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The cost of equipment for two years of work as outlined above has been about eight thousand dollars.
Seventy-two boys elected manual training the first year, and ten additional chose drawing alone. The second year one hun- dred and fifteen received instruction in all departments, of which number six were girls.
An extension of the course to include forging, bench work in metals, and machine-shop practice, covering two additional years, is contemplated. This will necessitate another building, as all available space in the English High School is now occu- pied. The present equipment has been designed with reference to the probability of its being removed, before many years, into another building.
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APPENDIX.
CONTENTS OF APPENDIX.
CONCERNING FINANCE.
NO. OF TABLE.
Record of important events, 1896.
1. Schedule of school property.
2. Cost of maintaining schools, 1896.
3. Cost per capita of maintaining schools, 1896.
4. Cost of maintaining schools for a series of years.
5. Cost per capita of maintaining schools for a series of years.
6. Amount spent annually for new school buildings, and for repairs for a series of years.
CONCERNING PUPILS.
7. Population of Somerville for a series of years.
8. School census for a series of years, and by districts for 1896.
9. Attendance, etc., of the schools for 1896.
10. Statistics of the High School, for school year 1895-'96.
11. Separate statistics for Grammar and Primary Schools, 1896.
12. Number of schools and pupils by districts, 1896.
13. Pupils by grades, December, 1896.
14. Pupils in each grade, and per cent of whole number.
15. Admissions to First grade in April and September. 16. Truant statistics, 1896.
17. Nunber of Grammar School Graduates, 1896.
18. Evening School statistics, 1896.
19. Grammar School graduates for a series of years.
20. Attendance statistics of all schools for a series of years.
21. Statistics of the High School for a series of years.
CONCERNING TEACHERS.
22. Resignations of teachers, 1896.
23. Teachers elected in 1896.
24. Transfers of teachers, as to schools.
25. Leave of absence of teachers.
26. Time lost by teachers, 1896.
27. Number of teachers employed for a series of years.
MISCELLANEOUS.
28. Changes in text-books, 1896.
29. High School graduation exercises, 1896.
30. Grammar School graduation exercises, 1896.
31. Teachers in service in December, 1896. Members of School Board 1872 - 1896.
RECORD OF IMPORTANT EVENTS. IN THE SCHOOL HISTORY OF SOMERVILLE FOR 1896.
Feb. 24. Report of Committee on Schoolhouse Sanitation.
Mar. 30. Increase of salaries of High School teachers and Grammar masters.
April 27. Adoption of order to prevent interruption of schools in term-time by avoidable resignations.
April 27. Recognition of wisdom of increasing salaries of best teachers to retain them.
May 20. Cantata of The Holy City by English High School pupils.
June 8. Election of Arthur L. Doe Master of Hodgkins School.
June 15. Complete revision of Rules and Regulations adopted. June 22. Change in character of High School graduation exer- cises.
July 13. Election of Winfred C. Akers Master of English High School.
July 13. Election of Supervisor of Penmanship.
Sept. 8. Completion and opening of William H. Hodgkins School.
Sept. 8. Extension of Manual Training Plant in English High School.
Sept. 8. Opening of the Beech-street Training School.
Sept. 8. Completion of new ventilation system in Bell School.
Sept. 8. Completion of reconstructed sanitaries in Forster School.
Sept. 22. Opening of Kindergarten in Hodgkins School.
Nov. 16. Completion and opening of Glines enlargement.
Nov. 30. Opening of Kindergarten in Glines School.
Dec. 7. Election of Mary E. Northup Master of Glines School.
Dec. 28. Adoption of Revised Course of Study.
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE 1 .- SCHOOLHOUSES.
NAME.
No. of Classrooms.
Rooms not occupied.
Size of Lot.
Valuation.
When built.
No. of years used.
Enlargements.
