The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-12-31
SOME SCHOOL STATISTICS.
FIGURES BRoM THE STATE B0ARD
or EDUCATION REPORT.


Costa Variety of News From DIFF
ferent Parts of the State.
The tables of school statistics for the
State Board of Education are partially
completed. They show that the
value of school property in Trenton
has increased from $24S, 600 last year
to 1894. 900, Trenton stands the fifth
city in the state as regards the value
of school property, Newark, Jersey
City, Camden and Paterson leading
her in the order named. Jersey City
stands at the top of this list with
20, S24 children attending no schools,
which is 5000 more than the number
OF children enrolled. Trenton's en-
rollment is nearly double the number
OF children who attend no school.
Newark has 10, 040 children out OF
school. with an enrolment of "a, 54S;
Hoboken has 1000 children out of
school, with an enrolment of {, 12O;
Paterson has 6 ,15S out of school, with
an enrolment of II, 567; Camden's en-
rollment of 10, 557 children is slightly
more than double the number attend
ing no schools: other cities having
large numbers of children out OF
school are Orange, i, 762; Long Branch,
1902; Elizabeth, 1904; New Bruins
wick, 1865,
Cumberland county has the lowest
percentage of children attending no
schools, followed in a higher ratio by
Salem, Sussex, Gloucester, Hunter
don. Ocean, Warren, Middlesex, Nor
ris and Atlantic. Only two counties
in the State. Hudson and Essex, have
a percentage larger than Mercer of
children attending no school. The
total percentage of children attending
no school in the whole State is POS.
Trenton stands third in the matter
of school buildings, having %. Jer-
sey City has "a; Newark, AZ; Pater-
son, 10; Millville, IL. OF Trenton
schools, IA are classed good, 4 medium
and 4 very good.
Hudson county is able to accommo-
date the least number of her school
children of n county of the State,
only providing for .319 of them. Cam
den comes next, only seating .410.
Next is Essex with .457; Passaic, .467;
Union, .493; Mercer, .49S; Middlesex,
.531; Bergen, .643; Morris, .n2; At
lantic and Burlington, .765; Cumber-
land, 1876; Gloucester, .S16: Hunter
don, .S19; Salem, 1874; Warren, .S43;
Monmouth, .S44. Sussex county seats
the largest proportion of her school
census of any other county, $3.50.
In Mercer county, the present value
of school property is 1886, 1870; number
of children between five and eighteen
years Of age, 49, S5; children of school
age enrolled, 10, $50; number who have
attended ten months or more, $50;
number who have attended eight
months but less than ten, 3,40i; num-
Der who have attended less than four
months. 2,9S2; children attending pri-
waite schools, 1884; children attend
ing no school, 1927; number of child
rem the school houses will seat com
fortably, 1921; male teachers, 16; fe-
male teachers, 1873.
The venue for school purposes is
shown by the following:-State school
tax appropriated by the State, 81, $780,
235, an increase of sos, $50 over 1888;
additional State appropriation, $780,
900; township school tax, $47, 224. 04, a
decrease of 81, 767. 81; interest of sur
plus revenue, $3.50, 1862. GA, an increase
of $177. So; district and city tax for
teachers salaries, 1926, 797.7 ~, an in
crease of SOL, 504.2 81; district and city
tax for repairing and building school
houses $67S, 548. 20, an increase of $685.
531.76 total amount for maintaining
schools, So, GA, 51S.S 80, a increase. of
$f19, 093. So; average cost per pupil on
total school census, So. IA, an increase
OF % cents; average cost per pupil on
enrolled attendance, $11. 63, total num-
Der of teachers certificates granted to
males, 421, a decrease of 81; number to
females, 1,34S, a decrease of so: max
ing a total decrease of So, number of
new school buildings erected, 30; num-
Der repaired, As.
Amount of apportionment from
State appropriation, including State
school tax and 800, 900, 50, 039, 235;
amount OF apportionment from town
ship tax. SAT, 224. Oh; amount of appor-
t%ionnLent from surplus revenue, $780,
262. 04; total amount of district school
tax orders raised, S67S, 54S. %; total
amount received from all sources for
public school purposes, So, 323, 067. 02;
present value of school property. S.
300, $40; whole number of children be-
tween five and eighteen years of age.
1892, 200; average number of months
schools have been kept open. 9.5;
number of children between five and
eighteen years of age enrolled on
SCHOOL REGISTERS QurlIlS Tile year. SJi,-
AL; number of children who have at
tended ten months or more, S,552;
number of children who have at
tended eight months, but less than
ten, 71,S46; number who have at
tended six months, but less than
eight, 40, 533S number that have at
tended less than four months, 60, 99S;
average number attending school dur
ing the time kept open, l39, 272 esti-
mated number of children attending
private schools. As, 765; children
attending no schools, lis, 726 number
OF children that the schools will seat
comfortably. 211, 514 number of male
teachers, SOP female teachers, 3,497
average monthly salary to male teach
ers. $71.S5 average salary to female
teachers, S42. 10.
"A Wreck on the Jersey Coast.
The steamer Commonwealth, which
came ashore on the Townseud's Inlet
bar, off Sea Isle City, early Sunday
morning, now lies wen up on the
point of the bar. The wind has
changed around to the northwest, and
there are hopes of saving the vessel
and cargo. On Sunday evening the
tug North America came up from the
Breakwater to render assistance, but
the steamer lies too near shore for the
wracknrS to pet a line Mt her