The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1891-01-14

Mr.. Winans gives the following valu-
able statistics on the schools of Kansas:
Numbers OF districts organized
in state. 9,G22
Number of district clerks re-
porting Observation-Disclosures. S,1l3
Population between and 81
years of age. 509,G14
Number of different pupils en-
rolled OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. se1, 42O
Average daily attendance........ 237,s00
Number of different teachers
employed. ..-.......--.. ll,6l5
Number of different teachers re-
Quired to supply the schools
reported. 1O,IOS
Average salary of male teachers,
per month. Observation-Disclosures. $42.CO
Average salary of female teach
ers, per month. ......,.,... $3A7
Average length Of school year,
In weeks ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. E.O
Average number of mills levied
for all school purpOses..... 1917
Estimated value Of school prop
erty, including buildings and
grounds. Observation-Disclosures. s1O,617, 149
Number of school buildings...... SSH
Number of school rooms........ 1887
Number of school houses built. 4i2
Cost of same .'................ s707 49s
Amount of school bonds issued. s497 >O4
Bonded indebtedness July h.. $5,iiS,4SS
Number of persons examined. 1885
Number of certificates granted. lI,1e4
Average age of persons receiv-
ing certificates. observation-disclosures. 22
Number of persons receiving
certificates who have had no
previous experience in teach
ing. ....-............. ,S9J
Number of teachers employed
who are graduates of normal
schools, or hold State certii-
Gates SSS
Number of visits made by county
superintendent. ............ 10C99
Number of districts that have
sustained public school three
months. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 1855
Number of districts that have
not sustained public schools
three months. ................ 175
FINANCIAL EXHIBIT.
Receipts
Balance in hands of district
treasurers, July l. 1899 .........S 693,4l7.67
From county treasurers, from
district taxes ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. s,572,sao2o
From State and county school
funds Observation-Disclosures. 5O25O295
From the sale of school bonds. Isl, S32 So
From all other sources ..... 169, 1868
Total amount received dur
ing the year for school pur-
poses Observation-Disclosures 5,ss6,e,e. Sc
ErDenditures
ion.. observation-disclosures s,o2l ,O6s.ss
Rents, repairs, fuel and other in
ciQentalS. Observation-Disclosures. 6SOZ9l.l 10
District library and school ap-
paratus .................. 77,O76.49
Sites, buildings and furniture 81, 90
All other purposes. ............. 800 80
Total amount paid out dur
ing the year for school pur-
poses ..........................s 4.e72, 96s Sc
Balance in hands of district
treasurers, June 30, 1880. .... 72s,seslO
Total receipts and expendi-
lures for school purposes,
balanced ....................$ $685., 659.96
TAXABLE PROPERTY, SCHOOL HOUSES AND
SCHOOL BONDS.
Taxable property of the State
auditors report for lS9O) $500, SIS ,013.4 10
Number of schoo! buildings. SSH
Increase over 1888. Observation-Disclosures. 6l5
Number of school rooms......... 1887
Increase over 1855. SIS
Estimated value of buildings and
grounds. .....-..................-S lO6lI.l49OO
Increase over 1855. ......... 2,O1S ,947.O0
Total bonded debt of school dis
tricts ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 5,44s, 4ss %
School bonds issued in 1890. .... 497, S0i.0O
SCHOOL TERMS.
Average length of school term
for the State, in weeks n
Increase for the biennial period. 2.2
In no case is the average length of
school term for the county less than six
teen weeks.
Number of organized counties in
the State. ...........-........... los
Number of institutes of at least
four weeks. ................... los
Number of institutes enrolling
not less than fifty members,
and entitled to the State aid of
$50. ......-.....-.............. lo4
Number of Institutes receiving
such aid. -..s............. 10a
Expenditures for maintaining
Institutes. -.-.............. S4.SOi.S3
Expenditures from local funds. 500 617.S3 |
Expenditures from State apprO
priations ................... $4,000
Total enrolment in Institutes. 1854
Attention is called to the fact that in
1890 an institute was held in every
county in the State, and in 1889 but one
county in the State failed to hold an in
stitute; and even in the case of the
single county, a joint institute was held !
with an adjoining county. These county
normal institutes are an important fact
or in the educational work of the State,
and are improving from year to year as
to the kind of work done by instructors |
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