1
Latin High School
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1
$50,000 140,000
1871 1895
1
3
Prescott
12
21,444
47,000
1867
29
4
Edgerly
12
26,428
47,000
1871
25
1892
5
L. V. Bell
12
23,396
47,000
1874
22
6
C. G. Pope
12
27,236
62,000
1891
5
7
O. S. Knapp
13
24,517
47,000
1889
7
4
1894
8
Forster
12
27,499
47,000
1866
30
9
Morse
12
29,109
47,000
1869
27
6
66
1890
11
J. T. Glines
13
28,800
65,000
1891
5
5
66
1894
13
Prospect Hill
6
2 25,313
21,000
1848
48
4
66
1865
14
Davis
4
38,152
25,700
1884
12
15
Bennett
4
20,560
10,600
1868
28
16
Jackson
4
11,212
8,600
1861
35
17
Cummings
4
11,300
15,700
1884
12 50
2
66
1862
19
G. W. Durell
4
13,883
19,000
1894
2
20
Burns
4
16,080
15,700
1886
10
21
Lincoln
4
1
17,662
14,700
1885
11
22
Beech Street
2
6,000
4,800
1872
24
23
Cedar Street
2
800
1843
53
Moved from Broad- way, 1868.
24
Hodgkins
12
35,034
60,000
1896
. .
25
Harvard
1
9,810
3,600
1851
45
1 Kent street, 1871.
Total,
192
4
$911,800
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23,260
47,000
1880
16
4
1891
12
Bingham
8
21,017
30,000
1886
10
4
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33,017
15,600
1846
18
Franklin
4
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English High
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10
Highland
12
1896
Moved from Cherry street, 1867, from
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TABLE 2 .- COST OF MAINTAINING SCHOOLS, 1896.
SCHOOL.
Instruction and Supervision.
Janitors, Water, Light, Heat.
School Supply Expenses.
Total.
Latin .
$12,045.56
$1,966.23
$ 959.08
$14,970.87
English High
21,722.06
3,794.55
6,177,10
31,693.71
Bell
9,920.29
1,350.23
780.75
12,051.27
Edgerly
9,992.15
1,505.92
839.80
12,337.87
Forster
10,014.91
1,443.71
775 24
12,233.86
Highland
10,402.80
1,480.47
866.47
12,749.74
Hodgkins
3,864.27
571.66
1,382.36
5,818.29
Knapp
10,335.33
1,905.63
855.08
13,096.04
Morse
9,941.28
1,534.73
759.42
12,235.43
Prescott
10,165.16
1,333.10
770.50
12,268.76
Glines
7,091.82
1,350.34
924.84
9,367.00
Burns
3,419.63
488.01
134.00
4,041.64
Davis
2,854.20
452.23
147.05
3,453.48
Durell
2,631.69
484.44
119.27
3,235.40
Franklin
2,740.38
381.83
98.63
3,220.84
Lincoln
3,045.25
750.47
156.09
3,951.81
Bennett
2,519.38
301.35
109.10
2,929.83
Jackson
2,788.69
331.92
96.11
3,216.72
Prospect Hill
2,296.35
394.61
346.56
3,037.52
Beech Street
1,369.56
235.75
76.43
1,681.74
Cedar Steeet
1,315.75
176.56
38.85
1,531.16
Harvard
693.15
106.18
11.56
810.89
Evening Schools
2,403.50
465.00
146.30
3,014.80
Total .
$161,551.21
$25,590.61
$17,601.28
$204,743.10
Pope
9,852.16
1,462.74
616.48
11,931.38
Bingham
5,527.51
853.52
272.12
6.653.15
Cummings
2,598.38
469.43
142.09
3,209.90
312
ANNUAL REPORTS.
.
TABLE 3 .- COST PER CAPITA OF MAINTAINING SCHOOLS, 1896, BASED ON AVERAGE NUMBER BELONGING.
Instruction and Supervision.
Janitors, Water, Heat, Light.
School Supply Expenses.
Total.
Latin .
$46.51
$7.59
$3.70
$57.80
English High
44.24
7.73
12.58
64.55
Bell
18.10
2.46
1.42
21.98
Edgerly
17.91
2.70
1.51
22.12
Forster
17.54
2.53
1.36
21.43
Highland
17.66
2.51
1.47
21.64
Hodgkins
17.97
2.66
6.43
27.06
Knapp
18.01
3.32
1.49
22.82
Morse
17.18
2.65
1.31
21.14
Pope
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17.95
2.66
1.12
21.73
Prescott
18.22
2.39
1.38
21.99
Bingham
16.07
2.48
0.79
19.34
Glines
16.77
3.19
2.19
22.15
Burns .
