Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 197, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 September 1917 — ENROLLMENT LARGEST EVER [ARTICLE]

ENROLLMENT LARGEST EVER

APPROXIMATELY 620 STUDENTS ENROLLED IN PUBLIC . SCHOOLS. Approximately 620 students are enrolled in the local public schools so far this year—the greatest number that has ever been entered at the beginning of a term in the history of the Rensselaer It is expected before the end of the present week there will be still more. Both the graded and high schools show .increases, and the faculty is looking forward to one of the best years ever. The number enrolled in the first eight grades is as follows: First grade 55, second grade 44, third grade 60, fourth grade 40, sth grade 59, sixth grade 50, seventh grade 48, eighth grade 32. Total for grades, 388.

In the graded schools in the year 1915-17 there were 374 enrolled, so it may be seen that there is a gain of fourteen students this year in the grades. In the high school 217 , enrolled the fStst day, as against 207 z the previous year for the same time, or a gain of ten The science teacher who had been secured for' the present term, resigned his position Sunday and the board is forced to seek another, and are of the opinion that they will have one within a few days. Since the construction of the new ligh school building the Rensselaer schools have shown an increase each year in the matter of enrollment, and the local school is rapidly gaining the distinction of being one of the best institutions of learning for the young girls and boys in this section of the state and it begins to look as if the next few years would find present school quarters entirely inadequate to take care of the students who are being sent to this city for their education.