Average attendance of white children in public
schools in 1855 43,858
Average attendance of white children in
corporate schools supported by public
funds 2,826
------ 46,684
b. Proportion of average attendance of white children
in public schools to whole number of same
is as 1 to 3.40.
3. From these facts it appears that colored children attend
the public schools (and schools supported by public funds in
the city of New York) in the proportion of 1 to 2.60, and that
the white children attend similar schools in said city in the
proportion of 1 to 3.40; that is to say, nearly 25 per cent. more of
colored children than of white children attend the public schools,
and schools supported by public funds in the city of New York.
4. The number of colored children attending private schools
in the city of New York, 125.
a. The number of white children attending private
schools in 1850, census gave 10,560, which number has since
been increased by the establishment of Catholic parochial
schools, estimated in 1856, 17,560.
b. The proportion of colored children attending private
schools to white children attending same, is as 1 to 140.
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