The statistics presented in Chapter I of this report relate entirely to the public elementary and secondary schools in State school systems, with a few figures included for kindergarten and private elementary and secondary schools. The information contained herein has been furnished by the State offices of education in 48 States, the District of Columbia, and the 8 outlying parts of the United States, in 1932. This chapter includes the combined statistics for all the school districts within each of the States. However, in one section of the report an attempt is made by subtracting from the totals the corresponding numbers found in Chapter II, Statistics of City School Systems, to obtain statistics for places having a population of less than 2,500 or for what is generally regarded as rural territory. The statistics in this chapter include both white and Negro pupils. In a few tables the schools wholly for Negro children have been treated separately. The text has been prepared to show changes in enrollments, length of school term, average attendance, income, expenditures, per capita costs, etc. during the biennium 1930-32 to indicate significant trends and the variations that exist among the States. (Contains 3 footnotes, 55 tables, and 13 figures.) [Best copy available has been provided.]