The literacy rate for school-aged children had risen to more than 90 percent by the late 1980s.
The program works with elementary school-aged children whose families cannot afford enough food.
In 1965, only about half of primary school-aged children attended school.
The zoo hosted over 1,800 teachers and school-aged children a week during the spring.
The number of school-aged children had almost doubled in three years.
In 1976, only about 5 percent of rural school-aged children reached grade 9.
"They were asking how many school-aged children lived in the building," she said.
More than 5 million school-aged children wet the bed at night.
She already knew the single mother with two school-aged children who could use it.
Due to the growing population of school-aged children, a new school building was erected in 1905.