Report of the city of Somerville 1899, Part 14

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1899
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 430


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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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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.


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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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ANNUAL REPORTS.


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


169


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.


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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