The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-02-27
OUR OUTLAY
FOR SCHOOLS
Washington and Currituck
Spend Most For Rural
Pupils

Soii N'N'i'S' ''se'' W. 49, -
investment in rural school
property per white child en-
rolled. according to figures
issued by the State SupcrIntcn-
dent Of Public Instruction, and |
Currituck County stands third.
Washington has Der pupil
investment OF S2l7.l5; Curri-
tuck an investment of .$lSS.23. !
PasnuOtank stands third in the /
list Of ten northeastern counties of
Currituck. Camden, PasquOtank,
PcrquimanS. ChOwan, Gates, Wash
ington, Tyrrell, Dare and Hyde, in
the per pupil Investment in school
property, this cOunty's investment
per pupil being Sa0.3. Other c0un- |
ties are as follows: Camden. $7G.S5;
Tyrrcll. $T412: Gates, $3.50; Hyde,
$6I53: ChOwam, S6O.9S; Dare,
$iOG7: and pcrquimanS, S23.G2.
II is interesting to note that the
counties having the smallest i'll
vcStmcnt in school buildings. have
the most buildings. For instance
PcrulrimanS has 25 school buildings
Dare and Hyde each p: ChOwan
and Tyrrcll IL: Gates, 20: Cam
den and PasquOtank ii. Currituck
II. and Washington ~. The total
investment in rural school proper
IS in each county is as follows:
Washington S29T.: 800; curriiucF
$2IO,000: PaSquOtank SlOG,1OO:
Camden S77.OO0; Tyrrcll $73.G0O:
Gates. $120.91a; Hyde, S9i.SOO;
Ghowan $GO.0OO: Dare $i9,1OO and
PcrquimanS S3O.OO0.
II is also interesting TO notice
that the county Of Washington has
only IL school houses. but they are
mostly large rural schools, having
the highest average value, not only
Of all northeastern North Carolina,
but stands second in the state, only
Wilson County lending. The aver
age rural schO0lh0usc in Washing
ten County is valued at S2l,IS2:
CurritIlck S1tl1S; PaSqnOlalk
SI.6OT: Camden $500: Tyrrrll,
$l.!W7: Gates. S60lG: Hyde. $4,5l5:
Chowan $1,000: Dare S2.36I. and
PcrquimHnS $1,000.
Dare leads in the investment Of
rural negro schools per pupil enroll
cd. with an average of Sl2.SG:
Washington. $3.50: Tyrrcll. S2l.5l;
ChnwHn. $lS.lS: PaSquplank SliGl:
Currituck SlIDi; Hyde. Sl".G9;
Camden. S9.9O; PrrquinHnS, S9.23:
and Gates. $i.Sl.
The total investment of these
counties in negro schools are Wash
ingtOn. $i2.0IO: rurrituck. 10000:
PaSquotamk. SlG.50O; Camden, S41.-
600: Tyrrcll $4,000: Gates. SS,T35:
Hyde. $lJ.37O: Dare $4,5OO. Prrqui-
mans. Sll.0OO. The negro schools
in these counties have an average
value aS follows: ~ in Washington.
$2.G7I: II in Curriluck. $500: Ii in
PHsquptank SLIGO: II in Camden,
5000: five in Tyrrrll S2.lOO: ~ in
Gates S39I: II In Hyde. S9Ol: II
in Chnwan, $1.G67: one in Dare.
$l.J0O: and 10 in PcrquimamS,
$737.
School property includes all build
ingS. sites and equipment used for
school purposes. Tho total value
of all school property has Increased
from less than two million dollars
in 19O0-01 to nearly sixty million
dollars in l923-2i. an average in
crease of IL about two million and Il
half each year.
The total number of SchoollIOuScS
in the State during the year l923-2l
was 1850. or this number. i,92S
were white and 2.i32 were cOlOrcd.
The total value of all white school
property WAS $53, l17.2i5. OF this
total. JO.G per cent was invested i'll
3t2 city SchoolhouSrS and l9.i per
cent WAS invested in 4.1SG rural
SchOOlhOuScS. The average value Of
each of the 342 white city school
houses WAS $7S70i. while the aver
age value Of each Of white rural
SChOOlhOIlSeS WAS only SJ.I2G. The
twcnty-fOur largest city school
systems had the, most valuable
Sch0OlhOuScS during this period. an
average valnc Of $105, ,JS:i per build
img. These same schools had Il per
/ capita investment. based on enroll
mcm. of Split. The white rural
schools. on the other hand, had only
$G392 per capita investment.
Ihr i've groups SHOW the same
race. All the cOlOrcd SchOOIhOuSeS
relative ranking br thh colorcd
! in the State arc valued ut S6.ISO.-
30. Nearly CD per cent of this is
invested in 16t city schoolhOuScS.
and the other 10 per cent is invest
cd in 2.2G0 rural SchOOlhOuSeS. The
average value of each cOlOrcd city
SclloOlhOuSc was $24,O30, while the
! average value of each cOlOrcd rural
schOOlhOuSc was S1.1G4. The per
child investment in the twenty four
largest city systeMS vas highest at
$3.50. while lor the c0lOred rural
child II was only Sl3.7s.