# History of Public School Education in Arizona/Statistics

PUBLIC SCHOOL STATISTICS—1870=1916.
Table 1.—School population, teachers, property, and school year. :
| Years. | School popula­tion. | Teachers. | Schools. | Monthly salary. | Days in school year. | Value school property. |
| 1870 | 1,923 | | | | | |
| 1872–73 | 1,660 | | | | | |
| 1873–74 | 2,584 | 11 | 11 | $100.00 | 180 | |
| 1874–75 | 2,508 | 14 | 14 | 100.00 | 180 | |
| 1875–76 | 2,955 | 21 | 21 | 110.00 | | |
| 1876–77 | | 31 | 28 | 100.0 | 190 | $44,436 |
| 1877–78 | 3,089 | 37 | 28 | 91.00 | 124 | 47,479 |
| 1878–79 | 5,291 | 51 | 51 | 74.00 | 165 | 78,681 |
| 1879–80 | 7,148 | 101 | 101 | 83.00 | 109 | 113,074 |
| 1880–81 | 9,571 | 102 | 148 | 84.00 | | 121,318 |
| 1881–82 | 10,283 | 126 | 98 | | | 116,751 |
| 1882–83 | 9,376 | 98 | 104 | 75.00 | 120 | 82,183 |
| 1883–84 | 9,376 | 143 | 121 | 85.00 | 140 | 153,466 |
| 1884–85 | 10,219 | 131 | 137 | 86.00 | 120 | 212,385 |
| 1885–86 | 10,219 | 150 | 150 | 78.00 | 140 | 201,984 |
| 1886–87 | 10,303 | 175 | 169 | 81.00 | 143 | 176,238 |
| 1887–88 | 10,303 | 191 | 184 | 80.00 | 124 | 222,219 |
| 1888–89 | 12,588 | 199 | 197 | 79.00 | 135 | 222,958 |
| 1889–90 | 12,976 | 240 | 219 | 77.00 | 126 | 268,435 |
| 1890–91 | 13,874 | | 237 | | 127 | 297,444 |
| 1891–92 | 14,710 | | 251 | | 124 | 320,609 ​ |
| 1892–93 | 15,463 | 269 | 265 | 78.18 | 130 | 344,646 |
| 1893–94 | 16,403 | 293 | 289 | 75.30 | 124 | 405,446 |
| 1894–95 | 15,909 | 321 | 261 | 70.41 | 120 | 414,447 |
| 1895–96 | 16,936 | 324 | 293 | 68.54 | 126 | 428,935 |
| 1896–97 | 17,427 | 350 | 337 | 65.41 | 128 | 445,379 |
| 1897–98 | 18,802 | 435 | 347 | 67.50 | 130 | 472,107 |
| 1898–99 | 19,823 | 373 | 375 | 67.77 | 127 | 490,504 |
| 1899–1900 | 20,833 | 399 | 398 | 67.09 | 125 | 529,024 |
| 1900–1901 | 23,435 | 445 | 428 | 68.47 | 128 | 612,929 |
| 1901–2 | 25,259 | 457 | 442 | 75.30 | 125 | 654,942 |
| 1902–3 | 25,951 | 482 | 467 | 71.00 | 125 | 783,735 |
| 1903–4 | 27,324 | 519 | 498 | 72.00 | 130 | 882,790 |
| 1904–5 | 29,290 | 536 | 523 | 72.21 | 125 | 970,902 |
| 1905–6 | 30,230 | 554 | 542 | 74.55 | 125 | 1,041,888 |
| 1906–7 | 33,169 | 626 | 596 | 74.91 | 128.4 | 1,158,335 |
| 1907–8 | 34,299 | 645 | 633 | 79.19 | 135 | 1,409,788 |
| 1908–9 | 34,299 | | | | | |
| 1909–10 | 36,729 | | | | | |
| 1910–11 | 38,611 | 876 | 765 | 84.70 | | |
| 1911–12 | 42,381 | 895 | 814 | 86.58 | | 1,845,021 |
| 1912–13 | 46,681 | 1,020 | 865 | 86.98 | | 2,102,419 |
| 1913–14 | 53,845 | 1,096 | 1,020 | 89.56 | | |
| 1914–15 | 56,471 | 1,219 | 1,082 | 91.61 | | |
| 1915–16 | 61,073 | 1,364 | 1,138 | 91.76 | | |
* ↑ Until 1883 the school age was 6 to 21; 1884 to April, 1901, 6 to 18; since 1901, 6 to 21.
* ↑ During the earlier years these are referred to as “school rooms,” “in 1881–82, as districts.” They were one-teacher schools.
* ↑ Through 1880–81 these figures are for men. The salaries of women were as follows: 1873–74, $100; 1874–75, $100; 1875–76, $90; 1876–77, $50; 1877–78, $74; 1878–79, $68; 1879–80, $70; 1880–81, $68. The figures given beginning with 1882–83 are the average of all salaries.
