The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-01-01
SEATTLE SCHOOLS.
Development in Proportion to
General CITY Growth.
Two Large Brick sehsofhsases Nov
Approaches Completion Our
schools Equal to Any In the
Country.

That TIE school Interests Of the city
Of Seattle and is county King have
not been neglected. l. apparent from n
study Of the statistics OF earlier years
and comparison with their present
condition. For the purpose Of putting
the progress In = clear and inteIligilAe
light, few statistics and comparisons
viii be presented
King c0gSTT SCHOOL AFFAIEs.
In 1s72 there we're Ia King county
Il school districts and - school
houses. al children attended schools
7S2 persons we're Of school age. and
siIf0 a. paid TO teachers.
In 1875 there were Is districts, Il
schcol-houses, - teachers. az chill
dTen were OF school ag-. and 100 at
tended schools. The schools averaged
~ months each per anuum. ssssss
IS paid 20 teachers, and S5i11 COM
prised the whole school fund. In tAis
year King coanty passed ThGrstoa
and became secoad IN the territory
Wafla wAlIa being first, with three
times as many children and schools.
and three times Is much school money
as King.
In fsT7 King county had = school
districts, p school houses, . teachers.
80 children in the public schools, 1891
children Of school age. and its teachers
were paid $3.50
In 1879 there were Is districts, p
houses, - teachers, wages averaged
$50 per month, schools averaged six
months in the year, there were 1914
persons Of school age, and 81 children
in the schools, the school fund
amounting 10 sli .9Ss
In ISL the school districts had n
creased in number to 81, the school
houses TO 26, the teachers 10 20, the
children of school age TO 22Is, and the
school fund to sie.6sl.
In iss3 King county took first place
in the territory in the extent of school
interests, place il has since held,
with a widening distance between il
and other counties. There were then
3 districts and IL houses, the value OF
grounds and houses being SIS, 90.
The schools average six months in the
year. Teachers numbered y, school
enrolment 1852 pupils. attendance
i243. paid teachers Si4, So. aggregate
amount paid for all purposes So ,s36
In 1855 there we're 45 districts. II
houses, school property was valued al
$ii4, 100; 50 teachers were employed,
2670 children were enrolled, average
4 a 4 -,
teachers.
In 1857 there were IS districts and 4
houses, los teachers, children OF school
age, SOP; attending school, S4i9; aver
age daily attendance, 2ii6; paid teach
ers, s25,9ig; paid for all purposes,
SS4 POS
In ISIS, ending June 80. there we're
"a districts, 50 schoolhouses, schools
averaged * months in the year. fe-
male teachers averaged salaries OF
S54 10 and male teachers s'j4, public
school enrolment numbered 3s27
children; daily attendance, 900; at
tending private schools, 32S; number
of children OF school age in county,
1888: children under 81 years OF age in
county, l0,i33; value OF houses and
grounds. sos, $50; yalne of furniture,
$685.; school apparatus and libraries,
s225s; paid teachers, S29,9si; paid for
all purposes, s4i,sl7.
The showing for lSsS is about two
thirds that OF the entire territory in
1872. The showing for the present
school year, there is reason to be
lieye, will in Kin & county generally
exceed that OF the territory in ls72.
SEATTLE SCHOOL AFFAIRs.
II is perhaps needless TO remark
that the school interests of the city
greatly exceed those OF the country
districts. More than half the children
are within the city limits. There is
vastly more school property. higher
wages paid the teachers, etc. The
schools have grown with the city
The people have recognized their inn
portance and needs. and have been
corrcspondingly generous. The oniy
trouble on this score has come from
the schools outgEowing their quarters.
Capacious and suitable buildings
were erected. Daring the first
year or two OF their occupancy II
became apparent 10 all that they
were wholly inadequate. The children
were crowded into them, and
the teachers did their best
to accommodate them. putting
them in garrets and base
ments. keeping classes in the
forenoon, and making them give place
10 other classes in the afternoon. Fl
nally, when every possible thing had
been done. and there was no more
room, the children we're refused adj
mission. The people of the village
had provided sufficiently for the want:
of the village, but not for those OF tbs
city.
In October, 1875. the school enroll
ment included the names OF 30 chill
dren; in October, 1876. f0l in October
1886. 1875; in October. lSs7, 1422; in
October, lsSs, 1925. In other words
there were eight times as many chill
dren in our public schools last October
rs there was thirteen years ago. Fur,
thermore. the number this year wa.
smaller by several hundred than Il
would have been had il not been for
the burning OF the largest building II
the city, and the inability 10 supply
its place.
The schools at present are known as
the Central, Denny. South, Jackson
street and Madison street, with
branches of the Central in the Third
.aas.a l1s.Hssssass, s4rfnory nn<i lounE
Natufaiists' buildine- The Madison
etre6f school Md IN 611e1danct durink
Xc5eflher Of 90 pufals: the Jackso6
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