14.37
2.05
0.56
16.98
Cummings
14.60
2.63
0.80
18.03
Davis .
15.68
2.48
0.81
18.97
Durell .
13.71
2.52
0.62
16.85
Franklin
16.03
2.23
0.58
18.84
Bennett
15.46
1,85
0.67
17.98
Jackson
17.11
2.04
0.59
19.74
Lincoln
14.52
3.59
0.75
18.86
Prospect Hill
19.30
3.32
2.81
25.43
Beech Street
13.70
2.36
0.76
16.82
Cedar Street
22.69
3.04
0.67
26.40
Harvard
15.07
2.31
0.25
17.63
High Schools
$45.02
$7.68
$9.51
$62.21
Gram. and Primary
17.44
2.70
1.43
21.57
All Schools
20.00
3.17
2.18
25.35
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
TABLE 4 .- ANNUAL COST OF MAINTAINING THE SCHOOLS FOR A SERIES OF YEARS.
Amounts are given to the nearest dollar and include what has been paid for maintaining day and evening schools of all grades.
YEAR.
Average Member- ship.
Instruction and Supervision.
Water and Light.
Heating.
Janitors.
School Supplies.
Total.
1885
4,904
$ 79,506
$ 728
$4,965
$ 4,000
$ 8,449
$ 97,648
1886
4,985
83,542
624
4,929
4,194
6,676
99,865
1887
5,198
86,713
765
6,475
5,084
7,526
106,563
1888
5,488
88,967
953
7,121
5,892
7,421
110,354
1889
5,956
96,466
805
6,081
6,448
9,903
119,703
1890
6,486
104,184
1,004
5,586
7,539
10,371
128,684
1891
6,502
114.066
1,047
8,032
8,544
13,899
145,588
1892
7,035
124,232
1,064
7,148
9,794
12,944
155,183
1893
7,217
128,720
1,014
8,312
10,160
10,137
158,333
1894
7,212
132,919
958
9,673
10,686
10,919
165,155
1895
7,617
144,113
1,398
8,796
11,581
15,063
180,951
1896
8,077
161,551
1,469
9,962
14,160
17,601
204,743
TABLE 5 .- ANNUAL COST PER CAPITA . OF MAINTAINING SCHOOLS
FOR A SERIES OF YEARS. [ Based on the average membership. ]
YEAR,
Instruction and Supervision.
Janitors, Water, Heat and Light.
School Supply Expenses.
Total.
Assessors' valua- tion of City.
Ratio of cost of school main- tenance to valuation.
1885
$16.21
$1.98
$1.72
$19 91
$24,878,400
.00392
1886
16.76
1.94
1.34
20.03
26,003,200
.00384
1887
16.68
2.37
1.45
20.50
27,469,300
.00388
1888
16.21
2.54
1.36
20.11
28,756,400
.00384
1889
16.20
2.24
1.66
20.10
30,004,600
.00399
1890
16.06
2.18
1.60
19.84
32,557,500
.00395
1891
17.54
2.71
2.14
22.39
36,843,400
.00395
1892
17.66
2.56
1.84
22.06
38,093,100
.00407
1893
17.84
2.70
1.40
21.94
41,773,600
.00379
1894
18.43
2.96
1.51
22.90
44,142,900
.00374
1895
18.92
2.86
1.98
23.76
46,506,300
.00390
1896
20.00
3.17
2.18
25.35
49,013,050
.00418
314
ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE 6 .- AMOUNT SPENT ANNUALLY FOR ALL SCHOOL PURPOSES
FOR A SERIES OF YEARS.
YEAR.
For New Schoolhouses.
For Repairs and Permanent Improvements.
For Maintaining Schools.
Amount spent for all school purposes.
