Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-10-04
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THE CITY SCHOOLS.

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ucatiOn-VaIuable and Interesting
Statistics, &c.
The following facts and statements are
taken from the report of the Board of Ed.
ucation of this city to the Auditor o
Franklin county, for the school year end
ing August 81, 1866:
RECEIPTS.
Amount of school moneys received dur
ing the year from the following sources
Balance on hand Sept. l, 1865, $l0,06S.49
State tax, irreducible school funds anC
township tax for school and school houst
purposes, $6S, 9l; fines, licenses, tuition
of nonresident pupils and other miscel
laneous sources, $S09.O2-making the tota
receipts, $79,7s6 AZ.
EXPENDITURES.
Paid out during the year-for teachers
$34332; for sites, buildings and repairs
$1S9O3; for fuel and other contingent ex.
penses, $15,733.76--total expenditures
$6s,96S.76, leaving balance on hand Sept
l, 1865, $l0,sl766.
NUMBER OF SCHOOLS, ETC.
Number of Common schools, So; High
1; German and English, ID; Colored, A.
total number of schools, 81.
Pupils enrolled-males, 1922; females
2255 total, 4,4S7. or this number, 1SG
were colored males, and 17s colored fe-
males, making total of 1874 colored pupils,
The average daily attendance at the
schools was 2,776; the average daily abb
sence 331-7; the average of pupils belong
ing to the schools during the year was
3lO7-7, and the average per cent. of attend
ance on average number belonging, was so.
The schools were in session $500 weeks,
except the German and English, which
were in session one week less.
The wages OF teachers per month of four
weeks were as follows: In Common schools
males, 500; females, $4346; in High
school-males, $l17.50; females, $65; in
German aud English schools--males, $40;
females, $42.27; in the Colored schools
males, $50; females, $3.50. The music
teachers were paid S75 per month, and the
Superintendent of the schools, $50.
The number of teachers employed in the
Common schools was 4 males and 40 fe-
males; in the High school, males and 4
females; in the German anu English
schools, males and 15 females; in the Col
Ored schools, male and females; maxi
ing, with music teachers and Superin-
tehdent, total of so teachers-l3 males
and 67 females.
1t all the teachers were employed for the
entire school year, and no changes occur
red during the year, the number necessary
tosupply the schools, including the Super
intendent, would be 6s-l1 males and 81
females. ....g
The average cost of tuition per pupil be-
longing to the schools, was for the year,
$16.0S. ..
SCHOOL HOUSES, ETC.
The whole number of school houses is IL,
and the total value of the houses and
grounds is $250OOO. The condition of the
school houses is generally good. rl
The number of school days in each week
Is five. 4ars.5 ..2'4" .
There are in the district 396 colored
youth of school age.
The whole number ofbooks in the School
Library Is 1900, and 400 books have been
drawn from the library during the year.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The schools were organized on the grad
ed plan In, 1S46. The different grades or
departments are: Primary, Secondary,
Grammar school, High
school and Suburban. The number OF
school rooms occupied by each department
(recitation rooms not included), is: Pri-
mary %, Secondary IA, intermediate IL.
Grammar z, High school 4. Suburban A.
The number of teachers employed in each
department., is: Primary %, Secondary
Ia, intermediate IL, Grammar II High
school 5, and Suburban A.. The number of
classes in the Primary Department is
in the Secondary, there are
two; in the intermediate, two; in the
Grammar schools, three; in the High
'chooL five, and In the Suburban, variable.
Pupils are transferred from each depart
nent to the next higher, once year.
The number of teachers meetings held |
Turing the year mot including meetings |
or only portion of the teachers), was IL. |
The number of meetings held for teachers
n different buildings, or for teachers in
lifferent grades or departments, was %.
The special measures for the professional |
and training of primary teach
rs are--teachers' meetings, and drill by
Of the teachers upon the
branches to be taught.
The per cent. of pupils enrolled in the |
chOOls above Is years Of age, is 8; under 8 |
ears, %; the average age Of pupils enter
ng the High school, is 13.s years; and the
verage age at which they are withdrawn
rom that school, is about 16 years.
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