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Respectfully submitted,
G. A. SOUTHWORTH.
Somerville, December 28, 1899.
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ORGANIZATION OF SOMERVILLE SCHOOLS
Information concerning our schools is frequently sought by .citizens or by school men in other localities. Following may be found the principal facts concerning them. Additional knowl- edge may be gained from the Rules and Regulations :-
Kindergartens .- The city supports five kindergartens, in the Hanscom, Jackson, Prospect-hill, Glines, and Carr schools. Vaccinated children between three and a half and five years of age are admitted to the kindergarten nearest their residence during the months of September and April, and may remain until the July following their fifth birthday. Sessions from 9 to 12.
Head kindergartners receive $600. One trained assistant is allowed when the number exceeds thirty, at a salary of $275, $350, or $425, according to experience. Kindergarten teachers give five hours daily to their work, the afternoon being employed in visitation, preparation, mothers' meetings, and the like.
Primary Schools .- Our elementary-school course covers nine years, the first three of which are spent in primary schools. We have no exclusively primary school buildings, the eighty- three primary classes being distributed among the twenty-three schoolhouses.
Vaccinated children five years of age, or who will reach that age on or before the first day of January, are admitted during the month of September only, provided they have never attended school before. Children able to enter existing classes will be ad- mitted at any time. Application for admission should be made to the principal of the school.
At present the primary classes contain 4,053 pupils, forty per cent. of whom are in the first grade, thirty-two per cent. in the second, and twenty-eight per cent. in the third. Average number to a teacher, forty-seven. .
Only trained or experienced teachers are employed, the sala- Ties being $300, $400, $500, or $600, according to length of ser- vice. Normal training is equivalent to a year's experience, and ·experience in other places is counted in determining salary.
Teachers with classes numbering fifty-six are allowed an as- sistant, who is paid $200, $275, $350, or $425, according to years of service.
Grammar Schools .- The grammar classes are found chiefly in eleven large buildings of twelve rooms each. The course covers six years, and includes only those studies which the statute requires, with the addition of music, sewing, and elementary science.
Nine hundred and sixty-five pupils were promoted into the fourth grade in June last, at an average age of nine years four months. Four hundred and sixty-eight were graduated in June, at an average age of fifteen years four months. There are at the present time (December, 1899) 4,820 in the grammar schools, divided among the grades as follows :-
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Fourth 1,141, 23.7 per cent.
Seventh . 732, 15.2 per cent.
Fifth
1,024, 21.2
Eighth .
610, 12.7
Sixth
860, 18.0 “
Ninth
. 453, 9.2
The average number to a teacher is 44.2.
The salaries of grammar school teachers are the same as, those of primary teachers. Masters are paid $1,900, and their assistants $675.
Promotions. Promotions in all grades, from the first to the: thirteenth, are made in June by the regular teacher and the prin- cipal, with the approval of the Superintendent and district com- mittee. They are based on the estimate of the pupil's daily work made by the teacher and recorded bi-monthly. An occasional brief, unannounced, written test is a factor in this estimate.
Where there is reasonable doubt of a student's fitness, he may be promoted on a trial of three months. In such cases the" parent is notified and kept informed of his child's progress. At the end of this probationary period he may be returned to his. former grade, provided it seems for his interests. In 1899 9.3 per cent. of those promoted on trial fell back.
Children capable of more rapid advancement may be pro- moted one or more grades at any time. One hundred and thirty- six were thus promoted in 1899.
Fitness for graduation or for admission to the high schools; is determined in precisely the same way. Diplomas are given in grammar and high schools to those who have satisfactorily com- pleted full courses.
Latin High School .- In September, 1895, in the forty-third year of its existence, the Somerville High School was divided, the- classical, or college preparatory, departments remaining in the old building, erected in 1872, and the English departments occu- pying a new building, erected in 1894-'95.
Some facts concerning the Latin School are presented in the following table :-
School Year.
Average Number Belonging.
Number Entering.
Gradu- ates.
Cost of Instruction.
Per Capita Cost.
Teachers.
Pupils to a Teacher.
1895-6
257
69
50
$11,702
$45.57
9
28.6
1896-7
262
81
51
11,840
45.19
9
29.1
1897-8
273
86°
55
11,921
43.67
9
30.3
1898-9
264
78
51
11,935
45.21
9
29.3
The course of study in this school is determined chiefly by the requirements of Harvard University. Its graduates find® ready admission to any college. The head master's certificate of
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qualification is honored wherever examinations are not required.