1885
$19,185
$ 7,052
$ 97,648
$113,885
1886
15,515
8,706
99,865
114,086
1887
14,839
13,636
106,563
135,038
1888
4,996
13,994
110,354
129,344
1889
20,167
14,225
119,703
154,095
1890
75,775
19,168
128,684
223,627
1891
84,902
14,847
145,588
245,337
1892
12,679
17,734
155,183
176,001
1893
22,809
12,440
158,333
193,582
1894
82,206
*44,764
165,155
292,125
1895
87,680
15,651
180,951
284,282
1896
61,016
+33,240
204,743
298,999
*Including heating apparatus in both High School buildings.
tIncluding ventilating apparatus at the Bell and sanitaries at the Forster.
TABLE 7 .- POPULATION OF SOMERVILLE.
1842
1,013
1880 .
24,985
1850 .
3,540
1885 .
29,992
1860 .
8,025
1890 .
40,117
1865 .
9,366
1895 .
52,200
1870
14,693
1896 .
54,400
1875
21,594
315
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
TABLE 8 .- SCHOOL CENSUS, 1896.
Number of children in the city between 5 and 15 years of age, as reported by the truant officer, on the first of May :
1885
5,608
1891
6,800
1886
5,296
1892
7,191
1887
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5,722
1893
7,601
1888
5,959
1894
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8,040
1889
6,135
1895
8,510
1890
6,469
1896
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BY DISTRICTS FOR 1896.
DISTRICT.
I895.
1896.
Increase.
Increase Per cent.
East Somerville
1,504
1,528
24
1.60
Prospect Hill .
3,089
3,167
78
2.53
Winter Hill
1,335
1,430
95
7.12
Spring Hill
1,311
1,418
107
8.16
West Somerville
1,271
1,342
71
5.59
Total .
8,510
8,885
375
4.41
Between 8 and 14 .
5,242
5,205
37*
0.71*
.
8,885
*Decrease.
TABLE 9 .- ATTENDANCE OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, 1896.
Rooms occupied in December.
SCHOOL.
Annual
Average
Average
Attendance.
Per cent of
Attendance.
No. Cases of
Dismissal. No. Cases of
No. Cases of
Punishment.
No. attending in
No. attending in
Average No. to
December.
No. over 15
years of age.
No. between 8
and 14 years of
age.
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Latin
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272
259
252
97.4
70
107
262
268
29.8
224
14
or
English High
520
491
471
95.9
85
110
469
572
38.1
452
13
12
Bell
·
·
671
548
532
97.1
104
137
19
547
584
48.5
47
446
12
Edgerly
738
558
534
95.8
97
64
14
594
573
47.7
52
411
12
Forster
·
·
771
589
558
94 8
144
207
14
632
560
47.0
73
395
12
Hodgkins
·
·
77
197
188
95.5
60
38
1
0
499
45.4
5
28
13
Knapp
.
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
470
344
323
93.7
122
58
24
353
347
43.3
1
199
8
Bingham
·
·
238
222
93.3
214
108
1
271
211
52.7
0
180
4
Burns
Cummings
264
178
167
93.7
97
93
=
173
188
47.0
0
88
4
Davis
253
182
170
93.6
63
25
17
175
206
51.5
1
112
4
Durell
264
192
181
94.2
126
40
3
195
182
45.5
0
119
4
Franklin
208
171
165
96.5
36
30
9
176
182
45.2
3
202
3
Lincoln
335
209
193
92.2
123
62
3
255
120
40.0
1
170
4
Bennett .
203
137
126
92.1
49
28
13
126
152
38.5
0
57
4
Jackson
.
·
·
184
119
106
89.2
128
15
15
135
112
37.3
0
63
2
Beech Street
144
100
93
93.0
89
17
97
106
53.0
1
60
2
Cedar Street .
00
58
54
92.7
47
0
62
61
31.0
0
29
4
Prospect Hill .
91
85
00
95.4
=
11
79
108
36.0
3
83
1
Harvard .
92
46
42
91.5
37
12
43
41
41.0
00
0
194
Total
·
·
.
