624
 Parochial ------------------- 2,077 2,185 2,584 2,611 2,732
 Private__. ---------------- 288 170 232 302 408
 Total -- --- -- -- 8,756 8,821 9,565 10,045 10,764


 Public school enrollment 1957-58 1958-59 1959-60 1960-61 1961-62

Kindergartens --------- 312 420 422 426 495
Grades 1 through 6 --- 4, 122 4,098 4,229 4,507 4, 740
Grades 7 through 12 --------------_.. ... -.- 1,957 1,976 2,198 2,199 2,389
 Total-. ...---- ----------- 6,391 6,494 6,849 7,132 7,624



 Virgin Islands public schools five-year enrollment projections


 School year Actual 1962-63 1963-64 1965-66 1967-68 Increase Percent
 1961-62 Increase

St. Thomas:
 Elementary 2,743 2, 62 2,998 3,404 3,786 1,043 38.02
 Secondary-....---..-.- 1,521 1,511 1,594 1,707 1,759 238 15.65
 Total.. ----- 4,264 4,373 4,592 5,111 5.545 1,281 30.04
St. Croix:
 Elementary------------ 2,092 2,304 2,432 2,736 2,849 757 36.19
 Secondary....--- 810 863 939 1.016 1,271 461 56.92
 Total ----- 2,902 3,167 3.371 3,752 4,120 1,218 41.97
St. John:
 Elementary___ 200 216 235 270 323 123 61.50
 Secondary ...-- -------- 44 41 40 44 45 1 2.27
 Total ___- --- 244 257 275 314 368 124 50.82
Public Schools of the Virgin
 Islands:
 Elementary -- 5,035 5,382 5, 665 6,410 6, 958 1,923 38.19
 Secondary.. ---------- 2,375 2,415 2,573 2,767 3,075 700 29.47
 Total -- 7,410 7,797 8,238 9,177 10,033 2,623 35.40


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