Report of the city of Somerville 1915, Part 10

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1915
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 478


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11 25


12 39


1 54


95


17 73


60 24


125 27


34 77


334 26


Girls' Vocational


18 21


1 00


60


6 75


34 00


1 63


443 91


Evening, High


5 25


3 25


10 52


2 00


58 48


Evening, Bell


5 25


. .


26 49


Evening, Highland


56 95


556 26


2 19


30


233 73


227 50


167 29


5 99


191 48


1,466 72


Administration


63 00


446 75


43 25


20 86


$1,172 26


192 90


26 83


$650 66


3,094 93


Miscellaneous


.


$893 14


$871 28


$83 80


$443 30


$1,542 34


$94 01


$113 75


$46 25


$370 64


$357 86


$341 90


$1,172 26


$1,761 22


$237 63


$763 92


$340 95


$650 66


$27,394 60


Totals


For Supplies


$27,394.60


For Salaries


7,600.00


Total Spent from Contingent


$34,994.60


7


15


2 60


4 00


. .


.....


121 09


370 47


Bennett


15


56


2 20


11 56


141 11


Baxter


10 23


5 89


18 28


19 58


33 36


594 14


Knapp


12 08


179 90


Perry


15


1 40


2 50


6 00


18 24


26 61


29 02


658 81


Edgerly


51 73


3 00


83 26


1 95


7 05


5 50


28 90


18 90


3 70


22 90


$26 35


37 53


1,209 29


Forster


8


0


0


5


1


3


0 3


4


5


2


.


. ...


......


...


. ..


35 00


Dental


....


4 22


24 48


21 41


24 13


507 41


Glines


38


16 22


29 04


325 49


Proctor


39


4 50


. .


72


12 31


93 96


Durell


50


4 18


30


20 76


202 26


Lowe


08


18 19


46 30


Atypical


160 64


Evening, Industri.tI


3


2 88


5 30


7 15


6 50


10 12


329 49


Hanscom


.....


2 16


1 12


...


10


80 95


Cummings


3 17


..


...


760 55


13 10


35 00


Postage.


. .


1


141


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.


1


5 .- COST OF SCHOOL MAINTENANCE.


*1914.


*1915.


Change.


Salaries of teachers


$330,954 98


$349,981 08


+$19,026 10


Salaries of officers


7,632 05


7,600 00


-32 05


Cost of books and supplies ..


26,842 81


29,078 41


+2,235 60


Cost of light.


6,447 53


5,755 42


-692 11


Cost of janitors' services


33,711 42


32,673 32


-1,038 10


Cost of fuel


18,951 92


18,366 00


-585 92


Telephones


624 47


523 46


-101 01


Total cost of day and even-


ing schools


425,165 18


443,977 69


+18,812 51


Per capita cost


34 12


34 41


+0 29


Cost of high school instruc- tion


79,576 30


83,724 52


+4,148 22


Per capita cost


42 60


41 90


-0 70


6 .- MISCELLANEOUS.


*1914.


*1915.


Change.


Paid for new school buildings


$120,913 29


$9,745 09 -$111,168 20


Total school expenditures ...


565,777 96


481,934 55


-83,843 41


maintain schools out of every $1,000 of valuation


5 68


5 75


+0 07


Valuation of city .........


74,887,800 00 77,153,500 00 +2,265,700 00


Number of dollars spent for all school purposes out of every $1,000 of valuation


7 55


6 24


-1 31


*School year.


Cost of the Schools.


The total amount spent for the maintenance of the schools of Somerville for the school year ending June 30, 1915, is $443,977.69.


This includes the sums spent for care of school build- ings, including janitors' services, fuel, lights, and school, telephones ; the amount paid for salaries of officers, and the amount spent for school supplies; and the sum paid for sal- aries of teachers.


The expenditure for care of school buildings is wholly in charge of the City Government.