10,582
8,077
7,663
94.9
2,743
1,560
257
8,098
8,703
46.3
1,090
5,080
1895 .
·
·
9,914
7,617
7,255
95.2
2,736
1,791 |292 7,609
8,191
48.3
1,035
4,874
·
725
571
544
95.3
85
34
17
603
566
47.2
69
362
12
Highland
·
·
822
574
555
96.7
129
112
9
569
615
47.3
31
410
12
Pope
723
549
528
96.2
186
54
39
568
562
46.8
21
428
12
Morse
726
579
547
95.0
163
114
7
581
620
52.0
42
466
12
Prescott .
745
558
535
95.9
109
66
27
604
545
45 3
55
434
13
Glines
544
419
397
94.8
98
9
9
400
555
46.3
9
306
4
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·
·
·
·
·
·
·
316
126
99
78.6
271
0
129
166
41.5
4
Kindergartens
·
·
·
343
.
· .
Enrollment.
January.
December.
classroom in
ANNUAL REPORTS.
316
.
5
.
00F10
00
Tardiness.
Membership.
317
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
TABLE 10 .- STATISTICS OF HIGH SCHOOLS FOR SCHOOL YEAR SEPTEMBER 3, 1895, TO JUNE 25, 1896.
Latin.
English.
Both.
Number of days school kept
186
186
186
Number enrolled
247
426
673
Average number belonging
257
456
712
Average daily attendance
250
437
687
Per cent of attendance
97.43
95.87
96.43
Tardiness
84
115
199
Dismissals
.
69
213
282
In Class II. September
87
130
217
June
58
90
148
June
57
81
138
In Class IV. September
53
75
128
June
53
71
124
Total, September June
267
508
775
250
426
676
Number graduates, male
14
16
30
Number graduates, female Total
36
51
87
50
67
117
[ 18 yrs.,
18 yrs., .11 mo.
[ 18 yrs.,
6 mo.
[ 18 yrs.,
- 19 yrs.,
18 yrs.,
Average age, female
7 mo. 31
3 mo.
11.8 mo 35
Number of graduates entering normal schools Cost of instruction
$11,702.
$20,102.
$31,804.00
Cost of supplies and equipment Total cost
12,796.96
30,685.78
43,482.74
Cost per capita of instruction
45.57
44.13
44.65
4.26
23.24
16.40
Cost per capita of supplies and equipment Total cost per capita .
49.83
67.37
61.05
.
76
103
179
In Class III. September
168
136
304
In Class
I. September
June
64
171
235
-
Number of graduates entering college
5
5
6
6
1,094.96
10,583.78
11,678.74
Number of graduates entering M. I. T.
5
8.7 mo.
Average age, male
318
ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE 11 .- PUPILS IN HIGH AND GRAMMAR SCHOOLS.
Number of persons in the city on the first day of May, 1896, between 5 and 15 years of age, 8,885.
Number between 8 and 14 years of age, 5,205.
High Schools.
Grammar and Primary Schools.
Kinder- gartens,
Total.
Annual enrollment
792
9,474
316
10,582
Average membership
750
7,201
126
8,077
Average attendance
723
6,841
99
7,663
Per cent of attendance
96.4
95.0
78.6
94.9
Number cases of tardiness
155
2,317
271
2,743
Number cases of dismissal
217
1,343
1,560
Number cases of punishment
257
257
Membership, January, 1896 .
731
7,238
129
8,098
Membership, December, 1896
840
7,697
166
8,703
Average number to a teacher
28
46.3
41.2
TABLE 12 -NUMBER OF SCHOOLS AND PUPILS BY DISTRICTS. December 15, 1896.
Number of Teachers.
No. of Schools.
Number of Pupils.
Number in Ninth Grade.
Average Number to a Room.
East Somerville
28
2
28
2
1,324
71
47.3
Prospect Hill
53
3
53
2
2,401
101
45.3
Winter Hill
33
2
33
1
1,509
77
45.7
Spring Hill
23
1
22
5
1,131
50
49.2
West Somerville
33
2
33
2
1,496
95
45.3
Totals
170
10
169
12
7,861
394
46.3
a
0
C
a. Principals of ninth-grade grammar schools.
b. Regular teachers.
c. Salaried assistants.
