The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-11-07
OUR SCHOOL CHILDREN.

OUR SCHOOL CHILDREN.
Facts ard Figures About tho Common
Schools OF the State.
A perusal of the annual report 0
Superintendent of Education May held
which has just been finished, shows tha
for the year ending October 3lst,
grand total of 226,766 pupils were en-
rolled in the public schools of this State
Of these liz, ,08l were male and ll3, ,6os
females. -,
The number of colored children enroll
cd was 12O.590. of which 1908 wers
males and 62,7 wera females.
The number of white children eprolle
was LOG .l76, Of which SIS, ,278 were males
and 5O,S98 females.
From these figures it will be seen that
tho number of colored children in the
schools was 14,4l4 more than whites,
Another feature Is that of the negro
children in attendance the majority is ol
female while the white boys have q
majority on the girls of the same race.
For the year ending October 3lst, 1898
the total enrollmennt was 223, $50, Of
which l20,579 were colored, aud l02,57l
white. That year there were Ill, 1868
males and Ill, ,487 females.
The increase this wear, compared with
tho previous year, has been something
over 5000.
Spartanburg is the banner county in
tho number Of students. She had A..
GAL, of which 5,329 are colered and g..
614 white. Greenville is next. She had
1915, OF which 4, 164 where colored and
1881 white. Chesterfield has the small.
est number, 3.139-1, ,070 colored and g.
069 white, Georgetown is next, with a
total of 3,362-2,478 colored and S84
white.
AVERAGE ATTENDANCE.
The total average attendance in the
State was 165,115, as folloWe: Total
number of females, 83 ass; males, 81
$50. Total colored, 81, l28; females, As
344; males, 41,784. Total whites, IT,
9S7; females, 38, Ill; males, 1886.
WHAT THEY ARE STUDYING.
The number of children studying the
various branches is as follows: Alpha:
bet, l9, ,727, spelling, l79, 1865; reading,
les, ,671; writing, 1872, ops; mental srith-
metic, 30, 1866; wrltten arithmetic, 93,-
723; geograpy, 1858; English gram.
mar. 5,204; history of South Carolina,
5,A6; history of the United States, 35,.
$40; physiology and hygeiue, IL. .6S8;
higher branches, 8,205.
AVERAGE SCHOOL MONTHS.
The average number of school months
curing tho past year was 4.3, as against
81 for the previons year. This will be
gratifying to all advocates Of common
school education. 1t shows that the
people are determined to increase the
length Of the school terms. The aver
ago number of school months 10 each
county was as follows:
Abbeville, S; Aiken, 4.6; Anderson.
"A; Barnwell, 8; Beaufort, As; Berke;
Icy, 4; Charleston, 9; Chester, 80.
Chesterfield, 8; Clarendon, 8; Colleton, /,
S; Darlington, 3.5; Elgeield, 4; Fair. t.
fold. 3.5; Florence, 2.S; Georgetown, 4;
Greenville, 4; Hampton, 81; Horny, q;
Kershaw, 3.2; Lancaster, g; Laurens, :,
8; Lexington, 27; Marion, 8; Marlboro, ,
8; Newberry, 3.S; Oconee, 8; Orange.
burg, 81; Pickens, 1.S; RichIand, S;
Spartanburg, 81; Sumter, 6; Union, So;
Williamsburg, 2.8; York, S.
SCHOOL HOUSES.
The total number of public schoo
houses in tho State is 3,0S8, and they
are valued at 1857, ,25O,54. The mum ber
of frame BUILDINGS is 2,276; log, 767;
brick, 80; stone. 6. The school districts
own 1,349 and individuals the remain
der.
During tho past year 149 new school
houses were built and they are valued
at $45,431 The number of new franc
buildings is IA; brick, 8; log, 2; aud IA
of them are owned by the school dis
trtcts.
TEACHERS EMPLOYED.
The total number OF teachers en-
ployed in tho schools of the State was
1854. There were 2,636 white teachers,
1,083 Of them male and 1858 females.
There were l, 1858 colored teachers, l. O58
males and 900 females. It will thus be
seen that the colored male teachers out.
number tho females while the white fe-
males far outnumber the males,
The total wages paid to teachers was
$40, 1851. The average monthly
wages paid was $23.15 to males and
1880 to femalss.