Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-08-08
VIRGINIA HIGH SCHOOLS
SHOW GREAT PROGRESS
Additions During Year Is Rec
ord Of Remarkable Growth.
Hart Says.
ENROLMENT MAKES MIC STRIDE
IL Improvement Keeps Pace Set for
Few Years. Old Dominion Soon
VIII HIVE Adequate System. Super
intcndcnt Declares.


The public high school system of
Virginia made unusual progress dur
ms the school year l92l-22. Harris
Hart, State superintendent OF Public
instruction. announced yesterday,
following the receipt OF statistics re-
Gently compiled by Henry C. Ellis.
state supervisor OF secondary edu-
cation There were 292 accredited
four-year high schools, an increase
OF forty-two over l?20-2l. his sta
tistics show. In addition, there were
forty-seven accredited private four
year high schools, ffty-four partially
accredited public high schools aud
for;y-onc accredited public junior
high schools.
The total enrolment In the recoE-
nized public high schools increased
from 32.9e6 to 4l.lSs." Mr.. Hart
stated lin the city high schools
S.S32 boys ana 1871 girls were en-
rolled. and in the rural and town
high schools S,e3l boys and 1855
girls. The average daily attendance
III the rural ANA town high schools
was 93.5 per cent. and in the city
high schools ga per cent. There
were 1851 graduates from the 2a2
accredited high schools. OF these,
1883. or $50 per cent. were boys. and
2,7iS. or GA per cent. were girls
Snlnricr or Teachers.
One thousand eight hundred and
hfty full-time teachers. including
principals. and l55 part-tlmc teachers
were engaged In teaching high school
subjects. The average monthly SAL
ara OF high school teachers IN city
schools was $1,000, and in rural ana
town high schools Slol.g3 Most OF
these salaries were paid for only
nine months of the year. The>;igurrs
include the salaries Of principals.
Average salaries for teachers who
had no supervisory or administrative
duties were lower. Annual salaries
schools ranged from 5000 to $4,000.
the average being sl.692.27.
The per capita cost OF instruction
in rural and town high schools was
S63.il, and IN city high schools $3.50.
IN the elementary grades taught in
connection with rural and town ac-
credited high schools tho per capita
cost WAS Sl?.52.
There was marked Improvement
In the high school plants. Most OF
tho 30, public high schools are pro-
vided with comfortable and attrac-
tive modern buildings. Incomplete
reports for the year show that sixty
nine new high school buildings. pro-
Niding $50 high school rooms and
2s2 elementary school rooms. were
erected during the year at an ap-
proXimate cost OF s3,75o.0oO. and
thtriy-siX additions 10 prcscn, high.
school buildings. providing lO4 high.
schooi rooms and forty-tour clcmcn-
tafy school rooms. We're erected at
an approximate cost OF $3.50. 900. For
1928 seventy-eight neg high
school buildings and additions mo-
flding $40 high school rooms and
800 elementary school rooms. 10 cost
approximately SI.225 900. have been
planned already. Most OF these
buildings provide good auditoriums.
ana many Of them have gylnnas!ums
caic;er!ae. etc.
Increase Is Significant
ne large increase In the number
oi standard four-yPar high schools
was The most Significant feature of
the years progress THIS increas.
was accomplished with practically no
increase In the total number of
schools Offering high school work
anu therefore with corresponding
decrease in the number OF uustand
ardized high schools Mos, OF the
increase In the high school enroll.
mtnt was In tho standard :our-vear
hish schools. More than four.hf,hs
OF the hish sehoo! i'upns or 1921 90
$500" '4NHcr III standard
i onr-year nigh schools or In nc
credited Junior nigh schools. In adj
Anton to the Improvement In the.
schoo! plants there was some inn
proFeinent in the library. laboratory
eahu other equipment OF the schools
~ h!Kh schoo! Improvement dur
ing the next Two or three wears is
IN Keeping with tho progress sine.
1919, virginia viii he provided soon
win an adequate system OF public
hish schools serving the children OF
all sections o: the state"