319
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
TABLE 13 .- PUPILS BY GRADES, DECEMBER, 1896.
TEACHERS.
PUPILS.
Average Age.
Women.
SCHOOL.
GRADE.
Regular.
Assistants.
Boys.
Girls.
Totals.
Years.
Months.
Single promo-
Double promo-
Never in school
From other city
From other
schools.
Latin
Thirteenth .
. .
. .
..
19
34
53
17 17
11
0
4
Twelfth .
..
Eleventh
. .
. .
. .
35
32
67
16
0
....
. .
. .
39
40
79
15
1
·
.
77
0
66
Total
3
6
..
120
148
268
16
5
. . .
80
8
English
Special
. .
. .
. .
5
16
21
20
3
...
. .
....
0
3
66
Twelfth . .
. .
..
. .
33
65
98
18
3
. .
....
S
5
66
..
. .
. .
59
90
149
16
6
Tenth. .
Total
8
13
...
219
353
572
840
. .
Grammar
Ninth .
8
12
0
172
222
394
14
11
367
6
0
102
33
Eighth
10
0
217
266
483
14
1
372
12
0
168
54
Seventh
17
0
349
370
719
13
3
561
11
0
152
75
Sixth .
16
0
367
390
757
12
4
574
29
0
242
103
Fifth
17
1
428
423
851
11
5
643
10
0
289
112
Fourth
1
21
0
460
498
958
10
2
752
14
0
317
158
Total Gram- mar
9
93
1
1,993
2,169
4,162
3,269
82
0
1,270
535
Primary
Third .
20
0
484
469
953
9
3
730
11
0
222
128
Second
24
4
572
534
1,106
7
10
868
48
3
244
178
First .
30
5
785
693
1,478
6
5
907
30
1,065
243
292
Total Prim- ary . .
74
9
1,841
1,696
3,537
7,699
. .
5,774
171
1,068
1,979
1,133
Kindergarten
4
4
68
98
166
4
5
....
. .
0
0
Special Teach-
ers
.
.
2
4
..
....
....
....
..
....
. . . .
....
....
Grand Totals
22
194
14
4,241
4,464
8,705
..
..
5,774
171
1,068
2,276
1,187
. .
. .
..
30
46
76
18
7
Eleventh .
3
..
. .
..
92
136
228
15
6
206
20
Total High School .
11
19
. .
27
42
69
2
tions, June, 1896.
tions in 1896.
before.
schools.
...
...
3
1
Tenth .
0
3
Thirteenth .
217
46
339
501
297
54
66
..
. .
. .
. .
Total Gram-
and
mar Primary
9
167
10
3,834
3,865
598
2,505
89
1,06S
709
3
. .
Men.
0
. . .
15
320
ANNUAL REPORTS.
COMPARATIVE TABLE SHOWING THE DISTRIBUTION OF PUPILS AMONG THE GRADES, AND AVERAGE AGES AT THE END OF THREE DECADES.
1876.
1886.
1896.
Age.
Per Cent.
Age.
Per Cent.
Age.
Per Cent.
Grade 13
18
0
0.96
18
5
1.07
18
4
1.51
12
17
2
1.01
17
6
1.30
17 10
1.96
66
11
16 4
1.46
16
4
1.88
16 4
2.53
10
15
9
2.14
15
8
2.58
15
14 11
4.62
66
8
14 0
4.33
14
0
5.60
14 1
5.67
66
7
13
4
6.69
13
1
7.86
13
3
8.44
66
6
12
4
10.34
12
5
9.85
12 4
8.89
66
5
11
3
11.00
11
6
6
11.44
10
2
11.25
66
3
8
5
11.83
9
3
11.85
9
0
11.19
2
7
7
12.99
7 10
12.81
7 10
12.99
66
1
.
6 3
20.68
6 4
18.90
6 5
17.35
66
9
14 10
3.17
14
9
4.61
10.25
11 5
9.99
4
.