Special courses are marked out to meet the wants of those pupils who desire special preparation for special courses for col- lege or for professional schools.
The regular time for completing the course is four years. Pupils, at the request of their parents, can make the work of each year easier by taking five years for the course. Those who are capable and have good reason for shortening the time of prep- aration are allowed to complete the course in as short a time as their ability will permit.
Graduates of grammar schools are admitted to either high school on presenting a certificate of qualification signed by a master. All other pupils are admitted by an examination in grammar school studies, given usually on the Saturday preced- ing the opening of the schools in September.
The tuition for non-residents is the per capita cost for the year, payable in advance. The sessions of the school are from 8.30 to 1.30. The salaries paid high school teachers are given on later pages of this report.
English High School .- This school was organized in Sep- tember, 1895. Information concerning it is found in the follow- ing table :-
School Year.
Average Number Belonging.
Number Entering.
Gradu- ates.
Cost of Instruction
Per Capita Cost.
Teachers.
Pupils to a Teacher.
1895-6
456
213
67
$20,102
$44 13
21
21.7
1896-7
531
235
70
23,010
43 33
21
25 3
1897-8
53
224
75
24,843
46 44
22
24.3
1898-9
575
231
86
26,159
45 49
23
25.0
The course of study covers four years. Graduates are ad- mitted to special courses when the conditions are favorable. Candidates for technical and normal schools take specific pre- paratory work.
Each student is required to take at least fifteen periods of prepared and five periods of work that requires no previous prep- aration. Unprepared work consists of drawing,-optional after the first year,-elocution, ethics, and music,-required through- out the four years,-manual training and typewriting,-optional. English language and literature, and composition, together with history, are compulsory studies throughout the course. Algebra and geometry are required during the first and second years.
The wide range of elective studies is a distinctive feature of the school. The choice of the first year may be one of the fol- lowing: Latin, French, German, biology (botany and zoology),
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manual training, and mechanical drawing. To these physics is added for the second year, and chemistry, geology, and astronomy for the third and fourth. After the second year two or more elec- tives may be taken.
During the third and fourth years the student may elect in a business course, bookkeeping, commercial arithmetic, commer- cial law, penmanship, stenography, typewriting ; in mathematics, advanced algebra, solid geometry, analytical geometry, and trigonometry; in advanced science, work in botany, zoology,. physics, chemistry, and drawing.
Of the fifteen periods of prepared work the course prescribes ten periods the first year, eleven periods the second year, seven periods the third year, and seven periods the fourth year. The pupil has the privilege of selecting from the list of elective studies subjects whose recitation periods each week, or their equivalents, when added to the required prepared work, shall equal the neces- sary fifteen periods.
Concerning admission, sessions, etc., see Latin School.
A simple, healthful, inexpensive lunch is served at the recess midway of each session to pupils desiring it.
Manual Training .- Three rooms are fitted and equipped in the basement of the English High School for its manual training department. The course includes carpentry, wood-turning, and carving, clay modeling, pattern making, moulding, and casting. A fourth room is devoted to mechanical drawing, with a full course. Manual training has not been extended to include grammar schools.
The sub-master in charge of the manual training department is paid $1,700, and his assistant $1,300.
Sewing .- Sewing is taught to the girls in the fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth grammar grades in weekly lessons of one hour each.
Two special teachers are employed at a salary of $600 each, and an assistant at $500.
Music .- Weekly instruction in music is given exclusively in the high schools, and in part in the three upper grammar grades by a specialist, who is paid $1,500 for four days' service. This sum also provides the orchestral music needed at graduation ex- ercises. The books used are "The Euterpean" and "The Cecilian Series of Music and Song," Nos. 3 and 4.
In the six lower grades musical instruction is given by the regular grade teacher, under the supervision of a specialist, who visits each class once every twelve days. She is paid $900. The Normal System of Music, with its books and charts, is used.
Gymnastics .- In the English High School twelve minutes are taken daily for free gymnastics, under the general direction of the teacher of elocution. In elementary grades the Ling sys- tem of Swedish gymnastics is practiced daily. No special teacher is employed.
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Recesses .- The Latin School has two brief recesses, break- ing the daily session into thirds. The English School has a. single recess at the end of the third period.
The four lower elementary grades have a five-minute recess midway of each session. The five upper grammar grades have no recess, though no unreasonable physical restraint is placed. upon any pupil.
