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Breakdown of Montgomery County, Md., Schools by Race of Pupils: 1955 to 1961

(by the 1961-'62 school year, all county schools were fully integrated)
 

  Enrollment Type
Years White Negro Desegregated Total
A. ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
1955-1956 57 4 13 74
1956-1957 42 4 31 77
1957-1958 46 4 32 82
1958-1959 47 4 34 85
1959-1960 46 3 37 86
1960-1961 42 3 37 92
B. SECONDARY SCHOOLS
1955-1956 7 2 9 18
1956-1957 1 2 18 21
1957-1958 3 2 16 21
1958-1959 3 1 18 22
1959-1960 4 1 17 22
1960-1961 4 0 20 24

 

 All data obtained from "History of the Black Public Schools of Montgomery County, Maryland, 1872-1961," by Nina H. Clarke and Lillian B. Brown.

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