Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-03-05
PUBLIC SCHOOL STATISTICS
FURNISHED by U. s. Bureau Of
Education,

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Education,
school Attendance-School Age l5-1s
Years
Inc pcrcenIaoe Of the entire schoo
>opu,a;!cn cf the United S.ites, en
o!ied in the public schools, is 10.
,er cent. The percentage enrolled il.
,r:yate schools is 6.9 per cent. Tn;
,ercentare nc: enrcAed in any schoo,
s IT'S per cent.
The Stale of Virginia ranks No. SS
>ut of 40; that IS 4S states and tn
District of ColumJ:a. The percentage
4 enrolment in this state being 70.9
,er cent CT the school population, &c
ser cent attend private schools AMI
.6.5 pe- cert do not attend any schoy!
High School Enrolment
The percentage of total enrolment
n the High Schools Of the Unite:
States is Y.3 per cent. Virginia ranks
No. 81 out Of the said 40 states ana
federal District, hav!Eg a high sch2c:
enrolment of 81 per cent.
Average Length of School Year.
The average length Of the schoc
;ear for the United States is 1901
iays. The average for Virginia is III
LAYS. There are six states with more
han lS0 days; twenty-:hree between
l61 and $50 days; and ten with H..
. 100 days. Virginia thus ranks abcu:
70. 81, aga:n, IN her length of schoo.
jear.
Part of School Year Wasted
The average Part Of the school year
wasted BY non-attcndance for the U
). is 25.4 pea. cent. That IS. one chill
,ut Of every four in the y. S., IS ao-
sent every day in inc scholastic year.
n Virginia the average percentage o.
ne school term wasted is 32.1; rank
ng about No. 81, again. That IS al
most one child in every three IN V!r-
rn:a goes entirely without schooling
ZACH year.
Financial Loss Due to Non-Attend-
The financial less to Virginia by
.eason cf non-at. .endance, every year.
computed al S2,6G5.747. The less f.:
The whole United States is, IN roun.'
numbers, over 100 millions cf dollars.
ri.at is to say, this country wastes
hat amount each year in providing
fer teaching children who are ou. OF
school.
Teachers Salaries
In 1918 the total number OF teacn-
srs in the U. S. was 650,709; incl;M-
ng 105,1G4 men ard 545.515 Women.
The average annual salary for ali the
;eachers in the U. S. was S635.00. The
average in Virginia was $500, about
lO:h in the rs: Of the entire country.
School Revenues
The United States as wao!e, de-
;-::vel 20 pee cent Of its school revenues
rom the respective states; 10 pc:
,ent from the counties; and 10 PEI
cent from local sources. Virginia lie
:iped from the state 80 per cent OF
Ter school revenues; from the ccu1.y
IS per cent; and from local sources
shout 4j per cent.
Cost Per Pupil
The average cost per pupil for cdu-
'tfat:on in the u. s., IN 1918, was s30.9l
,Virgin..a's expense wasf $500. There
fSere for;y-one states that speEt more
Than this. and seven states that Spen,
less. The whole United States spent
Iuring the same year an average OF
1871 per pupil enrolled, fcrine@-buiid1
ngs. sites, &c. while Virginia speI'
!,niy 1926 per pupil. The average of
| he U. S, per irhab:tant, for eduea'
| ION, was s7.2S; while Virginia only
7penr 1912 per inhabitans. The ave
age cost per pupil attending school
!: ;or the U. s., was s7.67; and in Vlr'
5inia. 1892.
Labor Permits For Children
Many o. the states require Ger
ain amount of schooling en- the par;
If the child before permits are g!TeF
% work during school terms. V:rgi'l1<
| S among the states whose laws ar'
| silent on this subject.
Illiteracy in U. S. and in Virginia
The census of 1910 gives the tote
white population of the U. S. as SS.'
ser cent. The regro population a;
l0.7 per cent; and all other .o4 PEI
,ent. The total white population 0
Virginia is GA per cent; the Negro
,o,,,lotior heinz 1926 per cent. The Il