* ↑ From report for 1889–90; these figures do not always agree with those in other reports. They are probably in most cases only approximate.
Table 2.—Enrollment and attendance. :
| Years. | Total school en­rollment. | Per cent of school population enrolled. | Average school attendance. | Per cent of enroll­ment in average attendance. | Per cent of school population in average attendance. |
| 1872–73 | 333 | 20.0 | | | |
| 1873–74 | 343 | 13.2 | | | |
| 1874–75 | 568 | 22.3 | 419 | 73.8 | 16.7 |
| 1875–76 | 1,213 | 41.0 | 900 | 74.2 | 30.4 |
| 1876–77 | 903 | | 580 | | |
| 1877–78 | 2,740 | 88.7 | 890 | 32.5 | 28.8 |
| 1878–79 | 3,143 | 59.3 | 1,102 | 35.1 | 20.8 |
| 1879–80 | 4,212 | 58.9 | 2,847 | 67.6 | 39.8 |
| 1880–81 | 3,844 | 40.2 | | | |
| 1882–83 | 3,751 | 40.0 | 2,554 | 68.0 | 27.2 |
| 1883–84 | 4,516 | 48.1 | 3,287 | 72.8 | 35.0 |
| 1884–85 | 4,974 | 48.6 | 3,226 | 64.9 | 31.5 |
| 1885–86 | 6,076 | 59.6 | 3,507 | 57.7 | 34.3 |
| 1886–87 | | | 3,602 | | 34.9 |
| 1887–88 | | | 3,849 | | 37.3 |
| 1888–89 | 7,286 | 58.6 | 4,293 | 58.9 | 34.1 |
| 1889–90 | 7,989 | 61.5 | 4,702 | 58.8 | 37.0 |
| 1890–91 | | | 5,047 | | 36.4 |
| 1891–92 | | | 5,198 | | 35.3 |
| 1892–93 | 10,104 | 65.3 | 5,340 | 52.5 | 34.5 |
| 1893–94 | 11,319 | 63.7 | 6,791 | 60.0 | 41.9 |
| 1894–95 | 11,450 | 71.9 | 7,034 | 61.4 | 44.1 |
| 1895–96 | 12,889 | 76.1 | 7,641 | 59.2 | 45.1 |
| 1896–97 | 13,367 | 76.7 | 8,983 | 67.2 | 51.5 |
| 1897–98 | 14,713 | 78.2 | 9,011 | 61.2 | 47.9 |
| 1898–99 | 15,893 | 80.2 | 9,396 | 59.1 | 47.4 |
| 1899–1900 | 16,504 | 79.2 | 10,177 | 61.6 | 48.8 |
| 1900–1901 | 17,817 | 76.0 | 10,951 | 61.4 | 42.4 |
| 1901–2 | 19,203 | 76.0 | 11,514 | 59.9 | 41.6 |
| 1902–3 | 20,008 | 77.1 | 12,105 | 60.4 | 46.6 |
| 1903–4 | 21,366 | 78.1 | 13,022 | 60.9 | 47.6 |
| 1904–5 | 21,792 | 74.4 | 14,009 | 64.3 | 47.4 |
| 1905–6 | 23,223 | 76.8 | 14,448 | 62.2 | 47.7 |
| 1906–7 | 25,360 | 76.1 | 15,667 | 61.8 | 47.2 |
| 1907–8 | 27,023 | 78.7 | 16,928 | 62.6 | 49.3 |
| 1910–11 | 33,029 | 86.8 | 21,776 | 65.9 | 56.1 |
| 1911–12 | 33,310 | 78.6 | 22,813 | 68.5 | 53.8 |
| 1912–13 | 33,336 | 75.0 | 25,003 | 71.4 | 53.5 |
| 1913–14 | 42,036 | 71.1 | 29,912 | 78.1 | 55.5 |
| 1914–15 | 43,316 | 72.8 | 31,555 | 76.6 | 55.9 |
| 1915–16 | 47,945 | 71.5 | 34,257 | 78.5 | 56.1 |
Table 3.—School revenue and school expenditures. :
| Years. | Income from State taxes. | County and dis­trict taxes. | From other funds, in­cluding balances. | Total receipts. | Salaries of teachers and super­intend­ents. | Miscella­neous ex­pendi­tures. | Total ex­pendi­tures. | Tax valua­tion, hun­dreds omitted. |
| 1872–73 | | | | $5,849 | | | $20,211 | |
| 1873–74 | | | | 11,417 | | | | |
| 1874–75 | $4,690 | $9,232 | $14,837 | 28,760 | | | 24,152 | |
| 1875–76 | | | | 31,449 | $11,089 | $17,655 | 28,744 | |
| 1876–77 | | | | 20,708 | | | 18,407 | |
| 1877–78 | | | | 21,396 | | | 21,396 | |
| 1878–79 | | | | 32,421 | | | 29,200 | |
| 1879–80 | | | | 67,028 | | | 61,172 | |
| 1880–81 | | | | 58,768 | | | 44,628 | |
| 1881–82 | | | | 101,967 | | | 98,268 | |
