El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-09
Texas Public
School Facts

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/ dren of school age are not in any
/ 4 school In this particular, Texas
I ranks seth in the list Of As states-au
I the other states but two have a larger
I percentage Of children ga school than
/ Texas has.
Vermont has 90 percent Of her chill
{ dren Of school age, actually in school
! Maine has % percent of her children
| in school. Connecticut has 81 percent
( Colorado has 90 percent. Iowa has 50
percent Montana has 81 percent
Ohio has 81 percent Arizona has Is
/ percent New Mexico has u percent.
And so the record goes, along down the
, line, until We reach the southern states.
! which are deficient in almost every
| particular in the matter Of popular
schooling, and yet we find Kentucky
[ with q percent in school, Georgia with
] bS Percent in school, South Carolina
with g. percent in school, Virginia sc
percent, Alabama IS percent. but Texas
has but 81 percent Of her children Of
school age actually in school This
means that in Texas there are 465. 900
children Of school age who are not in
any school
In value Of school property fin pro-
portion TO the number of children.
Texas ranks seth in the list Of As
states-only SIS invested in school
plant. per child Of school age. as con-
trasted with Sll5 per child in AIassa-
chusetts. S111 i'm New York. $50 I'm Cali
fornia, So in Illinois, SOS I'm Colorado.
SIS in Montana, $50 in Utah. New Mex
leo S46s Arizona SAB, and so on-Sl6 in
Texas. The only states below Texas
in the list are the u southern and
border states.
In average annual expenditure for
education, per child Of school age.
Texas ranks 59th in the list OF IS
states Only nine states. all southern
states, are below Texas in the list.
Texas spends only 81 per year per child
Of school age. and most OF this comes
from the state funds and state tax so
that local taxation is all but unknown
except in the cities and towns But
while Texas spends only 81 per year
per child. the state Of Washington
spends SO per year per child CALI
fOrnia spends so per year per child.
New York S25. Massachusetts, SIS, Ne
vada S25. Montana S24. Colorado S2t
North Dakota S21. Arizona S21. OREGON
S21, Kansas SIS. Missouri S14. Okla
bona SIS: even Florida and Louisiana
are ahead of Texas which spends only
81 per year per child Of school age, on
public education.
In average number Of days Of school
ing each year. in proportion TO whole
number of children Of school age.
Texas ranks 42d in the list Of IS states.
only I'VE Of the southern states and
New Mexico being below Texas in this
respect Texas provides for her aver
age child Of school age only Sc days Of ,
schooling in a year. Compare this
with Massachusetts, -1S1 days average
schooling per child per year; Connec-
ticut 12S days, New York III days,
Michigan 1Og. Illinois los. California
103. Kansas 81. Missouri 50. West Vfr-
ginia and Tennessee y, Arizona 40, Z
Florida IS; Texas So days, or less than
three school months per year on the
average.
is IL not rather an unenviabIe dis
l. ean
almost the least number Of days aver
age schooling per year in the United
States
Texas has no compulsory school at
tendance law; and if she had, what
would be done with the $4,000 chill
dren OF school age who are now out OF
SCHOOL, What could FL PasO do with
her floating thousands. If there were a I
compulsory law2
Illinois and Texas are almost exactly Z
the same in number of children Of
school age. But Illinois provides for
all her children los days avera &c 2
schooling in a year. while Texas pro-
vides but 56 days schooling on the
average
in length OF school year. and In
average number Of days OF attendance.
Texas ranks seth in the list OF 4g
states, only eight southern states and 0
New Mexico being below Texas Rhode b
Island keeps her schools actually open J
1913 DAYS per year-TeNas 13l days ucr Z
year. Among the states which show :
longer average school year and a Z
longer average attendance. are Georgia. !
Oklahoma, Virginia. Louisiana. and 7
Arizona Hair OF the states have an {
average of mere than 10 days actual /
omen schools per year, but Texas has .
only 13I
The only states not having compuT- Z
sorry school attendance laws are Texas, /
Mississippi. Alabama, Georgia, South .
Carolina. and Florida
In daily average expenditure for
schools. in proportion TO the number
Of children actually attending school. ;
Texas ranks 39th in the list OF IS
states. only nine states. all southern.
are below Texas in this respect. Texas J