Summary of Three Hundred and Highty-Nine Responses to Four

Hundred and Seventy-Seven Questionnaires Mailed in May 1937
in the University of Minnesota Study of Physical Education

Facilities and Equipment of the Accredited Public Secondary
Schools of Minnesota

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. Number of Returns from Schools Classified According to Type of Organ-
ization and Secondary School Enrollment as Indicated by Respondents.
Type of Organization Secondary School Enrollment
SO Si 101 OL Gol S01 Tei 4008 tees to.
and to to to to to to to to and Total
less 100 200 350 500 750 1000 1150 1500 more
Junior-Senior
High School Ss £62 28 3S St 44 7 4 3 126
Four-year High School 16 38 26 8 . 2 2 4 97
Junior High School 1 1 2
Senior High School 1 1 4 1 1 3 as
Six-year Undivided
High School 4 @& @ is i 149
High School Department 2 2 4
Total oe 96 137 SY 28 26 1h 5 oe 4&0 389
2. In 75.5 per cent of the schools the elementary and secondary school pupils
are housed in the same building. In 74.8 per cent of the schools the ele-
mentary and secondary school pupils use the same outdoor physical education
facilities. In 69.7 per cent of the schools the elementary and secondary
school pupils use the same gymnasium.
3. Average Noon Hour Attendance
Attendance Number of Schools
25 or less 28
26 to 125 209
136 to 975 ~ 80
276 to 500 14
501 and more 14
4, Supervision at Playgrounds or Indoor Physical Education Facilities
Time Percentage of 389
Schools
After school ae
Noon hours 45
Saturday 6

Summers 8