The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-12-14
EnucArIoN IN rHE NATION.
Facts aud Figures from the Ninth An
nuai Report of the United states Com
missioner of Education.

aNttA
missioner OF Education.
In submitting his ninth annual report
Commissioner Eaton refers to the inan-
cial depression oithe previous years, whose
disturbing influence has been felt in ed
ucational interests through the year cover
ed by the report. He points out also the
perils public education has encountered
from the conflict Of sentiment with refer
ence to certain features Of our system,
and sets forth, in brief, the work accom-
plished by the Office during this first de-
cade Of its history in supplying exact and
complete knowledge Of the educational
condition Of all sections Of our country.
The sources Of information from which
the matter Of the report is derived are re-
ports from States, Territories, and cities,
from schools Of all classes, and from all
other institutions Of an educational char.
acter, as libraries and museums. This ma
terial has increased more than eight fold
since 1870. To this must be added the for
eign material, reports and periodicals,
which are examined and the most impor.
tant information they containsummarized
by the translator.
There are seventeen different school ages
in the States and Territories, seventeen
years being the longest period and six
years the shortest. The earliest age at
which pupils are admitted to the public
schools in any State is 4 years. In nine
States the school age is 6-2l, and in eight
States, 5-2l. Massachusetts, reports the
highest percentageo OF population Of school
age enrolled in the school,-viz.: l04, or
4 per cent more than than the whole num-
Der between 5 and l5 years Of age, and al
90 the highest percentage OF average daily
Interchangeable: u.
The total school population in the
States for 1878 Is 14,4ls ,923; number en-.
rolled in public schools, 9,29i, 3l6: average
daily attendance, 5,o9S, 29S, seven States
not reporting. The school population OF
the Territories Is ISL, 260; number enroll.
ed in public schools, 1850; average at.
tendance in the FIVE Territories reporting
this item, 3s,1l5.
The total number Of teachers in the
States was 209. 1872; in the Territories, l,0l2,
Idaho not reporting. The average salaries
OF teachers are reported from all the States
and Territories except Florida, Georgia,
Idaho and New Mexico. Wages OF men
vary from S2S 90 q month In South Caro-
lima to Sl08 in Nevada; the wages OF
women, from SIS 92 in Maine to SS4 In
Nevada; the average wages Of teachers Of
both sexesis Sl7 A in Alabama'and ST. SO
in Wyoming. In Maryland, Mississippi
and Indian Territory the salaries Of males
and females Is. the same. The greatest
difference between the salaries Of males
and females Is in Massachusetts,, where
the former receive S75 81; the latter $50 Oh.
The total amount OF school income re.
ported by all the States and Territories Is
$50, 97S, 10l; annual expenditures, $500
95S, oil. which sS,4sSI650 we're expended
for buildings, apparatus, etc. ; Sl,0SS,0 42
far salary Of Superintendent, and S5l,-
s53,655 for teachers salaries. The est.
mated value OF sites, buildings, and all
other school property Is Sl76,s l2, III, ten
States and four territories not reporting.
The expenditure per capita OF the school
population varied from 70 cents in North
Carolina to S24 IS among the Cherokees,
and per capita Of average attendance In
public schools from g "A In North Caro-.
linGto S62 70 among the Oherokees.
From the statistical summary, general
lied without reference to States, 1t appears
that the school population is, for SS States
l3,4lS,922; for 9 Territories, 1890: the
number enrolledin public schools is,for 3S
States, 9,29I, 3l6;f for 10 Territories, $3.50;
the number in daily attendance Is, for 81
States, 5,023, 29S; for 5 Territories, Ss,l15;
the number Of pupils reported in private
schools Is, for SO States, 2S0,492; for 4
Territories, 6,lsS; the number Of teachers
Is, for Ss States, 269, 1872; for 9 Territories,
2,0l2i the number OF male teachers In 81
States Is, l00,S7s; in s Territories, 7S9; the
number Of female teachers in 8 States is,
l4li7s0; in s Territories, l,027; the public
income Is, for So States, $S0,035, 264; for 10
Territories, sp42, s37; the public school ex-
penditure Is, for 3S States, SO, 659,6 53; for
10 Territories, SS77, 405; the permanent
school fund for 80 States Is, Sl06, l3S, 34S;
for | Territory, Sl,506,96l
In the table showing comparative popu.
lation and enrolment Of the white and