Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-01-30
Oar Public Schools.

report of the school year 1851 give
some facts and figures of general in
terest. The following is n summar,
of some of the more important items
Amount paid for teachers wages sijl ui,
Amount for school furniture. rcui
school hoU-C sites. buIdIur~ IsTII
J Total amount for school purposes 21pIl
/ Estimated value for school houses
and grounds a,l.7o
/ Estimated value Srh al furniture q, a.
Estimated value school apparatus . -
/ Average salary paid ma t.. cheers
Average salary paid female teach
crsIrr month -
Number of children enrolled ia the
public schoul> during Tho wear. - uu
school ............. $50
Number of teachers employed
{ during the year ......' ~
Number holding first grade rctti
iicatcS ........-- ..... 10
! \umicr holding second grad" Ger.
tillIllt = --.....-. .-.-.... .tA
& Average number Of monthS school
Institutes lee 4 duriu. Tia .,,aI II
, School h"u-t> huH d"rI'tr the
wear &c.. ~
! Numil ,.r OF >ri."", ,.i>'.! -.
! hii''' 81 St'l'"It~
. TIn figures given an,ve are til,
total of all the Count! Snperintend
ents' reports, except for Douglas and
! Stevens counties. Their addition tC
the reports would not increase Tho
totals TO any great extent.
Walla Walla pays more for teach
ers' wages than any other county, hei
total roll being S23, l25. King come.
next with $19,1S4. and Columbia
stands third with Sl4 As. Skama
MIA pays the least, only S3lS.
During the year King county ia.
| vested $2G, 93S in school buildings
Spokane, SIG, GOO, Whitman, 81 ,3l7
Columbia, G,2l3; Clarke, S3.7O5
and Garfield, S3,09G.
King county paid total OF sci ;.
124 for school purpose Turing the
year, this being g,e..er amount
than was paid by airy ether county
Pierce.stands second. with total OF
$44, 972; Walla Walla third, with
$50 ,G7S; Columbia fourth, with S2l ;.
060.
Whitman county has the greatest
number of children enrolled IN pub
lie schools, 1855. Spokane has = :.
GG7; Walla Walla, 2,O30; King, | =.
$50; Pierce, l,723. Franklin ~.
ports the least number, IS Adams
next, with SO, and leland next with
147.
OF the children not attending
school, Whitman county claims I =
1872; Spokane, 1893, Pierce. G27
klickitat, sos, and Columbia only
POS.
In the King county schools there
was an average daily attendance OF
40; in Wallu Walla county, .l57;
in Columbia, OF, and Garfield, 729.
Wa!la Walla county claims the
greatest number of teachers, -.
| Whitman comes next with GS: then
King with Ga; Clarke with 81: Co.
lumbia with 81; Spokane with 80,
Pierce with As. Franklin reports
but one teacher and Ada us only t,ro.
Walla WALL has - teachers hold.
ing first grade certificates. Column
bia stands next with Is; then Clarke
aud King with Is each; Cowliix with
Is; then Pierce, Spokane and Thurs.
ton with 10 each.
For the greatest number of months
of school Kitsap county stands first
with Z. Then comes Walla Walla
with g.; Adams. Columbia. Jefier-
son aud Pierce with 6; Yakima with
s., King with 3D. None OF the
old established counties average less
than three months of school.
Lincoln and Spokane counties
each built II school houses during
the year. Whitman Luil, .. Gar
field Z, King and Clarke each Z, aud
Columbia and Whatcom each &.
Only 10 counties held teachers
institutes during the year. klickitat
being the only county that held moro
than one.
King county has school houses
and grounds worth sos, S25. Walla
Walla is next on the list with total
of S52.4S7; then comes Pierce with
$50, 1O7, Columbia with $50 SIS,
Spokane with $25 600 anu Clarke
with S24 1888.
King county has $500 invested in
apparatus, Walla Walla $500, aud
Columbia S409. Tho amounts
claimed by other counties vary from
$500 to nothing.
In the matter of teachers wages
the leading amounts are NJ follows:
For male Standardization, ST.;
kitsap, $72; Pierce. so; King, s54
For female teachers Ki,sap. SGD;
Jefferson. $4S; Walla Walla, S47 so
Columbia, S43.
Whitman county has the greatest
number of school districts, 81. Then
follows Clarke with G2, Spokane 81.
Walla Walla 40, Columbia A., King
and Lewis IL each.
Pierce county has the greatest
number of graded schools, 1. Clarke
has ., Columbia, Garfield. Jefferson,
King, klickitat and Lincoln, l each,
Spokane 2. Thurston =. Walla Walla
2, Whitman 2 and Yakima ,.
Of schools that are supplied with
unabridged dictionary, Walla Walla
has rs, King II, Cowliiz. Pierce
and Columbia each 5, SPOKANE 1,
md C,1ho~:.l.