The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-07-15
REPORT OF SCHOOLS in
BEL TRAM COUNTY SHOWS
INTERESTING FEATURES
Total Enrolment in Count,
Schools During 1s1s-ls2o
s*& Year Was 6,295

the report compiled by the county
superintendent of schools for the
a19-t92O school year in the ,9S
districts in 'Beltrami county.
, ~ >rt is complete in itself and
incI,s cry public school in the
county: S>, ~ -.
/. During the report shows that
6,295 pupils were enrolled in this
county. OF that number 5,544 are
entitled to apportionment of funds
since that number attended school at
least 40 days during the year. The
enrolment in the high and graded
schools was BITS. OF; this number
1921 are boys and 1886 are girls.
Rural and semi-graded schools had a
total enrolment of Silt, and of this
number 1,467 are boys. This shows
that during the year there were reg
sistered~ 70 more boys than girls in
this county's schools.
n The proportion of pupils remain
ing in school until the eighth grade
tis reached is very low throughout the
country In the rural and semi-grad-
ed schools, it is shown that 694 were
enrolled in the first grade while only
s311ltook up the eighth grade work.
In. the Bemidji public schools 231
were listed for the first grade and
;161 for the eighth.
Beltrami county has at present five
high; schools, Bemidji, Blackjack,
Kelliher, sBaudette and Spooner, four
graded schools, Saum, Hines Ten
strike and Williams in addition to the
local schools, and six semi-graded
schools, fSolway, Northern, Spur, Carr
Lake. Wilton and Debs. The balance
OF the schools in the county is made
up Of the rural schools.
To instruct the 6,295 pupils in the
county, there were employed during
the past school year 279 teachers. In
the high and graded schools there
were 10 men teachers at an average
wage OF $156 per month and SO wo-
men teachers at an average of $3.50
per month OF the teachers in these
schools II are high school graduates,
q are high school training depart
ment. graduates, and Al are Normal
graduates, and "a are college gradu-
ates. - of this number have taught
In, the same school for three years,
and ~. have taught in the same
school for years. x ~ 4. s;-.5 -: ~
i. In the rural and semi graded
schools there were 40 men and, 15l
women teachers during the year. The
average wage of the men was $81 and
that of the women, SCI, per month.
Is, were high school graduates. AZ
high school training department
graduates ormalsschool: graduates
and S college graduates. OF this
number Il have taught in the same
school for three years and 20 for two
years. -. = 49, III ,~,.4tk
y. OF the total number of rural and
semi-graded., schools in the county,
Sc are entitled to state aid for the
year. Is, rural and - semi-graded
schools each receive 800 aid, IS re-
.ceive $3.50. and 6 with two teachers
receive $3.50 each. This In itself aids
considerably in the maintenance of
the school, and should encourage the
attendance of the pupils in the dist
riot. '.>',.% - - T. =.
!. In making comparisons with the re-
port on the county schools in 1907,
It is interesting to note that at that
time there were only IA men teach
.ers in the county while during the
past year there were 80. OF that IA
only two were employed in the high
and graded schools at an average SAL
airy Of $3.50 per month. The remain
ing IL received on an average of SAT.
Women teachers in the high and
graded schools at thai. time received
only $45 and in the ,semi-graded rural
schools only s51.
Closer cooperation between the
teachers and the county office is be-
ing shown each year as shown by the
fact that in 1907 only, 81 visits were
made to the schools from the county
office, while during the past year
there were 317 visits made.