Although when in winter quarters all except one family lived within one mile of a school, the school attendance of the canal-boat children was seriously affected by the fact that boating began in April and closed in November. Two who claimed to be "still in school" had not attended at all during the year of the study. Reports showed that more than half were below normal grade. Among those who had stopped school only one had completed the seventh grade; three had failed to complete the sixth grade.