Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1890-12-25
NEW JERSEY SCHOOLS,
GREAT ADVANCEMENT MADE
INTIIE WORK.
The Figures From Most of the
Counties are Extremely
ENCOURAGING.

The Figures From Most of the
Counties are Extremely
Encouraging.
The statistics relative to the expense
of maintaining the public schools of
New Jersey and the attendance at the
schools for the year ending the first of
September, 1890. have just been com
piled in the Office of Superintendent OF
Public Instruction. The figures from
most of the counties are extremely eu-
couraeing, and show that New Jersey
is making decided advancement in the
education of her children.
The total amount of money which
the various districts have had to ex
pend for school purposes during the
year ending August 3lst, $780, was
So, ,483, SOB 81 of which $2,6S0,5S2 10
was for teachers salaries and fuel,
and 1902, ,921, 19 was for repairing and
building schools-houses. The amount
expended for teachers salaries was
$2,227, 131 69; the amount expended for
fuel was $111,3S9 So; the amount for
building and repairing was $593, ,0S3 II !;
the amount tor incidentals was a34l..
6lS, 20. The total amount expended
by the schools aggregated SO, ,273, 22217
This leaves balance to the credit of
the districts of $s1O, ,2Sl;14
In only four counties of the State,
the figures show that more money has
been expended than was due the dis
trict. These are Camden, Gloucester,
Hudson and Monmouth. Mercer
county expended $I46,546 81, and the
amount due to the county was $l49.-
0l7.46. Cape May county expended
the smallest amount of any county in
the State, having expended $25, ,495. .s5;
Ocean follows with an expenditure of
$29, ,96715; Sussex is next with an ex.
penditure of $50 075.1l; Essex county
leads in expenditures, the amount be-
ing $699. 56S SO; Hudson follows with
$568, 730 05; Passaic is third with a
total expenditure of 1898, ,771.OS.
The total value of school property in
the State is $S,6 493. Of this amount
Essex has valua tion of 80, 2,037, S35, al
most one-fourth of the entire amount.
Hudson's valuation is $l,2l9 $50; Cam
den, the next in rank, has a valuation
of $6l3,05 Unions valuation is $577,-
$50; Passaic, $567 $50; Mercer, SAIL, AIS.
Cape May county only values her
school property at $40, 100, and Ocean
at $S1,100, large increase over last
year, when Cape Mays valuation was
$73,300, and Oceans 71,65O. The val
uation of Essex's school property last
year was $l.920,175, and Hudson's
$1,157, $50. Mercer county increases
her valuation from 1856, 1870 SAIL, AIS
The total increase in the valuation of
the school property iu the State is
1896. 1888. '2
The tables show quite a remarkable
increase in the average attendance of
the schools, as we'll as in the seating
cap acity. Last year the number OF
children of the school age in the State
WAS 399, ,052: this has increased to 4O9,-
1852. The number registered last year
was 227, "A and this year 234, ,072 are en-
rolled. The number that attended
ten months or more has increased from
1862 to 8 400; six months, but less than
eight, from 1858 to 44,s66. Ths aver
age number atten ling school during
the time they were kept open has de
creased from 139,273 to 1872, 1856 Tbi,
is attributed to the prevalence of the
grip during the Winter.
} There has been a remarkable de
crease in the number of children at
tending no school. Last year the mum
Der was 1l5.726, while this year tb
table shows there are but 10000 Tn
school houses last year would only sea
comfortably 213, ,450 pupils, while thi
: year there are accommodations 10
223, ,S04, an increase of over 10000. Th,
!, number of teachers employed has beel
: increased by 165, making a total o
!; AGA engaged in the State. There j
also an increase in the average sa!ar
| paid. Last year the average salary t
males was $7l.S6 per month, and t,
females. $42.76, This year they ar
/. $76 02 to males and $43 62 to females.
, In Hudson county. with 90, TAG chill
dren, there We're 31,980 who ATTENDED
no school. In Essex, with 74O29
; there were 26,409 who attended n:
. school, In Passaic, with $4,000. ther
were 8, 800 children who attended n,
school. In Camden, with %, 1859, 4,O4
attended no school OF Mercer's 10,
393. only 3,752 are out of school.
Essex county can only seat 33.O3l O.
her "a .O29 children; Hudson, 2S, 800 O
, her 98, TAG; Camden can seat 1925 o
= her 23, ,169 children; Mercer can sea
! 9,436 OF her 1888 children; UnieI
county can seat 8 ,731 of her 1885. At
, lantic county comes the nearest to ac
i commodating her children, for there il
8 seating capacity for 6,791 of her 8,S2)
r children. Sussex county can seat s,
561 of her 5,S06 children; Cape MAY
can seat 2,441 of her 1850 children
. 61nnooctor oon scot 400 Oe Io- n no1