| 1882–83 | 19,007 | 82,383 | | 101,390 | | | 77,998 | $31,588,000 |
| 1883–84 | 27,959 | 177,942 | | 205,901 | 59,878 | | 161,862 | 30,228,000 |
| 1884–85 | 19,199 | 87,768 | 79,699 | 186,666 | 78,839 | | 138,165 | 28,683,000 |
| 1885–86 | 10,662 | 85,760 | 18,441 | 159,956 | 89,551 | | 135,030 | 23,207,000 |
| 1886–87 | | | | 120,045 | | | 117,005 | 26,194,000 |
| 1887–88 | | | | 157,707 | | | 130,212 | 25,913,000 |
| 1888–89 | 3,496 | 145,809 | 30,477 | 179,782 | 105,910 | 44,634 | 150,543 | 27,057,000 |
| 1889–90 | 1,783 | 170,277 | 29,239 | 201,289 | 123,178 | 54,306 | 177,484 | 28,050,000 |
| 1890–91 | | | | 236,743 | | | 198,762 | 28,270,000 |
| 1891–92 | | | | 247,202 | | | 207,898 | 27,923,000 |
| 1892–93 | | | | 266,069 | | | 221,213 | 28,486,000 |
| 1893–94 | | | | 205,611 | | | 176,671 | 27,062,000 |
| 1894–95 | 164,099 | 14,266 | 32,913 | 211,278 | 140,573 | 62,444 | 203,016 | |
| 1895–96 | 190,743 | 11,235 | 17,138 | 219,116 | 152,438 | 62,013 | 214,451 | 28,047,000 |
| 1896–97 | 213,152 | 2,436 | 4,190 | 219,778 | 155,991 | 49,958 | 205,949 | 30,693,000 |
| 1897–98 | 233,094 | 454 | 16,735 | 250,279 | 169,981 | 54,295 | 224,186 | 31,474,000 |
| 1898–99 | 10,000 | 204,167 | 47,970 | 295,884 | 178,144 | 60,481 | 241,556 | 32,510,000 |
| 1899–1900 | 11,101 | 218,580 | 100,749 | 421,776 | 189,189 | 110,542 | 345,314 | 33,782,000 |
| 1900–1901 | 11,458 | 194,285 | 205,502 | 411,244 | 214,266 | 112,572 | 336,839 | 38,854,000 |
| 1901–2 | 22,951 | 209,736 | 297,962 | 530,649 | 224,600 | 176,636 | 401,236 | 39,083,000 |
| 1902–3 | 25,761 | 249,118 | 226,581 | 501,460 | 242,848 | 172,291 | 412,741 | 43,088,000 |
| 1903–4 | 32,439 | 271,051 | 252,370 | 555,859 | 256,714 | 181,715 | 438,828 | 45,070,000 |
| 1904–5 | 38,217 | 278,571 | 214,787 | 531,575 | 401,001 | 114,826 | 515,828 | 57,920,000 |
| 1905–6 | 41,006 | 330,057 | 208,323 | 579,385 | 448,924 | 163,780 | 612,703 | 62,228,000 |
| 1906–7 | 43,833 | 397,979 | 255,949 | 697,762 | 508,207 | 161,155 | 669,362 | 77,372,000 |
| 1907–8 | 66,338 | 491,323 | 256,402 | 814,063 | 603,505 | 321,421 | 924,926 | 80,638,000 |
| 1908–9 | 61,758 | | | | | | | 82,684,000 |
| 1909–10 | 54,687 | | | | | | | 86,126,000 |
| 1910–11 | 63,981 | | | | | | | 98,033,000 |
| 1911–12 | 58,308 | 633,397 | 1,125,943 | 1,817,647 | 890,533 | 431,062 | 1,321,595 | 140,388,000 |
| 1912–13 | 124,886 | 797,423 | 1,419,743 | 2,342,052 | 941,563 | 636,577 | 1,578,141 | 375,862,000 |
| 1913–14 | 475,529 | 734,946 | 1,210,475 | 3,187,023 | 1,212,116 | 1,923,432 | 2,135,549 | 407,267,000 |
| 1914–15 | 460,852 | 695,959 | 2,173,602 | 3,330,413 | 1,509,633 | 1,064,850 | 2,574,484 | 420,000,000 |
| 1915–16 | 478,572 | 1,008,441 | 2,173,871 | 3,660,883 | 1,515,576 | 1,151,501 | 2,667,077 | |
* ↑ Not differentiated.
* ↑ From report of 1889–90; the figures differ from those in the report of 1885–86.
* ↑ No returns from Apache and Coconino Counties.
* ↑ Includes district taxes only.
* ↑ These figures from House Journal, special session, 1912, p. 169.
* ↑ From this date these items are called “school maintenance.”