The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-05
COST is MILLIONS
What Kansas Pays Annually
for Educating Children.
Five Hundred Thousand Chill
dren of School Age.
FACTS ABOUTCOUNTRY
About Half of Those Attending
Are in Rural Districts.
Supt. Fairchild's Report BrimfuI
of Information.


The sixteenth biennial report of
State Superintendent Fairlchild will be
delivered by the printer in few
days 1t is the most comprehensive
and detailed report of the kind ever
issued in this state. It contains over
two hundred pages of statistic tables
alone and these tables tell the story
OF school work in this state as it has
never been told before. Nothing
that could possibly be of interest from
any point Of view has been omitted
In this summary of figures.
Ihe report shows that there are
year divided as follows: Rural schools
cone teacher). 1921. Village and
third class Cities 704. Second class
cities, u. The first class cities, 9.
1t shows that there were 5O76SO
children of school age in the state
| and that of this number 392,O0s were
enrolled In the schools and that the
average daily attendance was $780,
904.
This is the first report in which it
mas ever been undertaken to compile
statistics relative to the one-teacher
schools of the state and classify them
apart from the town and city schools.
Heretofore these country schools
have been classed with those of the
villages and cities of the third class.
An analysis of the census, enroll
ment and attendance of school child
rem shows that about one-half of the
school children of this state reside In
the country. There are 247.318 child
rem of school age living in the one
teacher school districts and 26O,312
living in the villages of and cities of
the state. The enrolment shows 1S7,-
s93 in the country or one teacher
schools school as as against again; 2o4,11s in the
! tendance shows 133.70s in the one
| teacher schools and 157,195 in the
town and city schools.
This interesting study in figures
shows further that Is per cent of the
| in the country schools and II per cent
| of the enrolment is represented in the
| daily attendance, while in the city
schools IS per cent OF the children are
| enrolled in school ana II per cent are
| represented in the daily attendance.
This difference in favor of the coun-
try is very slight.
The average enrolment per
22.6; in the two teacher schools, $50.
In schools of cities of second class,
| As. In schools cities of first class. 43.
What 1t Costs.
| The average cost per pupil per
| month on enrolment in one-teacher
schools is s2.58. In two teacher
schools, s2.25. In cities second class,
s1.5s. In cities first class. s190. In
| the high schools OF cities of first
class, $3.52,s and in high schools
cities of second class. s2.s4.
The SUI, sum OF OF 81 Sa,s7s.1sa - ia was was spent nt
year as against $6,S73,703 in 1907.
| over three million dollars was spent
each year on the one-teacher schools
of the state
the one-teacher schools last year for
the males was $48.32: for the fe-
males S43.76. In two or more
teacher schools. $72.64 for the males,
and s4e.64 for the females. In the
grade schools in cities OF. the second
$50 and $62 in the high schools In
the grade schools in cities of the
first class the average salary was
s5s.7e and in the high schools.
the average pay of the teachers
was $76.65. I'd,
The Truancy Law.
This report gives tables of
figures to show the working of the
truancy law. All the general school
The names of all teachers holding
diplomas are printed and data re-
garding the reciprocal schools rela-
tions between Kansas and other
states.
Among other curious facts evolved
from the figures in these tables are
| the following: ----.'-
Grant, Morton and Stanton coun-
! ties have no schools employing more
| than one teacher.
Comanche, Finney. Geary, Gray,
Greeley, Haskell, Hodgeman, Scott,
Seward, Sherman, Stevens. Wallace
and Wichita counties have only one
school each employing more than one
| teacher.
The following counties had no
negro pupils enumerated during the
| past year: Cheyenne. Comanche,
! Decatur, Elk, Grant, Greeley. Has
kell. Jewell, Kearney, Lane, Marshall,
| Mcpherson, Meade, Morton, Ness,
Ravlins, Republic. Rush, Scott.
| Seward. Sheridan, Smith. Stanton,
Thomas. Washington, Wichita, Will
son, Woodson-
| There were 1857 negro pupils en-
rolled in the schools of the state last
wear about evenly divided as to sex.
! of this number 210 attended Shaw
nee county schools. 223 in Graham
county. 33 in Sedgwick county 270
| in Wyandotte, 10 in Montgomery.
| and 23O in Crawford.
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