Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-12-24
COST or PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Differences In Expenditures for Edaea'
tlonal Purposes.

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Differences In Expenditures for EdueA'
tional Purposes.
Exclusive of 81, $780, 900 which 1t pays
to the state, the city of New York Is
expanding this year $6.000,0 900 for pur-
poses of education, and about $4,eOO,"
900 Of this sum goes for salaries OF
teachers and school employees. There
are about 5000 school teachers in tho
city Of New York and the rate OF pay
varies from $4,000 year salary paid
to the larger number Of principals OF
the male grammar schools down to
1904 a year, the amount paid to teach
ers of the lowest grade in the pri-
mary schools. Roughly speaking, the
average rate Of pay Of a school teach'
er in New York is about $675 a year,
and 1t is estimated that the cost per
capita Of the education Of children In
New York is about $25. BY recent
inquiry into the cost OF tuition in pub
lie schools in American cities it has
been found that only St. Louis and
Philadelphia paid more than New
York, the maximum cost per capita be-
ing $64.99 in Philadelphia and the
minimum $3270 in Rochester. The
differences are largely in the matter
Of salaries. In Philadelphia princi-
pals receive from $4,000 to $4,000 a
year, professors in the boys school
$4,000, teachers in the boys school
from $500 to 1890 and teachers in the
girls school from $500 to $1,000. In
St. Louis the maximum for principals
is $4,000, for assistant principals ST.
200, ard for assistants 81 800 to $4,000,
according to the grade. At the other
extreme are Indianapolis and Mime
apolis, where high school teachers re-
ceive $1,000 as the maximum, and
Pittsburg. where the salaries range
from 5000 to $1,000. Philadelphia ex-
Ponds $3,500,0O0 year on her schools.
Chicago's schools cost s5,0O0,000, the
schools Of Boston y;,a0,000, the
schools of Brooklyn s3.5o0,0O0. the
schools OF Baltimore S1,200,OOO, the
schools of San Francisco 81, 900, the
schools Of Washington 100000, the
schools of Buffalo $95O,OO0, the schools
Of Milwaukee 100000, and the schools
of Louisville $4,000. Among Amer
lean cities which spend comparatively
yttle in proportion to their size for
school purposes, New Orleans is per.
haps the most conspicuous, and one
probG bic explanation of the snail ex~
penditure of public money there is to
be found in the fact that a consider
able portion Of the population is col.
ored' and the item of expense for tho
rubin eAtary instruction Of colored
children is. it is we'll known, very
small
There are in the United States 1872
colleges or universities having 1000
male and 1900 female instructors.
There are $50 theological schools With
1 ,00G instructors and 5000 students
There ere 100 law schools with 9,0On
of whom 100 are girls. There |
are 200 medical colleges with $4,000
Of whom $500 are female
OF these medical schools more than
half are allopathic and only Is are
There are in the Unit.
ed States 5000 high schools, with T.
roo male and 5000 female teachers.
and $500 private schools with 1000
male and 5000 female teachers About
10 per cent Of the number of private
schools in the United States are to be |
'ound in the city of New York. There |
Ire more medical colleges and law
schools in this state than in any 9TH
n, but Pennsylvania has a larger mum.
Der ol theological colleges than New
York. In respect of the number of
high schools Ohio stands first among |
he states Of the union and in the num-
'er Of so-called colleges and UNIVERSE
les Virginia stands first.-New York |
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