A
History of the Nome, Alaska Public Schools:1899 to 1958 From the Gold Rush To
Statehood
A Thesis by John Poling
Table No. 1: Elementary School Enrollment and
Eight Grade Graduated, Nome Public Schools,
1901-1917.
School Year
|
Grade 1
|
Grade 2
|
Grade 3
|
Grade 4
|
Grade 5
|
Grade 6
|
Grade 7
|
Grade 8
|
Graduates
|
Enrollment
|
1900-1901 |
_____
|
0
|
631
|
|||||||
1901-1902 |
23
|
15
|
9
|
( 33 |
)
|
0
|
0
|
1072
|
||
1902-1903 |
_____
|
2
|
1193
|
|||||||
1903-1904 |
_____
|
13
|
1744
|
|||||||
1904-1905 |
_____
|
16
|
11
|
5
|
1415
|
|||||
1905-1906 |
_____
|
_____
|
1676
|
|||||||
1906-1907 |
(27
|
)
|
13
|
16
|
17
|
34
|
22
|
21
|
18
|
1507
|
1907-1908 |
(40
|
)
|
(32
|
____)
|
(42
|
)
|
(52
|
_____)
|
23
|
1668
|
1908-1909 |
27
|
15
|
_____
|
25
|
19
|
14
|
/ /9
|
|||
1909-1910 |
(36
|
)
|
14
|
30
|
17
|
21
|
17
|
14
|
15410
|
|
1910-1911 |
(45
|
)
|
(21
|
)
|
14
|
16
|
13
|
/ /11
|
||
1911-1912 |
25
|
12
|
10
|
13
|
15
|
17
|
11
|
14
|
11
|
11712
|
1912-1913 |
26
|
14
|
13
|
9
|
11
|
12
|
18
|
12
|
8
|
115
|
1913-1914 |
19
|
21
|
17
|
11
|
9
|
11
|
14
|
12
|
11
|
114
|
1914-1915 |
19
|
17
|
14
|
17
|
9
|
8
|
6
|
10
|
9
|
100
|
1915-1916 |
31
|
12
|
22
|
14
|
16
|
11
|
7
|
2
|
0
|
115
|
1916-1917 |
32
|
23
|
15
|
19
|
14
|
12
|
12
|
4
|
4
|
131
|
Table No. 1: Notes.
1Jackson, Report, 1901, p. 1466. No distribution of grade enrollment shown.
3Commencement program, 1903, and Nugget, April 2, 1903, p. 3. No grade distribution shown.
4Aurora, 1904, and Nugget, April 2, 1904, p.3. No grade distribution shown.
5NSR and Nugget, April 7, 1905, p.4. No grade distribution except for grades 5 and 6.
6Aurora, 1906, and Nugget, April 7, 1906, p.3. No grade distribution shown.
8NSR and Aurora, 1908. Also Nome Pioneer Press, November 21, 1907, p.2.
9NSR, No distribution shown for grades 1, 2, 5, and 6.
12Ibid. From the school year 1911-1912, the Nome School Records are reliable. Where previously quoted, the NSR sources were principally ill-kept class record books, and many were missing. -JMP