Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-01-01
SCHOOL REPORT
Of EDDY COUNTY
Is INTERESTING
Good Progress Made in Edu-
eationaI Matters, per Cap
tia Expenditure Less Than
That Of Most Other Counties
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tsrseiAL conREsroAprNct 10 Hoehiha JOURNAL
Santa Fc. Doc Sl.-- Eddy county
spent during the year SSN,366.6b IN
its public schools. which IS consider
ably less per capita than most of the
other comti's PVT into their schools.
The receipts were S94,6aeN6, of which
SGO,9N1.t1 canle from special lV' les.
X9.0GA.12 from poll tax, Si6S from
saloon liccnscs. Siau.Ao from tuitiair
x9a from rent, S13,aGO.pi from state
apporuonment, $3.50 sale "a bonds,
$l25 sale Of property, Sl,f3I5l state
aid. SlO,0SS.90 county high school
levy. OF the Expenditures SOP, 1000
was paid ont for tenehcrs salaries'
$50 rent, S1,Gll.SS rent $2,259.SV JAM
itors' wages, $2.635.6S school supplies
$40 books Tor needy children, 81
93i.l3 repairs and improvements,
SS04,3G new buildings and grounds,
$212.60 pom tax list, Si.099.26 intcres.
on bonds. S9,22a.49 old warrants paid.
40 taking school census, $l64.6O IN
surancc, s56G2.2a miscellaneous.
The school census shows 3,S3S per
sons between the ages of and -
years. enrolment 2.li6. average dallN
attendance t9a6, enrolment nN
grades; primary Ii6 first grade
349 second grade, SAG, third grade
3St. fonrth grace, zs0i firth grade
25l sixth grade. 2fS seventh gradc
193. eighth grade 2GS, ninth grade,
1873 ;stcnth grade. GS, eleventh grade
So: twelfth grade, 3S, p0stgraduutcs
nine.
Teachers and Terms.
There were in all in Eddy county
Including Artcsin ana Carlsbad
N-fN
and yXty-seven women. Seven held
life certificates, one five year pro-
fnssional. three thrce-year profession
al. sixty-two first grade. fifteen sec
ond grade and one third grade.
The average monthly salary paid.
including superintendent aud primes
pals was S676l, the average for
men being $S5.0S, for women S6l-Ss.
The average annual salary was
S5G2.77. men averaging S12b.SS ana
women Sh0g.22. TWO teachers reeeiv-
ed ST. 500 each. one $l.0S0, three $s0U,
-four $50. one $500, one S'S3, one
s7B5, five SEQ. four S675. three $500
three $500 twelve $685.. nine Sb40,
two $685. one S625. three $500, ore
S495. one $3.50, five s450, one Sfi0,
two S420, one si05, two SiO0, four
$685.. three $500, six $3.50, four $500,
ono $3.50. two SEQ. one $500
The average term was s.l3 months,
forty-eight school rooms holding nine
months. two eight and one-half, three
eight and one-quarter eleven eight,
fourteen seven, nine six, one five, and
one four months
There were twenty eight districts
including Artesia and Carlsbad. Twen-
Is district hid one building each, rive
districts had two buildings two had
three buildings one had -four build
ings. Fourteen districts had one room
each, -four had two rooms each, three
had three rooms. two had four rooms
three had six rooms one had fourteen
rooms one had eighteen rooms. There
were forty buildings IN all, twenty
five, one room. five. two rooms, two,
three rooms, two four rooms, two
five rooms, two. six rooms, one seven
rooms. ana one, eleven rooms. Two
of these buildings burned du ing the
school year All were owned by the
districts, Four are reported by Su-
,perintendent Poor as excellent, eight
cen as good, ten as fair. ana six ns
poor. Seven are of brick ome Of
stone. one Of cement, two Of adobe,
one Of adobe and planks, and twenty
six were frame