Thanks DY. And sorry, Lior. My bad. I read the relevant paragraph DY is quoting but I guess it didn’t register with me properly as I assumed (like Dr. Schick is asking) that it’s because a Jewish education is considered by many parents to be more important for boys.
But as DY mentioned earlier in the thread we would need to know what the numbers are based on school type & locality to come to any conclusions as to why the school gender disparity exists.
So I guess we wait for more info…
Also, I don’t think we need to calculate the gender breakdown for aliya as someone mentioned earlier because kids don’t make aliya by themselves, so we’d assume that it mirrors whatever the gender ratio is. (Not perfect, but close enough.) Dropout rate is something else but hopefully doesn’t apply (or hardly) in elementary, so if there’s a continuous decreasing trend throughout all grades I would for the most part be reluctant to pin the gender disparity on dropouts. But that’s just my opinion.
Many communities have daily/weekly fliers of brissim/zichorim & kiddushim so if someone is so inclined they can obtain some years worth and start tallying. But again, not everyone advertises, so it may fall short.