The amount paid for janitors is


$32,673 32


The cost of fuel is


18,366 00


The cost of light is.


5,755 42


The cost of the school telephones is.


213 14


A total cost of ..


$57,007 88


The cost per capita. 4 42


Cost of repairs,


$28,211 77


Repairs and permanent im- provements


19,699 49


28,211 77


+8,512 28


Number of dollars spent to


142


ANNUAL REPORTS.


The second important expenditure is wholly under the control of the School Committee and is covered by what is known as the "School Contingent" appropriation. The fol- lowing is the itemized account :-


DAY SCHOOLS.


EVENING SCHOOLS.


Expenditures.


Total.


High and Vocational.


Elementary.


High and Vocational.


Elementary.


Officers' Salaries


$7,600.00


Office Expenses .


2,316.57


Textbooks


7.772.07


$2,858.17 8,340.14


$4,846.29 7,305.14


$35.33 340.13


84.34


Other Expenses .


1,493.47


Miscellaneous (Tuition, etc.)


1,736.87


. .


Total


$36,988.73


$11,198.31


$12,151.43


$375.46


$116.62


The third, and by far the largest, element of the cost of schools is the sum spent for the salaries of teachers. This expenditure is under the control of the School Committee.


The following statement shows. the distribution of the sums paid for salaries :-


DAY SCHOOLS.


EVENING SCHOOLS.


Expenditures.


Total.


High and Vocational.


Elementary.


High and Vocational.


Elementary.


Supervisors


-$5,668.00


Principals


41,772.00


Teachers .


302,541.08


$195.51 7.320.00 90,334,59


$5,472.49 33,321.00 203,988.49


$442.00 4,606.00


$689.00 3,612.00


Total


.


$349,981.08


$07,850.10


$242,781.98


$5,048.00


$4,301.00


The total outlay for all school purposes includes all of the preceding and the sums spent for schoolhouse repairs and new buildings.


The total outlay for the school year ending June 30, 1915, is as follows :-


$57,007 88


Contingent


36,988 73


Salaries


349,981 08


Total for school maintenance


443,977 69


Paid for repairs.


28,211 77


Paid for new buildings.


9,745 09


Total for all school purposes . . . $481,934 55


$32.28


Stationery and Supplies


16,069.75


. ... .


Care


143


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.


Each dollar of the sum spent for the support of schools has been divided in the following proportion :-


1910.


1911.


1912. $0.071


1913. $0.082


1914. $0.079


1915. $0.074


Heat and light.


0.054


0.053


0.054


0.055


0.060


0.054


Administration


0.017


0.019


0.020


0.018


0.018


0.017


School supplies


0.071


0.068


0.076


0.065


0.065


0.067


Teachers' salaries.


0.788


0.789


0.779


0.780


0.778


0.788


Total


$1.000


$1.000


$1.000


$1.000


$1.000


$1.000


Per Capita Cost. The proper method of comparison of the cost of schools year by year is to consider the sum spent for each pupil in the average membership. In this computa- tion we exclude the cost of evening schools, and the voca- tional schools. The following shows


THE PER CAPITA COST OF DAY SCHOOLS FOR 1914 AND 1915.


High Schools.


Grammar and Primary Schools.


All Day Schools.


1914.


1915.


Change


1914.


1915.


Change


1914.


1915.


Change


Instruction .


$43 41


$42 66


-$0 75


$22 94


$23 10


$26 08


$26 16


+-0 08


Supplies


5 90


5 81


-0 09


1 28


1 46


1 99


2 14


+0 15


Care


6 64


5 30


-1 34


4 17


3 93


+$0 16 +0 18 -0 24


4 55


4 14


-0 41


Total


$55 95


$53 77


-- 82 18


$28 39


$28 49


+$0 10


$32 62


$32 44


-£0 18


Including the cost of maintenance of evening schools, the per capita cost is as follows :--


Cost of instruction


1911. $23 50


1912. $23 61


1913. $24 54


1914. $24 55


1915. $24 90


Cost of supplies.


