II. Public Secondary Schools Year | Schools | Classe (grades) | Teachers | Pupils | Pupils per class (grade) | Pupils per teacher | Pupils per 100 inhabitants | 1864 1871 1878 1882 1886 1891 1896 1901 1906 1911 (1) | 508 – 336 – 576 550 604 669 729 632 | – – – – – – 4,482 5,701 6,760 5,951 | 2,233 – 2,328 – 4,015 4,310 4,904 6,306 7,699 6,134 | 90,899 – 72,039 – 134,937 131,270 143,097 188,221 216,786 180,729 | – – – – – – 31.9 33.0 32.1 30.4 | 40.7 – 30.9 – 33.6 30.5 29.2 29.8 28.2 29.5 | 0.47 – 0.27 – 0.47 0.43 0.44 0.54 0.57 (0.45) | (1) Furthermore 12,638 children receive instruction in the upper grades that have been accommodated in the public primary schools; for this year there is no data for the number of schools, classes, and teachers. Source: Schwarz, O., Der Staatshaushalt und die Finanzen Preußens [The State Budget and the Finances of Prussia], vol. II: Die Zuschussverwaltung [The Administration of Subventions]. Berlin 1900, pp. 380-381 (1864-1896); Statistisches Jahrbuch für den Preußischen Staat [Statistical Yearbook for the Prussian State] 1904, p. 139 (number of classes in 1896); 1910, pp. 215–216 (1901 and 1906); 1913, p. 406 and 407. Reprinted in Gerd Hohorst, Jürgen Kocka, and Gerhard A. Ritter, eds., Sozialgeschichtliches Arbeitsbuch: Materialien zur Statistik des Kaiserreichs 1870-1914. Munich, 1975, vol. 2, p. 158.
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