Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-11-27
Educational.

The daily papers of tho State have
boon favored with tho report Of Col. ..
II. Rice, State Superintendent of Educa-
ton. We make the following extract
from this very interesting report:
The scholastic population between the
ages Of Q and 10 is as follows: Native
w~hitcs-males, 61,311; females, 49,aI7.
Foreign whites--males, 1870; females, 1872.
Colored--males, 90,S07; females, S9,578.
Total, whites, 101, 1885,; colored, 1870, 495.
The number Of school districts In tho
State for tho scholastic year Ok $4,000
was 7O7, divided as follows: Abbeyille,
II; Aikon, "a; Anderson, 10; Barnwoll,
26; Beaufort, 8; Berkeley, 10; Charleston,
d; Chester, 10; Chesterfield, 8; Claren-
don, 10; Collector, 81; Darlington, 81;
Edgcfeld, 40; Fairfield, 81; Florence, 10;
Georgetown, 8; G~reonyille, 90; Ha,np-
ton, Is; Horny, II; Kershaw, 10; Lancas-
tor, 10: Laurens, 10; Lexington, ,85;
Marion, 49,; Marlboro, Is; Newberry, ID;
Oconeo, 8; O~rangeburg, 90; Pickens, 8;
Richland, 8; ~Spartanburg, 45; Sumter,
Is; Union, II; Williamsburg, II; York,
81.
Tho numbor of public schools is given
MS 3,84s, the figures of 1855 OF these
Edgcfield has POS, while Charleston has
but 10. Increase Of public schools is
reported in all counties but Abbcvillo,
Aiken, Berkeley, Charleston, Colleton,
Edgefield, Hampton, Lancaster, Laurons,
Lexington, N%owberry, Oconee and Union,
and Of these all but Abboville and
Charleston report u decrease.
During tho year of 1SS0-90, there were
1880 mnlo white pupils enrolled, and
1902 female pupils, while tho record
shows 54,131 malo and 57,757 female
colored pupils, making n total of POI, 200,
an increase of 0,o08. Spartanl'urg shows
11,2S2, the largest number, and Hampton
$500, tho smallest number. Of these
tholc was an average attendance of "a, O03
white malo, and $4,000 white females,
and 3S,203 colorcd males, and az, 351
colorcd females, n total of III, ITO, and
an increase over tho previous year of
1880.
There have bccn 1,1O2 white male
teachers and $3.50 white female teachers,
and 1901 colorcd male teachers and Oils
colorcd female teachers employed during
tiIc year, "i. increase CT IA.
OF these 2,2l0 arc first grade teachers,
005 second grade, 1, 150 third grade. The
largest number of teachers, 223, are in
Grecnvillc, and the smallest number, OF,
in Georgetown.
Tho average monthly salary paid tho
male teacher is S27.22 ard tho females
$22.01. The largest monthly salaries
paid to teachers is paid by Charleston
county. This brings males $61. 25,
females S35.05 Tho smallest amount is
paid by Abbcvillc county, which is $17.32
to males and $3.50 to females. Tho total
amount paid teachers during the year
was 1891, 405. 43.
The average length of tho school term
was 3.4S, an increase of .0S of a month
over tho preceding year. In Charleston
the longest session was 10 months and
the shortest i'll Horny, 1.s months.
The number of school houses in tho
State is 1924, and tho valuation is $4i7,-
352.5S. Apparent increase in number,
l59; increase in valuation, SOB, 1873. 21.
Ono stone, two brick, five log and 1920
frame school houses have been erected
during tho year at n cost of SD, TIA. O5.
The receipts of school funds from all
sources during the fiscal year 1SSS-S0 was
Sll0,S36.9 Of, and this with II balance of
$77,S00.0 60 remaining from previous years
made thc available amount 1927, SAC. 81.
Tho expenditures Of every nature were
$l60,30 which was $l0,582. 90 in excess
of tho receipts. During tho year $10,-
1887 was received from tho Peabody
educational fund and expended.