1 95


2 12


1 91


1 89


2 03


Cost of care.


3 62


3 99


4 18


4 27


3 92


Total


$29 07


$29 72


$30 63


$30 71


$30 85


An examination of these tables shows that we have paid seventy-five cents less for the instruction of each pupil in the High School than in 1914, and nine cents less per pupil for supplies.


The grammar and primary schools have cost sixteen cents more per pupil for instruction, and eighteen cents more for supplies.


The amount spent for the school year 1915 was $5.75, or seven cents more than was spent in 1914. The amount yielded for each child in the average membership of the


Janitors' salaries


$0.070


$0.071


144


ANNUAL REPORTS.


schools for 1915, not including the industrial schools, was $30.85.


Comparative Per Capita. According to the annual report of the State Board of Education for 1914-15, the amount yielded for each child in the average membership of the public schools was $35.72, giving to Somerville the rank of 116 among the cities and towns of Massachusetts. In 1913-14 the rank was 116. By the same report it is shown that Som- erville appropriated to the support of the public schools $6.08 for each thousand dollars of valuation, and had the rank of 152. The year before the amount spent was $5.75 and the rank 158.


Teachers' Salaries.


The salaries paid to teachers in January, 1916, are as follows :--


1


man.


$3,200


13


women.


$875


1


man.


2,250


15


'women .


850


1


man.


2,050


10


women.


825


1


man.


2,000


1 man, 182


women.


800


11 men, 2 women.


1,900


22


women


750


3 men


1,850


11


women


700


1


man, 1 woman.


1,800


8


women


650


7


men.


1,700


11


women


600


1


man.


1,550


6


women


525


1


woman


1,500


2


women


475


2


men.


1,250


5


women


450


1


man, 3 women


1,200


1


woman


425


1


man .


1,150


1


woman


400


1 man, 1 woman


1,100


2


women


360


2 men


1,050


2


women


350


7 men, 11 women.


1,000


2


women


250


7 women.


950


7


women


200


1 man, 21 women.


900


SIGHT AND HEARING.


The following gives the results of the eye and ear tests :- EYES.


1914.


1915.


Change.


Tested


11,733


12,028


+295


Defective


1,662


1,691


+29


Per cent. defective


14.2


14.1


-0.1


Notices sent to parents


1,087


1,016


Professionally treated


199


212


EARS.


1914.


1915.


Change.


Tested


12,396


12,472


+76


Defective


263


284


+21


Per cent. defective.


. . .


2.1


2.3


+0.2


Notices sent to parents.


161


154


Professionally treated


.


24


27


2


women


500


2 men


1,300


TABLE 1 .- SCHOOLHOUSES.


NAME.


No. of Classrooms.


No. of Sittings.


Size of Lot, includ- ing Space Occupied by Build- ing.


Material.


How Heated.


How Ventilated.


Valuation, including Furniture.


When Built.


Enlargements.


High ) West


a44


1,795


Brick Brick


Steam


Fan Fan


$409,602


1895 1871


8 rooms added 1906 30 rooms added 1913


Prescott


12


585


22,000


Brick


Steam


Fan


68,938


1867


Knapp


13


632


24,517


Brick


Steam


Gravity


50,540


1889


4 rooms added 1894


Pope


12


577


27,236


Brick


Steam


85,760


1891


Bell


12


501


22,262


Brick


Steam


Gravity Fan


50,086


1874


Edgerly .


