Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-17
GREAT STRIDES
MADE BY SCHOOLS
MARVELLOUS GROWTH SHOWN
DURING YEAR
SUPERINTENDENT REPORTS
Annual Statistical Statement ls Com
piled for Los Angeles County,
Revealing Remarkable In
crease

The annual report of County Super
intendent of Schools Mark Keppel was
completed yesterday and forwarded to
State superintendent Kirk. The report
gives statistics of the remarkable
growth Of the schools of this county
and is expected to put Los Angeles in
the front rank of the educational coun-
ties in the state.
A portion of the report bearing on
the marvellous increase for the year is
as follows:
There are 66,569 white children, 1894
colored children. ia Indian children
and 98 Mongolian children in the coun-
ty, a total of 67.S75 children between
five and seventeen years of age. I'm
der five years of age there are 1881
white children, 30S colored, fifty-two In
dian and forty-five Mongolian, q total
of 1876 children. OF the 67,S75 census
children, 56,116 attended public school,
1928 attended private schools and 1886
attended no schools during the year
OF all the children over five years of
age 1892 have not been vaccinated.
Seventy-six of the census children are
deaf.
In the grammar and primary schools
including the kindergartens, the aver
age daily attendance for the year was
3S,S37. The statistics for the primary
and grammar schools, not including the
kindergartens, show 1142 teachers, 100
It,an AF
boys and girls. The city and county
superintendent made $500 visits, trus-
tees made 2070 and other persons made
4S,77S visits during the year.
The libraries of the various schools
contain 109,562 volumes.
Financial Report
The balance on hand at the begin
ming of the school year was $424, ,612.46
The total receipts for the year were
s1,444,SO233 The total expeditures were
$1,467013, leaving a balance of $4o2.-
4O1.79
The total valuation of common school
property is $3,SS1, 1881 and against this
there is a bonded indebtedness of ST.
$50, $50.
The statistics for the kindergartens
show 106 teachers, all of whom are wo-
men, an enrolment Of 1857, and an av-
erage daily attendance of 1863. Super
intendents made S0S visits, trustees
|twenty-nine and 1868 persons also vis-
tied the schools. The kindergarten IL
braries contain fifty-three books. The
balance on hand in kindergarten funds
at the beginning of the year was
$176003. The total receipts were $64,-
126.4S. The total expenditures were
s64, ,457.49, leaving balance of $1429.02.
The total valuation Of kindergarten
property is $26,250.
One hundred and eighty-three teach
ers were employed in the high schools.
of whom fifty-five were men. The total
enrolment in the high schools was
1855 and the average daily attendance
was 1857. The balance on hand in the
high school funds at the beginning Of
the year was $139,317.5O. The total re-
ceipts during the year were $495, 541.97.
The total expenditures were S436, ,545.62
and the balance on hand at the end of
the year was $1sS, S,21S.S5. The total val
uation of high school property is
$685., $40.
The monthly payment for salaries Of
teachers in all the schols amounts to
$116,503.12 for a term of nine months.
The total payment for teachers sal
aries during the year, $1,1S7399.26. The
total amount of money expended for
buildings during the year 1904 was
$494 44O2S3. The total amount expended
for administration was 1928, ,027.52. The
total valuation of all school property is
$4,593,153 One hundred and ffty-five
boys and 227 girls graduated from the
high schools. Eight hundred and twen-
ty-eight boys and 1852 girls graduated
from the common schools.