No detention of pupils is allowed at noon, and but a half- hour's detention at the close of the afternoon session, "for willful neglect of duty only."
Corporal Punishment .- Corporal punishment, "which in- cludes any infliction of physical pain or application of physical force," is not prohibited. It must, however, not be administered until twenty-four hours after the offense, the approval of the prin- cipal being first obtained. Each case must be reported in detail to the Superintendent. There were 250 cases in 1898, and 312 in 1899.
Drawing .- A special teacher of drawing is employed in the English High School, at a salary of $900. In that school free- hand drawing is compulsory for first-year pupils, and elective for all others. Drawing is not taught in the Latin School.
In the primary grades daily lessons, and in the grammar grades semi-weekly lessons, are given by the regular teacher, under the direction of a supervisor, who visits each class once a month and is paid $1,000.
The course includes pictorial drawing from nature, models, and objects ; structural drawing from, type solids; decorative drawing, designing, and color-work, historic ornament and picture-study. No drawing books are used. Colored pencils are provided in primary grades, and water-colors and brush in grammar grades.
Penmanship .- Vertical writing is in use in the seven lower grades of the elementary schools, the Natural and the Duntonian systems being used. The Wells Natural Movement method of slant writing is taught in the two upper grades. No copybooks are used. The supervisor visits each class once in three weeks, and receives $1,200.
Student Teachers .- At the present time two student teachers are employed in each high school. They are graduates of col- lege or technical schools, and serve without pay under the direc- tion of the head master.
The Public Library .- The English School has a working library of 1,000 volumes, but it draws constantly on the public library located in an adjoining building.
For four years there has been a constant use of the library by school children. £ Circulating libraries of fresh books are in use in the smaller buildings. Books are delivered and collected each week at the large grammar schools. As far as they can,
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teachers aid in the selection of books by children, and the Libra- rian and his assistants cheerfully render all the help in their power.
Evening Schools .- An evening drawing school for freehand and mechanical work is open in the Latin schoolhouse from Oc- tober to April, on Tuesday and Thursday evenings, from 7.30 to 9.30. Full information regarding courses is given on subsequent pages. The principal is paid $5, and assistants $3 and $4 an evening.
Elementary evening schools are open in the Prescott, Bell, and Highland buildings from October 1 on four evenings a week, from 7.30 to 9.30. The length of the term is dependent on the in- terest and attendance. The course of study followed is that pre- scribed by the statute. Principals receive $3, and assistants $1.50 and $1 each evening.
Truants -The city employs one active truant officer, who is paid $1,900. His duties are prescribed in the rules found else- where. Truants are sent to the county truant school at North Chelmsford. There are now seven truants from Somerville in the school.
Janitors .- These important officers are appointed by the City Council Committee on Public Property, and are under the direction of the Superintendent of Public Buildings, who is also superintendent of janitors, and the school principal.
Supervision .- The Superintendent of Schools is the execu- tive officer of the board, and upon him devolves the general man- agement of the schools under its direction. He serves as the sec- retary of the board and supply agent. His salary is $3,000, and he is allowed a clerk, who receives $650. His office is in the City Hall Annex, and his hours are from 4 to 5 each school day, and from 8 to 9 on Saturday. His office is open from 8 to 12 and from 1.30 to 5 on school days, and from 8 to 10 on Saturday.
The meetings of the School Board are held on the last Mon- day evening of each month, except July, at eight o'clock.
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CONTENTS OF APPENDIX.
Concerning Finance.
No. of Table.
1. Schedule of school property.
2. Cost of maintaining schools, 1899.
3. Cost per capita of maintaining schools, 1899.
4. Cost of maintaining schools for a series of years.
ð. 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. Attendance, etc., of the schools for 1899.
9. Statistics of the high schools, for school year 1898-'99.
10. Pupils by grades, December, 1899.
11. Separate statistics for grammar and primary schools, 1899.
12. Admissions to first grade in September.
13. Number of grammar school graduates, 1899.
14. Truant statistics, 1899.
15. Evening school statistics, 1899.
16. Grammar school graduates for a series of years.
17. Attendance statistics of all schools for a series of years.
18. Statistics of the high school for a series of years.
19. Promotions, 1899.
Concerning Teachers.
20. Resignations of teachers, 1899.
21. Teachers elected in 1899.
22. Leave of absence of teachers.
23. Time lost by teachers, 1899.
24. Number of teachers employed for a series of years.
Miscellaneous.