10
3
13.41
10
An inspection of this table will show that there has been a gradual increase in the relative number of pupils in the seven upper grades and a corresponding decrease in the six lower grades, indicating that pupils remain longer in school. It will also be seen that there has been little change in the average ages of pupils during the last twenty years.
3.61
321
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
TABLE 15 .- ADMISSIONS TO FIRST GRADE IN APRIL AND SEPTEMBER, 1896.
SCHOOL.
April.
Sept.
On Half Time.
SCHOOL.
April.
Sept.
On Half Time.
Bell
13
34
Burns .
16
20
34
Edgerly
27
43
27
Cummings
19
27
Forster .
21
36
Davis .
12
34
Highland
20
29
20
Durell .
·
18
25
25
Hodgkins
28
71
Lincoln
20
26
30
Morse
.
22
51
36
Bennett
10
40
Pope
25
41
Jackson
8
24
..
Prescott
21
30
31
Beech Street
8
20
....
Bingham
29
54
Cedar Street
4
11
. . ..
Glines .
23
46
...
Harvard
13
25
....
Prospect Hill
..
....
Total
·
357
722
203
.
Franklin
Knapp
.
-
35
....
Average age of April children, 5 years, 6 months.
Average age of September children, 5 years, 7.2 months. Of all admitted during 1896, 5 years, 6.8 months.
322
ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE 16 .- TRUANT STATISTICS.
1895.
1896.
Number of visits to schools
615
364
Absences investigated
499
312
Cases of truancy
98
116
Truants arrested
9
16
Sent to Truant School
·
.
8
8
Increase in cases of truancy 18 per cent. as compared with 1895.
TABLE 17 .- GRAMMAR SCHOOL GRADUATES, 1896.
SCHOOL.
Number receiving Diplomas.
Number Certificated for High School.
Number that entered the Latin School.
Number that entered the English School.
Total.
Prescott
38
32
5
20
25
Edgerly
46
38
5
30
35
Pope
37
29
11
13
24
Knapp
35
31
6
16
22
Bell .
34
33
13
17
30
Forster
72
60
12
42
54
Morse
38
36
6
24
30
Highland .
70
70
16
45
61
Total
370
329
74
207
281
323
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
TABLE 18 .- ATTENDANCE IN EVENING SCHOOLS, 1896.
Prescott.
Bell.
Forster.
Highland.
Total.
Enrolled .
Male
42
175
80
70
367
Female
20
39
65
28
157
Total
62
214
145
98
524
Ave. Membership
·
Male
29
66
35
20
150
Female
13
23
36
14
86
Total
42
89
71
34
236
Ave. Attendance
Male
23
48
25
10
106
Female
8
16
27
8
59
Total
31
64
52
18
165
Per cent of Attendance
Male
2
2
3
2
9
Female
1
5
3
1
10
Total
3
7
6
3
19
No. of Sessions
75
42
38
26
Cost of Instruction, Evening Schools
$1,330.96
Cost per pupil
8.07
EVENING DRAWING SCHOOL, SEASON OF 1895-'96.
INDUSTRIAL.
FREE-HAND.
Total.
Enrolled .
73
47
120
Average Membership
48
45
93
Average Attendance
40
21
61
Per cent Attendance
83.3
46.7
65.6
Number of Teachers
4
2
6
Cost of Instruction, etc. .
$1,043.50
Cost of Supplies
240.51
Total Cost
$1,284.01
Cost per Capita
$21.05
Cost per Evening
28.53
Number of Sessions
45
73.8
71.9
73.2
52.9
69.9
No. of Teachers
324
TABLE 19 .- GRAMMAR SCHOOL GRADUATES
FOR A SERIES OF YEARS.
Prescott.
Bell.
Forster.
Morse.
Highland.
Edgerly.
Pope.
Knapp.
Total.
Membership of
Primary Schools.
Per cent of Aver-
age Membership
Graduating.
High School.
entering ot those
Graduating.
