U.S. Census Bureau Daily Feature for May 25: First Public High School

WASHINGTON, May 25, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S. Census Bureau:

FIRST PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL

Profile America — Thursday, May 25th. The first public high school in the U.S. was organized this month in 1820. The English Classical School opened in 1821 with 101 male students in Boston, which also was the seat for America's first high school of any kind, the Boston Latin Grammar School. Boston Latin, beginning in 1635, sought to prepare young men for admittance to Harvard as divinity students. English Classical placed its emphasis on more general studies. High schools were slow to spread, and by 1870, there were still only 500 public high schools in the U.S. Today, there are over 20,000 public high schools across the country. Current enrollment in both public and private high schools stands at 16.5 million. You can find more facts about America's people, places and economy, from the American Community Survey, at <www.census.gov>.

Sources: Kane's Famous First Facts, 3080
English High background/accessed 3/3/2017:
www.englishhs.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=75360&type=d&termREC_ID=&pREC_ID=129652&hideMenu=1
High schools by 1870/page 1/accessed 3/3/2017: https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ovae/pi/hsinit/papers/history.pdf
Public high schools/accessed 3/3/2017: https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d15/tables/dt15_216.10.asp?current=yes
High school enrollment/Current Population Survey: www.census.gov/hhes/school/data/cps/2015/Tab01-01.xls

Profile America is produced by the Center for New Media and Promotion of the U.S. Census Bureau. Statistics and accounts drawn from cited non-Census sources are employed for illustrative or narrative purposes, and are not attested to by the U.S. Census Bureau. These daily features are available as produced segments, ready to air, on the Internet at http://www.census.gov (look for "Audio" in the "Library" pull-down menu). 

SOURCE U.S. Census Bureau

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