El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-31
This is Average Monthly
Wage of Rural Teachers;
Nine Men Teachers.

Santa Fe. n. N, Dec. S1-Dona Ana
county spent s31,95S.56 on the schools
of Las Cruces last year and S4S,44S.59
on the rural schools being about SO
per capita of enrolled pupils in the
country and less than $40 in the city.
The annual report received by the
department of education shows that
Dona Ana county has II school dis
tricts. including Las Cruces The city
has four buildings, two rural districts
have three buildings each. seven dis
tricts have two buildings, and seven
districts have one building each. The
Las Cruces buildings had 81 class
rooms and 20 teachers. Of the other
districts, La Union had seven rooms.
two districts had five rooms each, four
districts had four rooms each, four
had three rooms each, four had two
rooms each, and four had one room
each.
There were % buildings IN the coun-
~, not including four in Las cruces,
of which Is were one room buildings,
seven TWO room buildings. three three
room and two four room buildings
All except three buildings were owned
Seven were in excellent condition, IL
good, four fair. and two poor. no re-
port being received on one Six build
ings were of brick. one OF stone, ~
adobe. one no report In Las cruces
three buildings were excellent ana one
good, three of brick and one OF br1ck
value of Property.
There are six women on the Dona
Ana county school boards There are
II school libraries with 11O2 volumes
valued at 1868 and industrial equip
ment valued at $1470. The total valua-
ton OF all school property in the eoun-
ty is S17O,335, OF which SSg,lSo IS
the rural districts OF this amount
$4,000 is in buildings, $3.50 in fur
nishings and equipment and SSI25 IN
sites. Las Cruces has S11,ZOO IN prop
erty, of which $4,000 is in buildings,
$4,000 in sites and $500 IN furnish
ingS and equipment
Teachers and Their Pay.
The salary of the teachers runs from
$3.50 year, or less than dollar
ers in the rural districts only nine were
men. Three rural teachers held life
certificates, one three year proIeS-
sional, 33 first grade, two second grace
and three third grade so that II Is
likely that by next year every tnlrd
grader will have to 60 The average
monthly salary for all teachers OUTSIDE
of Las Cruces was 1851, the len 61
avera ging SS6-11 and the women STOOL
The average annual salary was
$649S5, of which men received an aver
age of S75S-33 and women Sbz0.zt- one
teacher received s1ls2 Two Ss sSsn un re-
S765, one $3.50. four $40, one SOY, one
$3.50, eight s675 one $3.50 two $500 one
$40, one $685.. one S61S. one S6l5. rhree
$500, two S5S5, two $40, two S5zu one
$3.50. one $40, Two S4Uu, one SSSV- Sut-
side of Las Cruces, the average school
term was SIS months. five districts
having 10 months, "a having nine
months, u having eight months and
one having seven months
In Las Cruces there were p teachers,
two men and % women Five held LIE
certificates. one a five year profess
sional and IS first grade certificates.
The average monthly salary for all, in
Guiding superintendent, was S4z, Tor
men 500. for women s6TS3. The aver
age annual salary for all was 1856,
the men receiving $1305, and the women
S6I0.43 In Las Cruces the school term
nine months. IN the entire