The vast majority of Jewish children in Montreal and its suburbs, on both the elementary and high school levels, attend Protestant schools, as compared with the number of pupils attending Jewish day schools, a survey conducted by the Canadian Jewish Congress revealed here today.
The Congress compiled the figures for Montreal and the city’s suburbs in preparation of its official position on the school issue to be given before a Royal Commission on Education in this Province of Quebec. The Congress position, when it is submitted to the Royal Commission, will indicate whether organized Jewry here prefers government support for the Jewish, parochial day schools or participation in the Protestant school system.
According to the Congress survey, there are 22,083 Jewish children of school age here. A total of 14, 936 are in the elementary schools, while 7, 147 are in high school. Of the 14,936 in elementary schools, 10,912, or 73 percent, attend Protestant schools, while 4,024, or 27 percent, go to Jewish day schools. Of the 7,147 Jewish children in high school, 6, 813 or 95.3 percent, attend the Protestant high schools, while 4.7 percentage enrolled in the Jewish high schools.
Of the 63,194 Montreal children in the Protestant elementary and high schools, a total of 17,725, or 28 percent are Jewish. Jewish children make up 25.1 percent of the total Protestant elementary school population, and 34,5 percent of the total enrollment in the Protestant high schools.
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