12


568


24,000


Brick


Steam


Gravity


46,030


1871 >


§ 4 rooms added 1882 ( 4 rooms added 1892


Glines


14


672


28,800


Brick


Steam


Gravity


80,540


1891


5 rooms added 1896


Forster


18


817


30,632


Brick


Steam


Gravity


87,445


`1866


6 rooms added 1899


Bingham


16


791


35,586


Brick


Steam


Gravity


71,955


1886


§ 4 rooms added 1894 8 rooms added 1904


Carr


17


777


20,450


Brick


Steam


Gravity


54,210


1898


Morse


12


566


29,000


Brick


Furnace


Furnace


48,199


1869


6 rooms added 1890


Highland


12


582


23,260


Brick


Steam


Gravity


60,560


1880


4 rooms added 1891


Hodgkins


14


608


35,034


Brick


Steam


Gravity


79,760


1896


Cutler


18


606


53,729


Brick


Steam


122,286


1912


6 rooms added 1915


Bennett


.


12


499


17,000


Brick


Steam


61,769


1902


Hanscom


10


531


12,756


Brick


Steam


Gravity Fan


73.290


1897


4 rooms added 1907


Carried forward


. 248


11,107


(a) There are besides, four recitation rooms, five laboratories, two lecture rooms, six manual training rooms, four manual training supply rooms, lockers, etc., three drawing rooms, three domestic science rooms, one domestic arts room, two typewriting rooms, two libraries, two supply rooms, five teachers'rooms, five offices, one luncheon room, one hall, and six toilet rooms, making fifty-two rooms devoted to other than classroom uses.


*Buildings are located on Central Hill Park, which contains 13 1-10 acres.


145


SCHOOL


DEPARTMENT.


-


$1,450,970


·


.


School § East


Steam


TABLE 1 (Concluded) .- SCHOOLHOUSES.


NAME


No. of Classrooms.


No. of Sittings.


Size of Lot, includ- ing Space Occupied by Build- ing.


Material.


How Heated.


How Ventilated.


Valuation, including Furniture


When Built.


Enlargements.


Brought forward .


248


11,107


$1,450,970


Brown


10


487


20,093


Brick


Steam


Gravity


64,151


1901


4 rooms added 1907


Proctor


8


343


18,000


Brick


Steam


Gravity


42,820


1905


Burns


8


396


16,080


Brick


Steam


Gravity


34,760


1886


4 rooms added 1899


Lowe


.


8


386


21,650


Brick


Steam


Gravity


51,826


1903


Baxter


6


290


11,000


Brick


Steam


Gravity


32,956


1901


Perry


6


298


46,080


Brick


Steam


Gravity


37,080


1899


Girls' Vocational


6b


50


8,850


Wood


Furnace


Furnace


9,387


1911


Boys' Vocational .


4


50


30,155


Wood


Furnace


Furnace


27,904


1884


Cummings .


·


.


4


196


11,300


Wood


Furnace


Furnace


11,920


1884


Durell.


4


190


13,883


Brick


Steam


Gravity


19,720


1894


Lincoln


4


189


17,662


Wood


Steam


Gravity


18,220


1885


Total


316


13,982


$1,801,714


·


.


(b) There are besides one girls' dining room, one teachers' dining room, one stock room, four fitting rooms, one infirmary, and a principal's office.


146


ANNUAL REPORTS.


·


·


·


·


.


147


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.


TABLE 2 .- COST OF MAINTAINING SCHOOLS


FOR SCHOOL YEAR 1914-15.


SCHOOLS.


FROM SCHOOL APPROPRIATION.


SPENT BY CITY GOVERNMENT.


Total.


Instruction and Supervision.


Supplies.


Care.


High


$85,236 23


$11,611 84


$10,595 06


$107,443 13


Prescott


12,602 76


1,031 37


1,918 67


15,552 80


Knapp


13,311 95


761 78


1,839 34


15,913 07


Pope


11,687 65


744 62


1,884 00


14,316 27


Bell


9,882 21


559 87


1,634 34


12,076 42


Edgerly


12,484 66


915 99


1,656 83


15,057 48


Glines


14,337 22


693 07


2,352 55


17,382 84


Forster


16,588 59


2,394 99


3,207 30


22,190 88


Bingham


16,411 00


841 31


2,111 46


19,363 77


Carr


16,970 47


836 01


2,311 61


20,118 09


Brown


10,882 15


651 77


1,574 58


13,108 50


Highland


12,733 45


706 24


1,932 62


15,372 31


Hodgkins


12,520 47


738 54


1,511 14


14,770 15


Cutler .


