The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-29
SHOWS fine PROGRESS.

Annual Report of S. W. GiIp;n, County
Superintendent of Schools.
The splendid growth in the num-
Der of pupils and valuation of
school property in the common
school districts of St. Louis county,
during the fiscal year ending July
81, 1908, is set forth in the annual
report which County Superintend-
ent of Schools S. w. Gilpin has just
forwarded to State Superintendent
of Public instruction Olson at ST..
Paul.
From total of 1912 pupils in the
common schools OF the county, out
side the city of Duluth, fully 81, 1904,
there has been an increase to 5000
for the year ending July 81, 1904.
Where there were 6,546 pupils in
1904 entitled to state apportion-
nent, as against 1876 that were not
entitled to it, there were 1917 en-
titled to the apportionment this
year as against S22 not 80 entitled.
The valuation of county school
property in 1903 was $256O29, with
$16,94O representing the value of
new school buildings for the year.
In the fiscal. year just closed the
total valuation of county school
property was $457,287 with valua-
ton of $7O,226 placed on the new
buildings erected during the past
year.
AS the close of the fiscal year 1904,
St. Louis county had bqt thirty. nine
districts, outside Duluth. There
are at the present time fifty-four
districts established with applica.
tons before the board of county
commissioners for three more. In
1904 there were but seventy-tive dis
trict school buildings. This year
there are 112
County Supt. Gilpin's report also
gives a number of interesting
statistics relative to the independ-
ent school district of Duluth. These
are as follows:
Number of pupils entitled to ap-
portionment, lib; number not en-
titled to apportionment, $50. Total,
1869. =
Average daily attendance per
pupil, 159 days, out of 195 school
days.
Number of male teachers Is, at an
average monthly salary of $1O3.
Number of female teachers 274, at
an average salary of $50.
Number Of teachers who are
graduates of high schools, 1888;
graduates of normal schools, al;
graduates of colleges, 26.
Number of teachers who have
taught continuously for three years
or more, 173; for two years, 80; for
one year, II.
Average cost of textbooks per
pupil, 66 cents. =
Total amount of money received
from all sources during the school
year, including the $4,000 bond
issue, $52l, 1892. Amount on hand
July 81, 1905, $o6,1oOO7. :.
Valuation Of schoolhouses and
sites in Duluth, 81, 10000. Valua-
ton of desks and seats, $4,000.
Valuation of apparatus, $82ss. =.
+ Total number of Libraries, 20; to-
tai number OF volumes, 6,O65; num-
Der purchased during the fiscal
year, 1872. .~> -
Aggregated indebtedness of the
independent district, 100000.
Following is a report on the COM
mon schools of the county, outside
the independent district of Duluth:
Number of pupils entitled to lap.
portionment, 1917; number not en-.
titled to apportionment, 822; total:
"s,O89 4 T., .. ' .::s=.sz= I'LL S.
~ Average daily attendance, per
pupil, 142 days. ....- -.s .ss
IS Number Of male teachers, 81; at
an average monthly salary; high
school, S174;; grade school, 500;
semi-graded, $65; rural, $55