The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-10-29
ANNUAL REPORT SHOWS
Statictics From Every School
District In County
Great Progress has been Made and
g succcssfsl Coming Year can bsl
Expected.

len has completed his abstract of
the school statistics of Marion
County. fors the year ending Aug
ust 81, 1907.
The abstract shows the statistics
OF the schools OF the county by
township and in a separate part is
given the. statistics of the city of
Marion and = the Incorporated viii
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| Waldo and Green Camp villages
lead in the rate of school taxation
with .177 mills each. LaRue is a
close second with 16 mills. The
rate III the city of Marion is ten
and one half mills this year against
eight and one half last year. The
rate in Marion township is a 6-lO
mills. Montgomery is highest
among the township with nine
| mills. nd
There was q total of 1926, $3.50 90
balance on hand in the school
funds, Of the county, September
l, 1906. The balance for the city
of Marion was $7O,749.31, the high
est amount, while every village and
township In the county had an ex-
ceptionally good balance.
The county school funds received
a total ofa4l5,42S.O1 from the state
school fund during the year: from
local taxes, 4 total Of $l3O.575 Al
was received The amount receiv-
ed from school taxes in this city
was $57248.58. The total receipts
from every source were $17l ,279. .4s
The totals including the balances
amount to- $29s, ,149,45 for the en-
tire county. =
In the year $s5,222.74 was paid
to teachers ID the elementary
schools; $13,744.5o to high school
teachers. making a total of coo.
1924. The total expenditures 70 Tor
teachers, superision, building and
grounds and for all other purposes
was $1S0.1s6.33. leaving a balance
on hand. September /. 1907. Of
$1Os,963.12. ~ 'o"
Two school buildings were erect
ed during the year. one at pros-
pect costing 5000 and one in
marion, costing $3O,OO0. The
county now has 143 school build
lngs. two of which are high schools
ihe buildings have 239 rooms Tho
70 sotal value, of the property own
ed is $452.1
In the elementary grades On
men and .174 women teachers are pe
employed while In the high school,
Ia men and women are teach
lng' making "a total of 256 IN.
structors. Out Of that number oo7
nave taught the entire year.
About 1869 new pupils were on
rolled In the county during the
year and with those who have
oeen previously enrolled in other
schools within the year, the aver
age monthly enrolment is 5.oo0
the average daily attendance il,
Marion county schools was 4767 for
the year. Green Camp village leads
the list with percentage of o. in
daily attendance on total enroll
ment and monthly enrolment.
the school superintendents In
the city and the village of the
county receive total OF $4,000 in
salary.
In the histories OF the high
schools there have been 25o bovs
and $40 girls graduates OF this XXI
have graduated from the local
high school. n. -,
FORTY seven township graduates
are attending schools. outside of
the township and are paying tut,
tion. @ E.1 1
There are 1890 volumes in the
school Libraries OF which the To-
cal schools have 955.
, In Bowling Green township,
1.-THE only one In the county,, AZ
part of the pupils are conveyed to
school at public expense.
The abstract shows the 5755 pu-
pills are Studying writing and prac-
tically the same number are study
Ing arithmetic. photography. and
reading But 1648 are studying
grammar, while 3172 are taking in
struction In drawing. Over four
thousand are studying physiology.
There are 25S students Of Latin
but 81 Of German and none Of
Greek or French.
In It's entirety the report shows
that the schools OF the county have
made wonderful progress along ev-
cry line during the year and It Is
stated that the outlook for even
greater progress during the coming
year ia very bright'