1885
51
73
28
30
29
211
4,531
4.65
155
73.46
1886
60
66
26
23
22
197
4,584
4.29
133
67.51
1887
52
67
28
37
37
221
4,635
4.76
146
66.06
1888
54
64
34
41
50
243
4,849
5.01
156
64.19
1889
59
91
48
42
=
281
5,109
5.50
169
60.14
1890
54
106
45
56
57
318
5,568
5.71
184
57.86
1891
44
73
41
55
44
39
296
6,062
4.88
199
67.23
1892
41
36
75
49
45
49
36
39
370
6,035
6.13
228
61.62
1893
40
60
48
63
67
46
36
38
398
6,525
6.09
240
60.30
1894
39
29
79
66
68
=
35
32
389
6,674
5.82
253
65.04
1895
36
32
58
63
73
42
36
34
374
6,955
5.37
255
68.18
1896
38
34
72
38
70
46
37
35
370
7,201
5.14
281
76.00
568
731
582
563
603
263
180
178
3,668
68,728
5.34
2,339
65.40
Average
Grammar and
Entered
Per cent
ANNUAL REPORTS.
325
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
TABLE 20 .- ATTENDANCE STATISTICS FOR A SERIES OF YEARS.
DECEMBER.
ENROLLMENT.
Average Membership. Attendance.
Average
Per cent of Attendance.
Number of Tardinesses.
Ratio of Tardiness to average Attendance.
1885
6,276
4,904
4,627
94.4
2,480
0.536
1886
6,350
4,985
4,678
93.8
2,834
0.606
1887
6,605
5,198
4,879
93.8
2,699
0.553
1888
7,262
5,488
5,174
94.0
2,938
0.549
1889
7,757
5,956
5,585
93.8 .
2,780
0.498
1890
7,878
6,485
6,075
93.6
3,133
0.516
1891
8,510
6,502
6,091
93.7
3,182
0.522
1892
9.120
7,035
6,608
93.9
3,181
0.481
1893
9,632
7,217
6,790
94.1
3,375
0.497
1894
9,387
7,212
6,840
94.8
3,000
0.419
1895
9,913
7,617
7,255
95.2
2,736
0.377
1896
10,582
8,077
7,663
94.9
2,743
0.358
326
ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE 21 .- MEMBERSHIP, ETC., OF HIGH SCHOOL
FOR A SERIES OF YEARS.
YEAR.
Average Membership All Schools.
Largest Number in High School.
Per Cent. of Average Membership of all Schools.
Number of Graduates of High School.
Per Cent. of Average Membership of all Schools.
1867
2,157
119
5.51
7
0.32
1868
2,285
141
6.17
17
0.75
1869
2,480
158
6.37
25
1.01
1870
2,639
165
6.25
16
0.65
1771
2,549
161
6.31
33
1.29
1872
2,799
186
6.64
21
0.75
1873
3,217
190
5.91
28
0.87
1874
3,265
198
6.06
26
0.79
1875
3,515
213
6.06
31
0.88
1876
3,712
226
6.09
33
0.81
1877
3,788
227
5.91
37
0.98
1878
3,992
250
6.26
31
0.78
1879
4,169
246
5.90
34
0.82
1880
4,278
254
5.93
27
0.63
1881
4,064
256
6.29
34
0.84
1882
4,263
280
6.57
33
0.77
1883
4,438
278
6.26
43
0.97
1884
4,804
315
6.55
46
0.96
1885
4,904
385
7.85
46
0.94
1886
4,985
374
6.70
56
1.12
1887
5,198
387
7.44
53
1.02
1888
5,488
435
7.92
60
1.09
1889
5,956
444
7.45
67
1.12
1890
6,485
487
7.51
60
0.93
1891
6,502
535
8.23
68
1.05
1892
7,035
577
8.20
80
1.14
1893
7,217
626
8.67
82
1.14
1894
7,274
691
9.50
111
1.52
1895
7,617
775
10.17
92
1.21
1896
8,077
858
10.62
119
1.47
327
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
TABLE 22 .- RESIGNATIONS OF TEACHERS, 1896.
SCHOOL.
Teacher.
Time of Resignation.
In Service.
English High 66
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