25. Members of School Board under first charter.
26. Changes in text-books, 1899.
27. High school graduation exercises, 1899.
28. Grammar school graduation exercises, 1899.
29. Organization of school board for 1900.
30. Teachers in service December, 1899.
31. Officers in service December, 1899.
32. School janitors.
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TABLE 1. - SCHOOLHOUSES.
NAME.
No. of Classrooms.
Size of
Valuation.
When built.
No. of years used.
Enlargements.
1
Latin High .
a4
1871
28
2
English High
b15
....
$56,000 141,579
1895
4
3
Prescott
12
21,444
47,000
1867
32
4
Edgerly
12
26,428
47,000
1871
28
§ 4 rooms added 1882 4 1892
5
Bell .
12
23,393
47.000
1874
25
6
Knapp .
13
24,517
50,257
1889
10
4 rooms added 1894
7
Pope
12
27,236
62,000
1891
8
8
Forster
13
27,499
47,000
1866
33
9
Glines .
14
28,800
73,661
1891
8
10
Morse .
12
29,109
47,000
1869
30
11
Carr
15
21,400
64,000
1898
1
12
Highland
12
23,260
55,000
1880
19
4 rooms added 1891
13
Hodgkins
12
35,034
60,789
1896
3
14
Bingham .
8
21,017
37,907
1886
13
4 rooms added 1894
15
Burns
8
16,080
35,700
1886
13
4
66
1899
16
Prospect Hill
6
25,313
21,000
1848
51
4
66
1865
17
Perry
6
46,080
40,000
1899
. .
18
Hanscom
6
12,756
44,532
1897
2
19
Bennett
4
20,560
10,600
1868
31
20
Jackson
4
11,212
8,600
1861
38
21
Davis .
4
38,152
25,700
1884
15
22
Cummings
4
11,300
15,700
1884
15
23
Durell .
4
13,883
16,879
1894
5
24
Lincoln
4
17,662
14,700
1885
14
Total
216
·
$1,069,604
. .
. .
(a) Six recitation rooms, a physical laboratory, three teachers' rooms.
(b) A chemical, a physical, a biological laboratory, a recitation room, a lecture hall, drawing room, two teachers' rooms, library, and principal's office. Four manual training rooms and lunch- room in basement.
5 rooms added 1896 6
1890
Lot
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TABLE 2 .- COST OF MAINTAINING SCHOOLS, 1899.
SCHOOLS.
Teachers.
Care.
Supplies.
Total.
Latin High
$12,355 89
$1,792 57
$657 60
$14,806 06
English High Prescott
28,392 14
3,124 33
4,361 36
35,877 83
Edgerly
9,974 01
1,457 67
679 71
12,111 39
Davis
2,648 57
554 69
232 69
3,435 95
Bell
9,989 01
1,651 21
595 03
12,235 25
Cummings
2,646 57
474 89
211 09
3,332 55
Knapp .
9,965 32
1,571 52
590 63
12,127 47
Prospect Hill
2,609 07
340 96
164 55
3,114 58
Jackson
3,020 82
361 26
224 52
3.606 60
Forster
11,975 10
1,608 98
1,162 84
14,746 92
Bingham
6,246 40
840 27
447 53
7,534 20
Morse
10,142 50
1,467 18
664 55
12,274 23
Carr
12,178 22
2,201 62
659 31
15,039 15
Durell
2,660 32
835 81
226 12
3,722 25
Perry
2,054 46
362 72
663 97
3,081 15
Burns
4,601 55
1,051 64
459 97
6,113 16
Highland
9,917 87
1,458 48
512 57
11,888 92
Lincoln
2,819 80
684 45
210 57
3,714 82
Hodgkins
10,209 95
1,514 96
718 43
12,443 34
Hanscom
4,367 42
858 67
261 66
5,487 75
Evening
.
2,803 50
851 64
120 93
3,776 07
Totals
$197,659 90
$31,123 81
$16,131 20
$244,914 91
·
10,671 56
1,757 93
830 68
13,260 17
Pope
3,989 90
625 55
231 11
4,846 56
Bennett
11,510 07
1,852 26
619 83
13,982 16
Glines .
9,909 88
1,822 55
623 95
12,356 38
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TABLE 3. - PER CAPITA COST OF MAINTAINING SCHOOLS, 1899.
SCHOOLS.
Teachers.
Care.
Supplies.
Total.
