Elyria Kindergarten Enrollments Track City Growth Since 1940s
The series table shows kindergarten and first grade enrollments in Elyria public schools reflecting postwar growth. It notes growth from the mid-1940s as birth rates rose and families moved to the city, with WWII influencing school transfers to parochial schools. In 1950-51 public school first grades fell to 81 percent as St. Jude parish school opened in 1950.
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Elyria
Sondergarter
St. Jude Parochial School
Elyria Public Schools Enrollment See 7,339 of 9,670 Eligible Students
Elyria counts 9,670 potential school age residents 5 to 17 with 7,339 projected in public schools for 1957-58. Past trends show public school attendance varied from about 78 to 97 percent as parochial and church schools operated alongside the district.
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Elyria
Schod
St. Mary's
St Agnes, Holy Cross
St. John Lutheran
High School Drop-Out Rates Highlighted in Elyria Study
The article analyzes statewide and local high school drop-out percentages, noting legal age limits and job permits influence. It details enrollment shifts from 1944 through 1952, including effects of the Elyria District Catholic High School on ninth grade and four-year graduation rates. A separate brief reports the death of Mary Wenger in a Kenton collision with a cement mixer truck.
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Elyria
Elyria District Catholic High
Kenton, QC
INS
Mary Wenger
Marysville
Kenton
iBuy
Chronicle-Telegram
Elyria School System Sees Rapid Growth and Shifting Enrollments
The school system shows steady growth as birth rates rise and families move, sending more children to public kindergartens and then to public schools and parochial options. By 1957 the September kindergarten cohort is projected to become about 755 of 886 first graders, indicating larger June graduations and long term enrollment shifts.
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Elyria
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