have a 10-year course. Eight schools report no grades above the eighth, while 19 schools attempt some form of junior high school organization.

TABLE 6. Sources of revenue for support of consolidated schools

Table 6 shows that the revenue for current expenses of 69 consolidated schools is derived as follows: An average of 1.4 per cent comes from the Federal Government, 22.8 per cent from the State, 16.4 per cent from the county, and 59.4 from the local district. The range in percentages received from these four sources is wide. Forty-five schools report that no part of their income is derived from the Federal Government, 2 report that none is received from the State, 25 that none is received from the county, and 4 that none is received from local sources. The percentage of revenue coming from the Federal Government varies from five-tenths of 1 per cent to 12 per cent; that from the State varies from seven-tenths of 1 per cent to 88 per cent; that from the county varies from four-tenths of 1 per cent to 86 per cent; and that from the local district varies from 17.4 per cent to 100 per cent.

The average percentages received from these sources by all schools. in the United States are shown for comparative purposes. Note that the consolidated schools derive larger percentages from Federal, State, and county sources, but a smaller percentage from the local district, than does the average school in the United States.

TABLE 7.-Distribution of 87 consolidated schools by amount of income for each pupil enrolled

Table 7 shows the number of schools having incomes, within the indicated intervals, for each pupil enrolled. It will be seen that four schools have incomes of less than $40 per pupil, while at the other extreme the incomes of five schools are $200 or more per pupil. Among the middle 50 per cent they range from $68 to $123.

Transportation of pupils.-Eighty-nine schools reported the per cent of enrolled pupils transported to school. Six of these schools do not pay transportation costs and, therefore, are not included in the following computation. The number (see Table 8) transported at public expense varies from 3 per cent of the enrollment in one school to 100 per cent in three schools. Among the middle 50 per cent of the schools, as arranged in this table, the number of pupils transported varies from 33 to 71 per cent of the enrollment.

TABLE 8.-Distribution of 83 consolidated schools by per cent of enrolled pupils that are transported

TABLE 9.-Distribution of 77 consolidated schools, by per cent, that amount spen for transportation is of school income

Seventy-seven schools reported the per cent that transportation expenditure was of the total school budget in 1925-26. Six schools reporting no expenditure for transportation are not included in Table 9. Seven of those transporting pupils used less than 5 per cent of their budget for this purpose, while at the other extreme four schools used more than 30 per cent. As arranged in this table, the middle 50 per cent of the schools used from 8 to 20 per cent of their income in transporting pupils to school.

TABLE 10.-Distribution of 103 consolidated schools by average cost of transportation per child, per mile, per day in cents

The cost of transporting pupils to 19 of the 103 schools answering this question was less than 1 cent per child per mile. From this low figure it ranged to 5 cents and more in three schools. In the middle 50 per cent of the schools, as arranged in Table 10, the cost ranged from 1 cent to 2.4 cents per child per mile.

Table 11 contains much of the information on which Part II of this study is based. The data are presented for each of the 105 schools as reported. Names of schools, by States, with post-office addresses, are given in order that persons interested in additional information concerning a school of a particular size, or having characteristics of a particular type, may write directly to such school for the information desired. It is hoped that the list of schools presented in this manner will be useful to students and others interested in problems of rural school administration.