12,206 40


822 04


2,264 53


15,292 97


Bennett


10,242 94


514 18


2,161 80


12,918 92


Hanscom


10,565 50


477 77


1,391 69


12,434 96


Proctor


6,344 71


379 14


1,463 74


8,187 59


Burns


7,905 36


389 43


1,586 13


9,880 92


Lowe


6,816 88


245 74


1,410 54


8,473 16


Baxter


5,425 04


225 80


1,238 37


6,889 21


Perry


5,009 60


206 25


1,352 38


6,568 23


Cummings


3,353 59


180 55


1,226 86


4,761 00


Durell


3,272 84


156 32


993 29


4,422 45


Lincoln .


2,807 36


381 87


1,252 28


4,441 51


Atypical


1,744 09


84 26


273 46


2,101 81


Boys' Vocational


6,554 75


992 52


1,367 53


8,914 80


Girls' Vocational


7,605 18


388 35


1,442 02


9,435 55


Evening


9,556 09


665 79


1,334 33


11,556 21


Total


$357,581 08


$29,388 73


$57,007 88


$443,977 69


Morse


12,521 94


791 32


1,719 43


15,032 69


148


ANNUAL REPORTS,


TABLE 3 .- PER CAPITA COST OF MAINTAINING SCHOOLS FOR SCHOOL YEAR 1914-15.


SCHOOLS.


Instruction and Supervision.


Supplies.


Care.


Total.


High .


$42 66


$5 81


$5 30


$53 77


Prescott


23 87


1 95


3 63


29 45


Knapp


26 52


1 52


3 66


31 70


Pope


23 10


1 47


3 72


28 29


BeÎl


23 87


1 35


3 95


29 17


Edgerly


22 87


1 68


3 03


27 58


Glines


23 74


1 15


3 89


28 78


Forster


22 79


3 29


4 41


30 49


Bingham


22 39


1 15


2 88


26 42


Carr


24 81


1 22


3 38


29 41


Morse


24 75


1 56


3 40


29 71


Brown


24 02


1 44


3 48


28 94


Highland


24 25.


1 35


3 68


29 28


Hodgkins


24 22


43


2 92


28 57


Cutler


23 47


1 58


4 35


29 40


Bennett


23 66


1 19


4 99


29 84


Hanscom


19 14


87


2 52


2 53


Proctor


19 89


1 19


4 59


25 67


Burns


21 02


1 04


4 22


26 28


Lowe .


19 82


71


4 10


24 63


Baxter


23 38


97


5 34


29 69


Perry .


23 30


91


6 29


30 50


Cummings


19 45


1 04


7 05


27 54


Durell


20 20


96


6 13


27 29


Lincoln


17 33


2 36


7 73


27 42


Atypical .


58 14


2 81


9 11


70 06


Evening


9 28


65


1 30


11 23


Gram. and primary


23 10


1 46


3.93


28 49


All schools


24 90


2 05


3 92


30 85


Boys' Vocational Girls' Vocational


111 10


16 82


151 09


93 89


4 79


23 17 17 80


116 48


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.


FROM SCHOOL APPRO- PRIATION.


SUM SPENT UNDER DIRECTION OF CITY GOVERNMENT.


YEAR.


Average Member- ship.


Instruction and Super- vision.


School Supplies.


Light.


Heating.


Janitors.


School Tele- phones.


1886


4,985


$83,542


$6,676


$624


$4,929


$4,194


. .


$99,865


1887


5,198


86,713


7,526


765


6,475


5,084


. .


106,563


1888


5,488


88,967


7,421


953


7,121


5,892


..


110,354


1889


5,956


96,466


9,903


805


6,081


6,448


. .


