The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1917-07-27
REPORT OF COUNTY
SCHOOLS SHOWS WELL

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The annaul report of the schools
of Medina county recently completed
by County Supt. G. E. jerks, contains
some valuable information, and a
brief summary Of some of it's impor-
tant features will no doubt be of in
terest at this time.
The annual enrolment for the whole
county was 5,236, a gain of SO over
last year, and 148 over 1915. This en-
rollment was distributed 1855 in the
rural districts and 1851 in the vii
lagos.
Last year the rural enrolment was
2,807 and for the village 1891, a loss
Of 142 in the rural schools and gain
of 100 for the villages. The gains
in villages We're made as follows:
Wadsworth 81, Lodi 121, Leroy 20, Sc
vile 2. The loss in rural districts was
as follows: Brunswick 18, Guilford 6,
Harrisville 78, Homer IS, Medina
township IL, Sharon 40, Spencer Is,
Wadsworth township IA, York 13. The
great loss in Harrisville was, due to the
fact that most of that township is
now a part of the Lodi village dis
trict.
The following rural districts made
gains as follows: Chatham IA, Chip
pewa Lake 3, Hinckley 3, Lafayette
6,Liverpool 3, Montville II, Wey-
mouth 2, Litchfield %.
The enrolment by districts was an
follows: Brunswick 1872, Chatham
ITO, Chippewa Lake 48, Granger 157,
Guilford SO, Hinckley 212, Homer
172, Harrisville Sc, Lafayette 143,
Litchfeld 1853, Liverpool 203, Medina
township 81, Montville 100, Sharon
223, Spencer 2O9, Wadsworth town.
ship ZIG. Weymouth 81, York Its,
Leroy 248, Lodi 414, Seville 212,
Medina 807, Wadsworth 900.
The enrolment in elementary
schools over the county was 1921 boys
and 2,102 girls, total 1923; high
schools, 400 boys and SOB girls, total
912. That is only 171a% of all pupils
enrolled in schools in this county are
to be found in high schools.
The enrolment in village high
schools was as follows: Seville A,
Leroy So, Lodi 88, Wadsworth 1877,
Medina 227.
The rural high schools enrolled:
Sharon A., Granger 80, Spencer 80,
Liverpool 38, Chatham 80, Brunswick
L29, Homer 27, Hinckley 27, Litehfeld
25, York 10. Homer and Spencer
ranked highest in daily attendance
among rural high schools, having 81.
Granger was second with 35, Sharon
and Liverpool each had 33, Brunswick
26, Homer 25, Hinckley "a, Chatham
\ "a, Litchfeld %, York IA.
Liverpool and Hoper each gradu-
ated 9 this year from their high
schools, Spencer Z, Brunswick 6, Hin
ckley 8, Granger a, Litchfeld / Se-
vile 6, Leroy Z, Lodi 12, Wadsworth
Z ~ Meaina 45s 81
J THE average salary paid grade
teachers in the rural districts was
$418. In high school, men received
SOIL, women $685. In the village dis
tricts the average for grade teachers
was $3.50. High school men received
$3.50 and women $742. In average
salaries, both in grades and high
school,, Medina ranks first, paying
grade teachers $658, high school men
$944, women $3.50. Other villages
paid as follows: Seville, elementary
, S523; high school, women $639; Lodi,
elementary, $525; high school, women,
$3.50; Wadsworth, elementary, $500;
high school, men $3.50, women $700;
Leroy, elementary $608; high school,
men 81 900, women $700.
In rural districts elementary sal
aries average as follows: Homer
$488, Litchfleld $3.50, York $472, Liver
pool $500, Spencer $456, Wadsworth
township $448, Lafayette $440, Medin-
ma township 1920, Granger $40O, Gull
ford $400 Brunswick $500, Montville
$3.50, Hinckley $3.50, Sharon $375,
Chatham $500. Homer, Litchfeld,
York, Liverpool and Spencer have
nine months Of school, most of the
others eight months.
Of the 127 elementary teachers in
the county, %, or 1870, were teaching
their first school, Of this number 20
We're employed in the rural schools,
and three in the villages. In high
schools, IA of the 62 teachers were
beginners, nine in the rural high
schools and five in the villages.
There are IL districts in the county
whose schools are completely central
lied, seven partly centralized and
four, Guilford, Chippewa Lake, Medi-
ma townsip and Weymouth, where no
children are transported to school.
In the county there are 13 first
grade high schools and two second.
The number of high schools will be
increased by two next year, as Wads-
worth township and Lafayette will