Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-01-20
RURAL SCHOOLS
Of SAN MIGUEL
BELOW STANDARD
County Spends Money Liber-
ally on Education, but Cir
cumStanceS Affect Stand
ing of Country Institutions.
SPECIAL eo....-cso.se. 70 ao.s,a. .ou.s..

ESPECIAL corrusrcNoaNea TO MORNING JOURNAL
| santa fe, Jan. 19.-While San Mi
/ Guei county, as becomes Il rich and
populous community, raises q large
amount of money for its schools the
showing made by the rural schools in
the report just received by the de-
partment of education is comparative
~ poor, due no doubt in part to cir
cumstances over which the county
superintendent has but little control.
Two-thirds of the teachers for in
stance, are third-graders. OF the eigh-
ty-siX, there are forty-nine women.
one holding a life certificate, one a
professional. twelve first grade, thir.
teen second grade, fifty-six third
grade certificates in addition to one
permit.
The men average only s344.36 pei
year, the women, $35S.SS; the average
annual salary being s352.72 The av-
erage monthly salary is s53l4, the
average school term being only &C
months, two schools having nine
months, five months, fifty-five sen,
one six and one-qquartere six six. fiji
teen five, one four and one three
months.
The highest salary paid any rural
teacher is 1915 year, one teacher
gets $685., one s490, one $3.50, two
S455, one $3.50, twelve s420, one s40G.-
%, three $500, one $3.50. forty $3.50,
one 1925, one s312.50 six $500, clev-
en- $3.50, two $500 and one $3.50.
Census, Enrolment and Attendance.
The census shows 5,544 persons be-
tween the ages of s and 81. The en-
rollment is 3,2S5, the attendance
2,0S1. By grades, the enrolment is,
kindergarten and primary, 744 first
grade 9l6, second GA, third 37G,
fourth 1871, fifth IS. sixth rs, seventh
Is, eighth 3 and nineth 1. there being
no pupils above that grade.
outside of Las Vegas, San Miguel
county has only $17,045 worth of pub
lie school property of which S2,470 isl
credited to sites, S10,910.50 to build
ings $5,4O1 to furnishings, while
twenty school libraries with 443 vol
umes arc valued at 1864. or the sew
enty-five districts, siXty-siX have one
each and nine have two build
ings siXty-two districts have one room
and thirteen have two rooms Four
buildings have two rooms, seventy
four have one room. OF the seventy |
eight reporting, twenty-eight are not
owned, seven are used rent free. |
twenty-one pay rent running from
$1.5 to $40 a month, the total month |
ly rental being SIS. Three are in eX-
celent condition. fifteen good, twenty |
eight fair, thirty-four poor, forty-five |
adobe, four log, eleven stone, eight |
cen frame. |
Financial Condition.
Last year s61 ,9j039 were collected /
of which $3l ,07j.12 was derived from |
special levies, of which $t3,3S6.46 was
collected in East Las Vegas and I
s5,605.41 in Las Vegas. The poll tax
Yielded Sf.769S1, East Las Vegas
SOL, Las Vegas $109.S0; saloon licens-
es $472S.32. East Las Vegas S1,474-
SO, Las Vegas s1,966.0S; tuition 1851,
all collected in East Las Vegas; rent
SO, state apportionment s20,09165,
East Las Vegas SS,47l.S0. Las Vegas
s2,977.50: state aid $4,0S2,S9. Las We
gas grant s47O,S0; the expenditures
were $69.295.40, of which East Las
Vegas spent SIS, 76212, Las Vegas
50, SOB IS: for teachers S51,547.50 was
expended. East Las Vegas $l3,942.1l,
Las Vegas $685.; rent s629.05, fuei
S1,904.14, East Las Vegas S503.4O.
Las Vegas s326.O5; janitors' wages
s2,73S.94, East Las Vegas $1,79o.1O,
Las Vegas $S44.14; school supplies
S67O.a6, East Las Vegas $346.fS;
books for poor children sG6.97, Las
Vegas 5000; repairs $1,69S, East Las
Vegas $423,7O Las Vegas s500.9O
new buildings s5.3lS.s5, collecting
poll tax $1761S, interest on bonds
$3.OSs.1S, East Las Vegas 81 1858
Las Vegas $l,33t.S0; miscellaneous
$4,000.