119,703


1890


6,486


104,184


10,371


1,004


5,586


7,539


. .


128,684


1891


6,502


114,066


13,899


1,047


8,032


8,544


. .


145,588


1892


7,035


124,232


12,944


1,064


7,148


9,794


. .


155,183


1893


7,217


128,720


10,137


1,014


8,312


10,160


. .


158,333


1894


7,212


132,919


10,919


958


9,673


10,686


. .


165,155


1895


7,617


144,113


15,063


1,398


8,796


11,581


·


180,951


1896


8,077


161,551


17,601


1,469


9,962


14,160


204,743


1897


8,589


180,222


14,815


1,920


10,065


16,251


223,273


1898


9,085


189,244


14,986


2,075


9,767


17,393


233,465


1899


9,502


197,660


16,131


2,472


10,821


17,831


244,915


1900


9,823


212,863


15,735


1,729


10,840


19,236


260,403


1901


9,991


226,556


18,707


1,731


13,723


20,078


280,796


1902


10,402


234,210


19,386


1,803


10,489


20,859


286,747


1903


10,719


242,964


20,873


2,015


18,052


21,042


304,946


1904


11,094


255,481


21,411


1,436


15,315


22,024


$237


315,904


1905


11,543


259,597


20,137


4,345


15,167


21,949


482


321,677


1906


11,762


266,197


22,589


2,875


14,162


23,143


380


329,346


1907


11,909


273,107


24,317


3,760


15,236


23,999


433


340,852


1908


12,159


294,400


26,377


3,831


14,912


25,245


386


365,151


1909


12,423


298,839


21,819


4,071


14,798


26,072


550


366,149


1910


12,131


298,420


26,292


6,109


14,003


25,803


595


371,222


1911


11,871


300,393


24,968


4,751


14,907


26,031


529


371,579


*1912


11,710


306,709


30,319


5,995


15,676


30,219


512


389,431


*1913


11,856


320,744


25,877


5,842


16,055


32,939


542


402,092


*1914


12,320


338,587


26,843


6,448


18,952


33,711


624


425,165℃


*1915


12,903


357,581


29,389


5,755


18,366


32,674


213


443,978


* Facts are given for school year, July 1 to June 30, inclusive.


+ $92.50 included for rental of church for schoolhouse purposes in Ward 7.


Total.


149


150


ANNUAL REPORTS.


TABLE 5 .- ANNUAL COST PER CAPITA OF MAINTAINING SCHOOLS


FOR A SERIES OF YEARS. [ Based on the average membership. ]


YEAR.


Instruction and Supervision.


School Supply Expenses.


Janitors, Water, Heat, and Light.


Total.


Assessors' Valua- tion of City.


Ratio of Cost of School Main- tenance to Valuation.