Latin High
$48 08
$6 97
$2 56
$57 61
English High
46 17
5 08
7 09
58 34
Prescott
19 09
3 51
1 20
23 80
Edgerly
19 40
2 84
1 32
23 56
Davis
15 05
3 15
1 32
19 52
Bell
18 81
3 11
1 12
23 04
Cummings
15 75
2 84
1 26
19 85
Knapp
19 28
3 01
1 42
22 71
Pope
19 13
3 02
1 13
23 28
Prospect Hill
17 42
2 73
1 01
21 16
Bennett
16 21
2 12
1 02
19 35
Jackson
17
2 14
1 33
21 34
Forster
18 22
2 45
1 76
22 43
G'lines
18 50
2 98
99
22 47
Bingham
16 35
2 20
1 17
19 72
Morse
18 61
2 69
1 22
22 52
Carr
18 91
3 42
1 02
23 35
Durell
14 61
4 59
1 24
20 44
Perry
15 33
2 71
2 26
20 30
Burns
13 49
3 09
1 35
17 93
Highland
17 74
2 61
9.2
21 27
Lincoln .
15 75
3 82
1 18
20 75
Hodgkins
18 53
2 75
1 30
22 58
Hanscom
16 67
3 23
1 00
20 95
Higi. Schools
$46 73
$5 64
$5 76
$58 13
Gram. and Primary
18 18
3 03
1 29
22 50
All Schools
20 80
3 28
1 70
25 78
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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
1897
8,589
180,222
1,920
10,065
16,251
14,815
223,273
1898
9,085
189,244
2,075
9,767
17,393
14,986
233 465
1899
9,502
197,660
2,472
10,821
17,831
16,131
244,915
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
1897
20 98
3 29
1 73
26 00
50,173,775
.00444
1898
20 83
3 22
1 65
25 70
50,739,700
.00460
1899
20 80
.
3 28
1 70
25 78
51,202,350
.00478
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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
1897
46,621
20,507
223,273
290,400
1898
49,983
21.274
233,465
304,722
1899
72,516
15,637
244,915
333,068
TABLE 7. - POPULATION OF SOMERVILLE.
1842
1,013
1885 .
29,992
1850
3,540
1890
40,117
1860
8,025
1895
52,200
1865
9,366
1896
·
54,400
1870
14,693
1897
56,000
1875
21,594
1898
57,500
1880
24,985
1899 .
. 60,000
·
TABLE 8 .- ATTENDANCE OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, 1899.
Rooms Occupied in December.
SCHOOLS.
Annual
Enrollment.
Average
Average
Attendance.
Per cent. of
No. Cases of
Tardiness.
No. Cases of
Dismissal.
No. Cases of
No Attending in
No Attending in
Average No. to
Classroom in
December.
4
Latin
·
638
615
588
95.5
119
65
0
586
699
41.0
15
English
.
696
519
494
95.0
103
48
23
531
554
46.3
12
Prescott
Edgerly
235
176
166
94.2
81
45
10
173
182
45.5
4
Davis
Bell
654
531
511
96.3
85
93
13
557
545
45.4
4
Cummings
772
584
552
94.5
158
127
21
601
612
47.1
13
Knapp
623
521
499
95.8
174
51
36
543
527
44.0
12
Pope
352
229
204
91 9
98
22
15
252
223
45.6
5
Prospect Hill
231
161
150
92.8
88
29
10
165
189
46.8
4
Bennett
270
169
152
93.1
82
17
16
157
158
39.5
4
Jackson
742
657
620
94.5
124
29
26
611
775
45.6
17
Forster
845
622
578
94.0
93
10
6
658
623
44.1
14
Glines .
519
382
360
94.2
85
28
17
409
356
44.5
8
Bingham
720
545
515
95.0
109
95
13
576
549
45.8
12
Morse .
804
644
604
93.8
240
181
33
693
648
43.8
15
Carr
248
182
170
93.2
83
34
2
180
187
46.7
4
Durell .
135
134
125
94.4
81
34
11
36
294
48.8
6
Perry
.
366
341
319
93.8
222
109
3
260
393
49.1
8
Burns
699
559
534
95.4
113
160
10
580
571
47.6
12
Highland
247
179
168
93.7
36
29
1
182
201
50.0
4
Lincoln
12
Hodgkins
698
551
523
95.5
88
51
12
572
556
46.2
6
Hanscom
358
262
243
93.5
83
42
5
258
271
45.2
219
Total .
11,975
9,502
8,965
94.3
2,566
1,515
312
9,538
10.075
45.6
209
Total for 1898
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