Rensselaer Journal, Volume 12, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 June 1902 — Boys Outnumber Girls. [ARTICLE]

Boys Outnumber Girls.

Superintendent of public instruction Frank Jones last week finished compiling this year’s enumeration of school children in the state. The report shows 385,838 white boys and 361,061 white girls in school, making a total of 755,799. Us colored children there are 7,415 boys and 7,587 girls, In all 15,002. The grand total 761,801 shows again of several thousand since last year. The total for 1901 was 757,684. The state report is tabulated from the reports of the county superintendents.