Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-07-07
SCHOOL STATISTICS OF CITIES.

SCHOOL 8TA1ISTlGS OF CITIES.
Washington, b. G., July IS, 1914
The city Of Newton, Mass, had the
highest average II school attendance,
per 100 inhabitants. In 1912 of any of
the 1876 cities in the United States for
which figures are given in the recent
report on financial statistics Of cities
having = population of over 10000
each, which has been issued by Will.
liam J. Harris, Director of the Cen
Isus, Department Of Commerce. The
average for Newton, Mass, was 81
per 100 inhabitants, for Newark N. ].
20.5; Chelsea, Mass, 1879; Hartford,
Conn.,, 17.9; Everett, Mass, 17.8; and
Brockton, Mass, 17.6.
The city having the lowest average
attendance per 100 inhabitants was
Dubuque, Iowa, with an average of
-, followed by Charleston, s. C. rs;
Augusta, Ca, rs; Coyington, KY, S.3;
and Amsterdam, N. Y., %. The aver
age school attendance, per 100 inhabi-
tants, for some of the larger cities in
this report was as follows: Boston,
las; Washington, AL; cleveland, IA;
w" AVln, 1C.Jl AOS <AL6OAcS, AS.VS
Buffalo, III; Minneapolis, 1872; Pitts
burgh, 11.6; Chicago, lis; St. Louis,
11.3; Philadelphia, 1917; New Orleans,
1914; Baltimore, 1913; Milwaukee, 10;
Detroit, 90; Cincinnati, 81; and San
francisco, 90.
The total school sittings reported
from these 1876 cities numbered 3,772,-
556; Of this number, 3 1895, 1858, or 80
per cent, were reported for elemen-
tary day schools and 345,969, or 9.2
per cent, for secondary day schools.
The sittings in elementary day
schools exceeded the average attend
ance in these schools by W. ,5S6, or
1913 per cent Of the average number
in attendance. In like manner, the
sittings in secondary day schools ex-
ceeded the average daily attendance
in those schools by 40, 152, or Is per
cent of the average attendance in
those schools.
The total number of school build
ings reported was 1908, of which
6,765. or 92.6 per cent, were forelemen-
tary schools, and AS, or 81 per cent,
for secondary schools, the number Of
sittings per building De' ng SOP and
722, respectively.
Payments for Schools Expenses.
The average payment for the ex-
penses for the three kinds Of schools
elementary day schools, secondary
day schools, and night schOols) per
100 inhabitants for the 1876 cities for
which figures are presented was $491.
The city reporting the highest e
age was asadena, Cal, with 1899, fol.
lowed by Newton, Mass, with 1884;
Mount Vernon, N. Y, $SA4; Colorado
Springs, Colo, $7S6; New Rochelle,
N. Y, $744; and E'erkeley, Cal, $71o.
The cities with the lowest average
per 100 inhabitants were Jacksonville,
Fla. $3.50; Tampa, ria $173; Ports
mouth Va, $751;; Charleston, S. c.,
$191.
Supervisors, Teachers and Other
School Employees.
Reports as to the number of super
visors and teachers employed were re-
ceived from 1872 cities. There was q
total of 11O,6o2 supervisors and teach
ers reported for these cities, of whom
$3.50, or 77.3 per cent, were employ
ed in elementary schools; 1888, or
11.4 per cent, in secondary schools;
o93, or O.5 per cent, in normal schools;
3,137, or 2.S per cent, in other day
schools; and $3.50, or 10 per cent, in
night schools.
OF the 1875 cities considered in this
SO made payments for teach
ers' pensions and gratuities, and 5
had funds for that purpose. OF
these So cities, % had permanent pen