Omaha daily bee., 1914-07-07
School Statistics of Cities
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The city OF Newton, Mass, had the highest aver
school attendance per 100 inhabitants in 1912 Of
any OF the 1s5 cities tho United States for which
figures given In the recent report on financial
statistics Of cities having population of lover 5000
each which has been issued by William j. Harris,
director Of the census, Department Of Commerce,
The average for Newton, Mass. p per 100 in
habitants; for Newark. N j.. eos; Chelsea Mass.
1Ss; Hartford. Conn. 17s; Everett Mass. 17s, and
Brockton, Mass. 17.6.
The city having the lowest average attendance per
100 inhabitants Dubuque, Ia. with average of
IA followed by Charleston. s. C.. rs; Augusta, Ca.
rs; covington KY. So and Amsterdam. N. Y, ST.
The school attendance, per 100 inhabitants,
for Of the larger cities in this report as
follows Boston. 15 Washington. 14i; Cleveland,
II; New York. 125 Los. Angeles 1919; Buffalo. 127;
Minneapolis. 122 Pittsburgh 11s; Chicago, 115i st.
Louis, 1iS; Philadelphia. 1o7; New Orleans, 1o4;
Baltimore. 1913; Milwaukee. 10; Detroit ss Clncin-
natl. s7 and San Francisco, 93.
The total school sittings reported from these 1876
cities numbered 37255s; of this number SSs55S, or
30 per cent reported for elementary day
schools, and 96s 90 per cent, for secondary
schools The sittings in elementary day schools ex-
ceeded the average attendance in these schools by
62,5ss 1913 per cent Of the average number In
attendance In like manner. the sittngs In secondary
day schools exceeded the average daily attendance in
those schools by 4552 IS cent OF the average
attendance in those schools.
The total number of school buildings reported was
79OS, OF which $685. e26 per cent, were for ee-
mentary schools and As, 81 per cent for
secondary schools. the number Of sittings build
ing being 5O2 and T72? respectively.
Payments for school Expenses
The average payment the expenses for the three
kinds Of schools elementary day schools, secondary
day schools and night schools per 100 inhabitants for
the 1856 cities for which figures presented was $751;
The city reporting the highest average was Pasadena,
Cal with tS9e followed by Newton Mass, with $s3l;
Mount Vernon N. Y, $S14; Colorado Springs Colo,
1885, New Rochelle N. Y, yA and Berkeley, Cal,
625. The cities with the lowest average per 100 10
habitans were Jacksonville, Fla S16s; Tampa. Fla,
S17S Portsmouth, Va $751; Charleston, s. c., $l9l.
Supervisors, Teachers and other Employees.
Reports as to the number of supervisors and teach
ers employed received from 1Ss cities. There
was a total OF 110662 supervisors and teachers re-
ported for these cities, Of whom $500, or HS per
cent were employed in elementary schools; n,e4S
or ia per cent in secondary schools; O9s or % per
cent in normal schools s,lS, or 2s per cent, In
other day schools and s73o 7s per cent, in night
schools.
OF the 1876 cities considered in this report 5S made
payments for teachers pensions and gratutes, and
others had funds for that purpose. OF there 81
cities 50 had permanent pension trust funds and
had made no such provision. The total pensions and
gratutes paid in 1912 by the 50 cities amounted to
7O2 ST. of which S622 49s, s5s cent, paid
by cities maintaining teachers retirement funds
Investments,
paid by the other 20 cities. Pensions and gratuites
are paid to the teachers by two methods; % From
or through the agency of public trust funds estab
lished for that purpose and (0 directly from the
school district or city corporation treasury.
cities Having No Permanent Pension Funds
The cities paying teachers pensions but maintain
ing no permanent retirement funds or investments
were; Pittsburgh. Pa. Newark, Paterson Trenton
Camden, Elizabeth, hoboken, Bayonne. and East
Orange NJ J Denver, Colo; Atlanta, Ga; Lynn
Maiden and P1ttsreld Mass; Charleston. s. C.;
Mobile Ala New Britain, Conn; Topeka, Kan.
Niagara Falls Y, and La Crosse, Wis
The 3s cities having permanent funds with invest
ments for the payment of teachers retirement pen
s,ons reported assets in funds at the close OF
1919 amounting to 4.13L4ss These invested funds
paid out q 496 in pensions; s3072 for expenses OF
fund MANAGEMENT, and >iSes.TH for investments pur
chased They received during the year an aggregate
OF Sssss77, of which amount S1,Os52a was revenue
or fund income OF this latter amount Ssl7262 oi
s4b per cent was derived from teachers contriou
tions to pension funds.
The payment Of pensions as we'll as the establish
ment OF teachers retirement funds, has been adopted
as a policy by the large cities to a greater extent
than by the smaller. For example. of the total pay
ments of pensions s9S9,s2 59S cent, was pale
! by New York city alone which city also reported
rs Der cent of the assets OF pension funds.