1886


$16 76


$1 34


$1 94


$20 03


$26,003,200


.00384


1887


16 68


1 45


2 37


20 50


27,469,300


. 00388


1888


16 21


1 36


2 54


20 11


28,756,400


.00384


1889


16 20


1 66


2 24


20 10


30,004,600


.00399


1890


16 06


1 60


2 18


19 84


32,557,500


.00395


1891


17 54


2 14


2 71


22 39


36,843,400


.00395


1892


17 66


1 84


2 56


22 06


38,093,100


.00407


1893


17 84


1 40


2 70


21 94


41,773,600


. 00379


1894


18 43


1 51


2 96


22 90


44,142,900


.00374


1895


18 92


1 98


2 86


23 76


46.506,300


.00390


1896


20 00


2 18


: 17


25 35


49,013,050


.00418


1897


20 98


1 73


3 29


26 00


50,173,775


.00444


1898


20 83


1 65


3 22


25 70


50,739,700


.00460


1899


20 80


1 70


3 28


25 78


51,202,350


.00478


1900


21 67


60


3 24


26 51


52,513,400


.00496


1901


22 67


1 87


3 56


28 10


53,924,200


.00521


1902


: 52


1 86


3 19


7 57


55,485,370


.00517


1903


22 67


1 95


3 84


28 46


56,981,360


. 00535


1904


23 03


1 93


3 52


28 48


58,056,700


. 00544


1905


22 50


1 74


: 63


27 87


59,146,600


.00544


1906


22 63


1 92


3 45


28 00


60,371,500


.00546


1907


22 93


2 04


. 65


28 62


61,527,750


.00554


1908


24 21


2 17


3 65


30 03


63,158,400


. 00578


1909


24 06


1 76


3 66


29 48


63,659,210


.00575


1910


23 05


2 03


3 59


28 67


66,376,338


.00559


1911


23 50


1 95


3 62


29 07


67,284,066


.00552


*1912


23 61


2 12


3 99


9 72


69,632,540


.00556


*1913


24 54


1 91


4 18


30 63


71,848,811


.00559


*1914


24 55


1 89


4 27


30 71


74,887,800


.00568


*1915


24 90


2 03


3 92


30 85


77,153,500


.00575


* Facts given for school year, July 1 to June 30, inclusive.


151


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.


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


1900


51,232


21,745


260,403


333,380


1901


49,203


11,000


280,796


340,999


1902


56,501


13,079


286,747


356,327


1903


59,822


12,261


304,946


377,029


1904


23,703


18,209


315,904


357,816


1905


51,987


8,306


321,677


381,970


1906


38,457


11,951


329,346


379,754


1907


31,804


18,008


340,852


390,664


1908


18,271


17,792


365,151


401,214


1909


828


21,195


366,149


388,172


1910


21,864


371,222


393,086


1911


7,149


18,911


371,579


397,639


*1912


35,527


14,163


389,431


439,121


*1913


34,866


19,341


402,092


456,299


*1914


120,913


19,700


425,165


565,778


*1915


9,745


28,212


443,978


481,935


*Facts are given for school year, July 1 to June 30, inclusive.


152


ANNUAL REPORTS.


TABLE 7 .- POPULATION AND SCHOOL CENSUS.


1842


1,013


1890


40,117


1907


72,000


1850


3,540


1895


52,200


1908


. 75,500


1860


8,025


1900


61,643


1909


75,500


1865


9,366


1901


63,000


1910


77,236


1870


14,693


1902


65,273


1911


78,000


1875


21,594


1903


67,500


1912


80,000


1880


24,985


1905


89,272


1913


81,000


1885


. 29,992


1906


70,875


1914


85,000


1915


86,854


School Census.


No. of children between 5 and 15 years of age, October 1,


1913.


1914.


1915.


Ward 1


1,839


2,065


2,397


Ward 2


2,783


2,900


2,880


Ward 3


1,057


1,011


1,162


Ward 4


.


.


. 1,074


1,164


1,306


Ward 5


1,952


1,999


2,208


Ward 6


2,207


2,271


2,497


Ward 7


. 1,777


2,103


2,706


Total


12,689


13,513


15,156*


In public schools (school registration)


10,587


10,984


11,867


In private schools (school registration)


1,801


1,941


1,981


Out of school (school census)


845


1,039


999


Total


. 13,233


13,964


14,847*


Number of compulsory school age, 7 to 13 inclusive :-


According to census, males


4,842


females


4,983


9,825


According to registration :-


4,264


females


4,200


8,464


In private schools, males


684


females


765


1,449


Total in school


9,913


Number of illiterate minors


17


22


13


Children under 7 out of school .


744


947


721


between 7 and 14 out on account of sickness


41


40


66


14 years old at work


71


52


125


66 out of school for other causes


87


Total number out of school


856


1,039


999


.


·


.


1913.


1914.


1915.


In public schools, males


·


.


*Includes children 15 years old.


