The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-11-05
Valuable Statistics by the
National Commissioner.
SIXTEEN MILLIONS IN SCHOOL
The Sum Of s2s5,2os,465 Spent in the
Free Instruction Of 2o.as Per Cent
of the Population.

all kinds in the fiscs-l year 1902 was
Is. ESQ sac. Pupils enrolled in the com
mon schools numbered 1925. SS7. or 20.2S
per cent OF the population of the coun-
try
Interesting statistics Of the District
schools are given as follows:
Pupils enrolled in the elementary and
secondary primary schools. IS. 4S2, or 16. 70
per cent Of the population: average daily
attendance. 81 1856: male teachers. III:
female teachers. 1.152; average number
OF days schools were open. rs; MAZE
teachers average salary per month.
S9i.4S female teachers average salary,
S6fS1; value Of public school property,
81. 600. $40; money raised from local taxa
ton. 81. 734 III; expended for sizes, build
ings. etc, In I90l-02, S547, 4s7; teachers
salaries. S9lsO9l: other expenditures,
s233 e77: total expenditures. including
payment OF bonds. 81, 6s4. 80; expenditure
per capita Of population. $50 average
expenditure per pupil $3.50.
Number Of public high schools in the
District. Z; secondary teachers, male %.
female Sc; secondary students. male 1,264.
female 900; private secondary schools.
IS; male teachers. A.; female teachers,
142; male students. Isl; female students,
81; public normal schools. ?; male
teachers. none; female teachers. Il;
male students, II; female students, l64'
private normal schools. ?; female teach
ers. =. female students. 81.
Statistics of Colleges.
instructors and students in seven Dis
trict colleges and universities We're:
Male instructors. 221; female. II; male
preparatory students. 5l5; female. 30;
male collegiate students. sos: female,
Isl: ma;-Ff esident graduates. AS: female.
16; total incomes of the Institutions.
$4s5.57L Number Of colleges and semi
naries for women which confer degrees;
I: male instructors. Z; female. Is; col
Iegiate students, 10 total income, s12.775
Professional schools II District. Il
Theological schools. 3: Instructors. Is;
students. 10. Law schools. 6: instruct
ors. Il: students. LBS. Medical schools,
s. instructors, 137; students, 60
Speaking of the country at large. Com
missioner Harris says:
Il give the following general items
which condense into summaries the de-
tailed statistics which go TO make the
bulk Of my annual report for 1902:
Pupils enrolled In the common schools
during the year. 15,925,SS7 the same be-
ing POS per cent OF the entire popula-
tion. estimating the same at 7S,544.Sl6-
In 1870 the number enrolled was ssh 90,
the same being I7.S2 per cent OF the pop
ulation- In 1850 the percentage enrolled
had increased somewhat. being az that
time 1867 per cent OF the population. In
1890 the per cent OF the total population
had nearly reached the present rate
The average daily attendance for 1902
vas l0.Ss9273 the same being IS per cent
OF the total number enrolled. This is the
y
Der enrolled ever reported IN the United
States. L was only 5S-S per cent in 1870.
The actual average number Of days at
tended BY each pupil enrolled reached
100 days. which was p days in excess Of
tllat OF 1870 The school term Tor the
first time in the history Of the United
States reached 145 days.
Length Of School Term.
The school term in 1902 was 145 days;
average number of days attended by pu-
PTS, 1O0s male teachers. % 1872; female.
81 .204. amount spent in support OF pub
lie schools. S235. DDS. 465; expenditure per
capits Of population. S2S9; per cent Of
amount Of income from State taxes.
15.4; per cent OF income from local taxes,
6s-5; entire value Of school property,
S60l. .S07
ScnOOl1ng IOI Eacn Eupu.
An interesting question arises as to
the amount OF schooling that each in
dividual OF the population is receiving
on an average. This can be calculated
from the actual number Of days at
tended BY the pupils in the public
schools. and the attendance in the pri-
vate schools may be closely estimated
in 1870 the average schooling given 20
each inhabitant was 672 days. counting
in all OF the short periods Of schooling
which ne may have had during the
thirteen years Of his school age. This
average increased 10 1872 days in 1850.
and 70 so days IN 1880 and 70 1,O32
days in 1902.
The total number Of colleges. univer-
stiles and chronological institutions re-
porting In 1902 was 6ss. Of which 131 ad-
NIT women only: 154 universities and
colleges admit only men To the under
graduate department. and $50 admit both
men and women. OF the 43 schools Of
technology q institutions report wo-
men among their undergraduate. The
total number OF students resident at
these institutions IN 1902 was reported
at 1O7 5S1.
There were fifty agricultural and me-
rhanical colleges for whites and sixteen
for negroes. There were 1906 men and
1.e58 s-omen in the collegiate depart
ments Of the white schools. IN the col
ored schools were 24IO men and 2.C95
women in the preparatory departments
and rs men and 81 women ia the col
legiate departments.
For Colored Children.
In 1862 the common school enrolment
ia cOiored schools IN the sixteen former
slave States and the District Of Column
bia numbered $3.50 In 1871. the first
year IN which the statistics OF the col
cred were taken separately. there were
571.506 colorec pupils and l,S27.l39 white
pupils IA the schools Of the South. This
number increased to 2 Us. 674 white pupils
and 1ef, 7le cOlOred pupils IN 1880 n 1890
the white pupils had increased 70 3. ~. 40
pupils, and the coiOred pupils had in
creased 70 ], 81. S59.
The increase. therefore In the past
thirteen years OF white pupils has been
nearly 100 0OO, and 40. coo cOlOreG pupils
The expenditure for the public schools
Of both races In these sixteen States and
the District Of Columbia amounted 20
S37 .56l .552 in the year 1902. The total
amount Of public funds expended during
the period beginning in 1876 and ending
: 1902 for white and colored, has been
S5s7. 69l 32s Of which IL IS estimated that