The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-04
oosr OF PUBI1o soHoo1a.
Dinsrenccs In Expenditures for Educational
Purponon IN Various Cities.


Exclusive of 81. 10000 which It pays to tho
State. the city Of New York is expanding this
year 10000, 900 for purposes Of education, and
about VI, 500. 900 OF this sum goes for salaries OF
teachers and school employees. There arc about
5000 school teachers in tho city OF New York
and the ratio OF pay varies from $4,000 q year
salary paid to the larger number Of principals
Of tho male grammar schools down to F504 o
year, tho amount paid to teachers Of tho lowest
grade In the primary schools. Roughly speak
ing, the average rate of pay Of a school teacher
in New York is about 1915 q year, and 1t is esti-
mated that the cost per capita OF the education
Of children In New York is about S25.
BY a recent inquiry into the cost of tuition in
public schools In American cities 1t has boon
found that only ST. Louis and Philadelphia paid
moro than New York, the maximum cost per
capita being S64.09 in Philadelphia and the
minimum S32.7O in Rochester. The differences
are largely in the matter Of salaries. In Phila-
delphia principals receive from S3, 900 to 9 4.oo0a
year, professors in the boys school 80, 800. teach
ers In the boys school from $500 to 81, 300, and
teachers in the girls school from $500 to 81, 600
In st. Louis the maximum for principals is
$4,000. for assistant principals 49, 200. and for
assistants 81. 800 TO Q $1,000. according to grade.
At the other extreme are Indianapolis and
Minneapolis, where high school teachers receive
pi.eeooo ~ III \,
Sl,7Oo. Philadelphia expends So, 800, 900 a
year on her schools. Chicago's schools
cost 5000, 900. the schools OF Boston
S3,So0,O0O. the schools OF Brooklyn S3. 500, 900.
the schools OF Baltimore 81 200. 600. the schools
Of San Francisco 81, 100. 900. the schools OF
Washington 81. 200, 900. tho schools of Buffalo
$3.50, 900, the schools of Milwaukee $780, 900,
and the schools Of Louisville S575. 900. Among
American cities which spend comparatively
little In proportion to their size for school pur-
poses. New Orleans Is perhaps the most con-
spfcuous and one probable explanation Of the
small expenditure OF public money there Is to be
found In the fact that n considerable portion OF
pense for the rudimentary instruction Of colored
children is. IL Is well known, very small.
There are In the United States 492 colleges or
universities having 1000 male and 1900
female instructors. There are $50 theological
schools with 1000 instructors and 5000 stu
dents. There are 100 law schools with 5000
Students, of whom 100 are girls. There arc 200
medical colleges with 26, 900 students Of whom
1900 are female. OF these medical schools
more than half are allopathio and only % are
homeopathic. There are In the United States
5000 high schools with 1000 male and 5000
female teachers, and $500 private schools with
10 per cent. OF the number of private schools In
the United States are to be found in the city Of
New. York. There are more medical colleges
and law schools in this State than in any other,
but Pennsylvania has a larger number OF theo-
logical colleges than New York. In respect of
the number OF high schools Ohio stands first
among the States Of the Union and in the num-
ber. OF so-called colleges and universities Vir-
ginia stands first.