The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-08
HALF THE CHILDREN
 ARE IN SCHOOLS County Has School for Every
 263 Pupils M'ADORY MAKES REPORT The Estimated Value of School Houses and Sites in Jefferson County Is
 l,eo2,s7S-some Interesting Figures Are shown
M'ADORY MAKES REPORT

d number of educable children in Jefferson county are enrolled in the schools of the | county, all schools of Birmingham, Bes- semer and all other towns and corpora tions included. This is shown in the an nual historical report of County Super. | intendent of Education l. W. McAdory which was completed yesterday and will be rendered to State Superintendent Harry c. Gunnels. The total number oi children enrolled in the county is 9e,56i whereas the county school census recent ly compiled shows a total of 65,9o4 chill dren of school age in the county. Of the number enrolled there are 36,S76 whites and 29,028 negroes. The report has numerous other inter esting statistics. There is a total of 25t schools in the county, according to the report, which shows there is one schoo for every 36s children of school age in the county Of these 25O there are I'll schools for white children and 79 for negroes The teachers employed number 79s, oi which 611 are white and 1s7 colored Average Attendance of 23,79S
  in all the schools of Jefferson county there is an average daily attendance oi | 2S, 7ss.
 | The estimated value of all the public school houses and sites in Jefferson coun | ty is q, ,602. .975. The negro schools are es timated to be worth s111,S of this amount, and the white schools and sites | S, ,491, $50. The estimated value of the two denominational colleges in the county | Howard and Birmingham colleges, ii $375O00, and 1t is estimated that private school houses and sites are worth ST 900 l In regard to the school fund of Jeffer son county, the report sets out that thu total amount available for education il Jefferson county during the year ending 1 September 30 was $467, ,413.75. The tota amount paid out was $395,S144 leaving ; balance of s26,771.15 at hand at the clos | of the session in 1910. Historical Report
 Following is the historical report il l full:
 1 Annual historical report of the public schools in Jefferson county for the yea ending September 30. 1910: l By Isaac W. McAdory, County Super intendent of Education. l Children between and 21 years. las census, whites. 36,S76; coored, 29,02S; to tal 65.904.
 l Number of children enrolled whites 25,s21; colored, 1o,7N total 36,561. | Whole number of schools taught whites, Ill; colored. 79; total, 25O.
 Number of graded schools, whites, Ill colored, 79; total, 25o.
 Number of teachers employed, whites 61f; colored, 187; total, 7eS. Of these teachers there were males whites, 129; colored, S4 total, 163.
 Of these there were remales whites 4S2; colored, 15S: total. 6S5. | Teachers holding life grade certificates | whites. 124
 Teachers holding first grade certificates whites, 155
 Teachers holding second grade certii | cates, whites, 232 l Teachers holding third grade certih cates, whites, 100. 1 Total, Gil.
 Teachers holding life grade certif cates, colored, 34; teachers holding hrs grade certificates, colored, 10; teachers holding second grade certificates, col ored. 52: teachers holding third grad certificates, colored, s1. Total, 1S7. | Average length of school term, days whites, 1s4 colored, 1S6. Total, 300.
 Average daily attendance durint school term, whites, 1s.s55; coiored 694s. Total, 23,79s. Number of schools continuing fiv' months or more, whites, I'll; colored | 79; total, 250.
 Average monthly salary, males whites, 3103; average monthly salary females, whites, $64; average month, | salary, males, colored $61; averag, monthly salary. females, colored, $Ss.b0 Tuition and incidentals paid in pub | lie schools, estimated total whites S17,32O37; tuition and incidentals pais in public sch ools, estimated total col ored, $1,3S5,45. Total $1S.7o5.s2. | Number private schools (not receiv ing public funds), whites. z; colored | 3. Total, To-
 Number teachers in private schools males whites, 8; females, whites, Total. 14
 TuitioA and incidentals paid in pri yate schools. estimated total, whites S60OO; tuition and incidentals paid 1T private schools, estimated total col ored, $500 Total $6600. | Number teachers in private sch ools males, colored, 0; females. colored. 3 | Total, 3.
 l. Number children enrolled in private schools, estimated: Whites, $50; colored 150. Total, 800.
 Estimated value of public school houses and sites: Whites $1,491, $50; col ored $111,325. Total s1, 6o2.s75
 Estimated value of private school prop erty: Whites, S14.OoO; colored, 5000 Total $17,O00.
 Estimated value of denominations schools: Whites, s275, 900; colored, $l0O,0OO Total, $375,ooO.
 Number schoolhouses owned by towni and cities: Whites, fl; colored, IS. Total | 50.
 Number schoolhouses deeded to the state. Whites, 84; colored, 19. Total, 1OS l Number schoolhouses owned by com munities: White, 32; colored, 27. Total, 59
 Number public schools taught in build | inrs other than schoolhouses: Whites M; colored. 15. Total. 36. l Estimated value of seats. desks ant other equipments of the public schools Whites, 31T5,o0O; colored, $14,000. Total S1S9,oO0
 Number of college libraries: Whites. 4 l Number of public school libraries | Whites, 26 colored, 2. Total. 2S. l Estimated value of public school libra ries: Whites, $6.0oO; colored, $500. Total $77.5oO. Number of denomlnational school Ii | braries: Whites, 2: colored, O. Total. ?. | Estimated valued denominational schoo | libraries: Whites. S6O00.
 school Fund
 State appropriation, $156 709 62: poll tax | s3O12s; county tax, $136, ,195.04; appropria | lions by towns and cities. $123.5S6.1S: al l other sources, s20, ,794. s1 total availabl I 4<