Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-07-04
PUEBLO SCHOOL sTATIsTICs.

The report of the commissioner of educa-
ton for the year 1876 is to hand. 1t Is con-
tanned in an octave volume of nine hundred
and forty-two pages, and is complete review
of the condition and progress of education.
not only in our own, but in every country In
the world. OF our public schools, we learn
that IN Maine there was decline In the num-
Der of children enrolled in the public schools
of II75, but an increase in attendance of
1910. New Hampshire, 2052 less enrolled,
but $50 increase in attendance. Vermont in
creased her enrolment by 5126, but shows a
decrease in attendance of 4243. Massachu-
sets also increased her enrolment by 1858,
and an average attendance of 2042 more.
Rhode Island increased her enrolment by VA,
and her attendance by 1858. Connecticut in
creased her enrolment by 144S, and her at
tendance by I9I. New York increased her
snrollmert =, 1851, and her average attend
ance by 9775. New Jersey increased her en-
rollment by 1921, and attendance h'' -E-oi'
Pennsylvania increased her enrolment py
1882, and her attendance by $3.50. Della
ware does not show any increase either way.
Maryland reports 3206 more enrolled, and
3810 more in average daily attendance. Vr-
einia, $3.50 more enrolled, and IL ,3l6 more
In attendance. North Carolina Tin two years.,
4,677 more enrolled. South Carolina reports
1898 fewer persons Of school age. but IL. $50
more attending. Georgia reports diminu-
ton of 1926 in enrolment, and ITO de-
crease in attendance. Florida, 6319 less en-
rolled, and IL $50 fewer in average attend
ance. Alabama, 1914 decrease in population,
and 2O,447 less enrolled. Mississippi shows
an increase of the children of school age
amounting TO 81 ,460, but decrease of 2013
In the number in attendance. Louisiana
fell off only $50 in her enrolment,
with fair average attendance.
shows an increase in the number of school
children of 443S, but decrease IN enroll
ment of 1888. Our own State of Tennes-
see gives a record less discouraging, her chill
dren of school age increasing 1913; her
public schools numbering As more than 1874-5;
her consolidated schools public and privately
IS less, and the receipts tor public schools
reaching sos, 4l9 more. But in the face of
the increase of school population there was
decrease OF 1878 in the enrolment in public
schools, of 1887 in the average daily at
tendance, and S22, 5l9 less in the expenditure
for them. Kentucky shows an increase of
III, 042 white children, besides SCOOP colored
children now included in the State school
system, but with all this increase the average
daily attendance Is 5000 less. Ohio shows an
increase of 1854 enrolled, and II, 100 in av-
erage attendance; Michigan an increase of
1025 In enrolment, but no increase In aver
age attendance. Indiana increases both
the attendance and enrolment; the latter by
IL, 1908 and the former by 3,425. Illinois re-
ports decrease In enrolment Of Is, 230 in
the face Of an increased school population of
15,5S Wisconsin shows an increase of
school population of 1882 and an enroll
ment of 1882. Minnesota reports 1882
increase and q $50 enrolment, with de-
crease of 590S in attendance. Missouri
shows an increase Of only IS, and decrease
in average attendance of ii ,472, to be ac-
counted for in part by the change of school
age from TO q to to 20. Kansas, with
1881 more school children, reports an in
crease in enrolment of 1918, and an average
attendance of 1915. Nebraska reports 6069
more persons of school age, and 4543 more
enrolled. Iowa added 20,0l7 to her children
Of school age, Ash to the enrolment, and
$500 average daily attendance. Colorado,
admitted to the Union August l, 1876, shows
a decrease in her school age Of 1913, but in
creased 1906 the number enrolled. Cali
fornia reports 1924 increase in school chill
dren; enrolment 1888 greater, and attend
ance 1854 larger. Oregon reports 1886
more youth of school age, 2572 more en-
rolled, and 2240 more in attendance. Neva-
da gives 937 increase in youth of school age,
4S9 In enrolment, and SAG in average attend
ance. From this grouping of all the States,
it will be seen that the falling off in enroll
ment and attendance is excessively large in
some of the southern States where better
things were to be expected. Our section
Is, on an average, no worse of
than the north. This is not very comfort
ing assurance, still it is fair statementof facts.
We also learn from this exhaustive and clear
ly compiled report that the total number of
teachers employed in the public schools of
the States and Territories OF the Union (Geor-
and Idaho, from which reports were not re-
ceived, excepted) is 249,2S3. Very full and
apparently accurate reports from most of the
States are given, but several of them, while
giving the number of teachers, fail to state
how many are male and how many are female.
The commissioner presents statement OF
the monthly compensation of teachers in
the public schools, and incidentally remarks
that any one who should examine the |
column OF the average salaries paid |
would not, from the nature of the
case, expect the compensation of teachers