Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-01-20

Graded schools s.......... 2
The ngnres given above are the totals
OF I'll the County Superintendents' re-
ports. exoeps for Douglas and Stevens
counties- Their addition TO the report
would last increase the totals to any
great extent.
Walls Waila pays more for teachers
wages than any other county, her total
roll being &23,125. King comes next
With SIS. .7S4, and Columbia stands third
vita <l4.fi5. Skamania pays the least.
only $5is.
During the year King County invest
ed &c 9S8 in school buildinRs; Spokane,
$l6,0O; Whitman, $43l1 Columbia.
x61l3; Clarke, $S705. and Garfield,
$3O96.
King county paid o total Of x6l, ,l24
for school purposes during the year, this
being greater amount than was paid
by any other county. Pierce stands SEQ
ond with total of 81, 4,S72, Walla WaIla
third with $35,678, and Columbia fourth
with $a4,06O.
Whitman has the greatest number Of
children enrolled in public schools, 1856,
Spokane has 2O67, Walla WalIa AJ:sJ'
King 1850, Pierce 1723. Franklin re-
with 50, and Island next, 14I.
OF the children not attending school,
Whitman coanty claims ll52, spokane
and Columbia only 305.
In the King county schools there was
an average daily attendance of 1910 I;
in Walla waiIa, ll5T in Columbia, sl7,
and in Garfield, 729.
Malla Walla county claims the great
est number Of teachers, "a. Whitman
comes next with s.; then King With "a,
Clarke with 81, Columbia with 52, Spo-
kane with 20, and Pierce with 4S. Frank
lin r:ports but one teacher and Adams
only two.
Halla Wails has "a teachers holding
first grade certificates. Columbia stands
next with IS; thea Clarke and King
with ls each Covlitz with l5; then
Pierce, Spokane and Thnrsson wish 10
each.
For the greatest number OF months
OF school, kitsap county stands first
sith 7. then comes Walia Waila with
81. Adams, Columbia, Jefferson and
Pierce With 8 each, Yakima with 81.
and King With 81. None Of the Old
established counties averaged less than
three months of scheol.
Lincoln and Spokane countiss each
built twelve school houses during the
year Whitman built 8, Garfield z,
King and Clarke each s. and Columbia
and whsteous each 5.
Only ten counties held teachers insti-
tutes during the year, kiickitat being
the only county that held more than
one.
King county has school houses aud
grounds worth $l09,625. WaliA Walla
is next on the list with total Of $s2,
Isl then comes Pierce with $3S, ,7O7,
Colambia with s3257s. spokane With
$25 50o0. and Clarke with &2&.lS3.
King osnnty has $3.50 invested in ap-
paratus, Walla $3.50, and Columbia
S4oe. The amounts claimed by other
counties vary from $500 10 nothing.
In the matter of teachers wages, the
leading amounts are as follows: For
male teachers-Jeferson, 81 Kitsap,
S72 Pierce. $40; King. s54 For fe-
male teachsrs-kttsap, f62 Jefferson,
<4s; walla Walla, si7is Columbia,
t4S.
whitman county has the greatest
pumber Of school dissricts-Sl. Then
follow Clarke With 81, Spokane 81.
waila Walia IS. Columbia a. King and
Lewis with Al each.
Pierce county has the greatest num-
Der Of graded Schools. Clarke has
2, Columbia l. Garfield l. Jefferson /,
king 1, Klickitat I, Ikncoln I, Spokane
=, Thurston Z, walia malla 2. Whit
man 2, and Yakima ?.
OF schools that are supplied With an
unabridged dictionary. wslla WAlla has
IS, King II, Cowiitx, Pierce and Ceium-
bia each 5, Spokane 4. and Snohomish s.
In the above statistics We have only
aimed ta present the mcst Important
facts 20 onr readers. TheY show thaa
while yes mnch 10 wanted 20 make our
schosls What they should be. that there
il q RradaAi Improvement ali Along the
Iins. The smount of money expended
for the maintenance Of the public
school system will compare fsvorably
with any new country OF equal popcls-
tion, and the number Of new buildinGs
crested during the year 10 eredisabie.
All the echools should Be Supplied
with an unabridged dictionary, q matter
in uhich there seems 20 b little interest
taken. Ths schools shsold be snpplied
more liberalIy with apparatus also. II
the people expect good teaehina.
In reading Of the wages paid teachers,
Of the pnmber Of months Of school
tanehs. and some other iteuns, 10 shonid
be remembered that the average is
taken.
TAkine the report altogether, tt shows
that cur schools are keepinR pace with
Tie growth in the population Of the Ter
ri,ory. and sonsiderine that all the sup
port that ne have ss present for our
sehoai syssem samss from dirscf taxs-
ton On The people. vs present the
figures aiyen above with some cegree OF
prsds.
wArCH wsxK.