New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-06
ANNUAL PUBLIC SCHOOL REfOhi 1.
NEARLY 10000 PUPILS INSTRUCTED AT
COST OF AROIIT yO5OOOOO.

n r.
COST OF ABOUT S0,500co
William II Maxwell superintendent OF the public
schools OF this city. yesterday made pubic MS
are, annual report on the condition OF the schoois
in the entire city. The report Is ior the schoo'
wear beginning August l. 1897. and ending July OIL
and is in the form Of single statistical 'aoie' Inc
table is so well arranged that the valuable data
that It contains about the progress OF the schoois
can be easily cleaned. No Recommendations are
made by Dr. NJ xwell nor has he added anything
TO the yearly report Of the school work as pre-
scented In the table.
One OF the chief items Of interest IN Dr. Maxwehs
report is that of the school expenditures The total
expenditure for all school purposes from June s.
1897 70 June 90 1895 was $40 40 So The total
expense OF maintaining the schools in the several
boroughs was follows: Manhattan ana Inc
Bronx IS e26 544 O3; Brooklyn S6s46l5 queens WV
0Oo and Richmond. sS556ll g. According to the le-
ures the per capita for maintaining the schools
IN the boroughs for each pupil Manhattan.
S2l So: Brooklyn. s22 IS: Queens, Gi TO- and Rch-
mond s34 49, 1t is estimated that In the enlarged
city there are 7o2l62 children between the ages OF
FIVE and eighteen years, divided among the DOR
oughs as follows: Manhattan and The Bronx SS2ccI
BROOKLYN 1852 Queens 10000. and Richmond
1890 The total enrolment in the schools Of chill
dren between the ages Of five and eighteen was
lss3 2e
The number enrolled in Manhattan and The
Bronx was 27O,50l; IN Brooklyn 1885. Queens.
Of pupils from four to twenty years old was
47O4si: average daily attendance in Manhattan and
The Bronx 1883 Brooklyn. 12o65i: Queens. ls62l.
and Richmond. 7026. The report also shows that
90 per cent OF the children registered and % per
cent of those enrolled attended daily in Manhattan
and The Bronx: So per cent registered and rs per
cent enrolled in Brooklyn, s. per cent registered
ana "A per enrolled IN Queens, and " per cent
registered and 6s per cent enrolled IN Richmond
Nine thousand four hundred and hfty-twc teach
ers and principals were employed, OF whom 5.4lO
were In Manhattan and The Bronx, 3,4s9 In Brook
lyn COS in Queens and 2ls in Richmond. To house
the children 40 schoohouses were required, AFFORD
Ing 1856 Cel sittings. Two Of the schools are built
of stone % frame structures and 3o are brick.
They are valued S29 29o .293 IS In Manhattan
there are l62 brick schoolhouses and frame ones.
valued al sl6024 4i3 IS: IN Brooklyn. los brick and
q frame schoolhouses. valued at S0,@BS6; in
Queens 25 brick 2 stone and 10 frame buildings,
valued at g. 49, 705 and in Richmond. 10 brick and
10 frame buildings, valued at $6n,475
There in Manhattan 2ls22 sttings for It's
average register of 2o9.5s6 pupils: in Brooklyn. lSl
6l for its register of 1921 pupils: in Queens r.
037 for its register Of 2lsA pupils. and In Rich
rnond. SIN for its register Of 1s2s pupils The
total value of school sites is S2055,5i4 40 and the
value OF all school property in the city is es-
timated at S43.20, 46S rs.
The number Of new schools erected IN the twelve
haitian erected schools and 10 additions; Brook
lyn schools and l addition: Queens, q schools
and additions. and Richmond. schools.