Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-11-08
STATISTICS ON
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
FOR ADA COUNTY
Cost Of Education for Past
Year-Number Of Pupils
and Children Of School
Age.

Cost poOo,oO%.OVs ali dNCiABG "a
s26.S1. to educate the SS1l pupils in
the Ada county schools during the
year ending June 20. 1912. A report
just finished by Miss Ivy M. Wilson.
the county superintendent, shows the
funds that the county has spent for
the education Of it's children. the main
tenance of its schools. the number OF
pupils who attended these schools. and
answers dozens of other questions Of
interest in the management of the edu-
cational problems of the districts for
the last fiscal year.
While the figures show mores than
100000 in the expense account. some
of this money was spent for permanent
repairs on buildings. the purchase OF
sites for new buildings the establish
ment of libraries in the country schools
and for many other purposes that will
be of material benefit to the schools
for several years to come.
The 212.5 teachers in the schools are
paid s17S.031.34. an average of 1855 a
month The male teachers receive an
average salary of S11186, while the
women receive $S4.27 The women are
in the majority on the faculties of the
country schools. there being but 81 men
to 1855 women.
There were 6911 children enrolled for
the year, 3540 boys and 1871 girls. The
average daily attendance was 1851, a
regular army of school children maxi
ing their way to the school houses
every morning and toward home every
afternoon of the school year The per-
centage Of attendance 94.4, the number
of children attending town and city
schools 4S77, and the number attending
rural schools 2034.
Children Of School Age.
Under tho compulsory education law
there are 5772 children In this county
between the ages of eight and Is years
which are required to attend some
school in the county during the year.
There are 4645 of these children now
attending school. while 1879 have been
excused by the county superintendent
for cause. There are also two blind
children four deaf, and 10 feeble mind
cd children in Ada county.
1t is also shown by the report that
the county spent S7243.94 for text
books, or an average of $1.05 per child
There are now 1854 volumes in the IL
braries of the Ada county schools, foI
the maintenance and improvement OF
which the county paid $3.50 during thc
fiscal year. There are also six town
school and As rural school libraries in
the county districts.
The total receipts for the year
amounted to S431, S2O.04,the expenses
$S39,962.S9, leaving q balance on hand
to the credit of the county schools OF
$91, S57.G5. The bonded Indebtedness OF
the "a school districts is $435,270 while
the total value of all school property IL
$S60,140. The report also shows $780,.
117.01 of the total expense paid fol
permanent repairs and furniture, while
$54,1T4.52 was spent for new buildings
and sites. Interests and payments were
made on to the bonds in the amount
of $21,642.12.
Buildings in County.
Tho county owns IS school building.
and rents five. Forty eight of then
are in good condition, nine in fair. ant
six in poor condition. Twenty sever
have improved grounds and 20 have
not.
Out of the total of IS teachers exam
ined five were given second grade Ger
tificates, 81 third grade, and SO wer,
rejected. Two hundred and sixty on,
teachers were enrolled in the count,
institute held here during the montl
of September.
There are now six high schools II
the county not in the rural class blu
Boise alone has been established lonl
enough to have large graduating
class. Boise graduated "a students on
of an enrolment of 7S7, while Star Ia
an enrolment Of 26, Franklin 81, Usticl