Small Schools Are Growing Larger. A Statistical Appraisal. The Rural School Survey. Circular No. 601 [electronic resource] / Walter H. Gaumnitz.

Of all the school distrcts in the United States in 1956, slightly more than one-third (33.4%) enrolled (including nonresident pupils) 15 or fewer pupils in their schools. Half of these small districts did not operate schools. The number of school districts rapidly declined from 127,530 in 1932 to 48...

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