TABLE SHOWING THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN IN EACH WARD OF THE AGES 5 TO 15 INCLUSIVE, BY SEXES, COMPILED FROM THE SCHOOL CENSUS. September 1, 1915.


5 Years


6 Years


7 Years


8 Years


9 Years


10 Years


II Years


12 Years


13 Years


14 Years


15 Years


TOTAL


Illiterates


Male. Female.


Male. Female.


Male. Female.


Male.


Female.


Male.


Female.


Male. Female.


Male.


Female.


Male.


Female.


Male. Female.


Male.


Female.


Male. Female.


Male. Female.


Ward


1.


126


126


133


134


110


124


117


94


103


117


103


101


120


116


116


89


84


100


93


106


96


89


1201


1196


2397


3


99


111


174


144


157


159


160


154


136


153


131


135


132


130


129


161


117


123


100


110


73


92


1408


1472


2880


47


43


58


46


55


61


60


65


50


44


48


59


46


44


46


56


56


49


57


63


54


55


577


585


1162


4.


81


68


64


56


59


64


74


64


63


55


62


59


55


60


54


67


53


51


40


53


47


57


652


654


1306


5. .


114


116


109


111


90


109


103


119


107


103


102


88


97


86


109


90


92


111


84


100


78


90


1085


1123


2208


5


137


123


130


109


127


147


122


112


122


100


101


109


104


113


110


110


113


113


104


117


101


73


1271


1226


2497


7 ....


5


135


119


133


134


148


144


131


158


120


119


95


135


111


114


135


130


107


119


107


116


85


111


1307


1399


2706


Total


13


739


706


801


734


746


808


767


766


701


691


642


686


665


663


699


703


622


666


585


665


534


567


7501


7655


15156


TABLE SHOWING THE NUMBER OF PUPILS IN SCHOOL OF THE AGES 5 TO 15 INCLUSIVE, BY SEXES, COMPILED FROM THE SCHOOL REGISTRATION.


October 1, 1915.


5 Years


6 Years


7 Years


8 Years


9 Years


10 Years


II Years


12 Years


13 Years


15 Years


TOTAL


TOTAL Male and Female.


Male.


Female.


Male. Female.


Male. Female.


Male. Female.


Male. Female.


Male. Female.


Male. Female.


Male. Female.


Male. Female. 564


572


417


474


5918


5960


11878


Parochial Schools


67


91


152


141


132


147


101


94


98


136


95


94


96


92


89


106


73


63


71


23


48


989


1116


2105


A11 Schools ....


201


233


736


713


766


791


739


775


733


706


695


658


680


694


698


719


637


622


582


643


440


522


6907


7076


13983


Number of Boys and Girls, 6 to 15 inclusive, according to School Census :-


801


734


746


808


767


766


701


691


642


686


665


663


699


703


622


666


585


665


534


567


6762


6949


13711


Number of Boys and Girls, 6 to 15 inclusive, according to School Registration :---


736


713


766


791


739


775


733


706


695


658


680


694


698


719


637


622


582


643


440


522


6706


6843


13549


2


..


3.


. .


..


. . .


134


142


584


572


634


644


638


681


635


570


600


564


584


602


609


613


526 96


14 Years Male. Female. 519


Male. Female.


Male. Female.


Public Schools ..


TOTAL


6 .....


153


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.


TABLE 8 .- ATTENDANCE OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1914-15.


| Rooms Used .or Classrooms in June


SCHOOLS.


Annual


Enrollment.


Average


Membership.


Average


Attendance.


Per cent. of


Attendance.


No. Attending in


October.


No. Attending in


Average No. to Classroom in


44


High


2,258


1,998


1,894


94.8


1,955


1,911


25*


12


Prescott


608


528


496


94.0


526


528


44


12


Hanscom .


628


552


514


93.2


544


560


47


12


Bennett


509


433


400


92.5


450


427


37


6


Baxter


290


232


218


93.8


246


226


38


13


Knapp


563


502


480


95.6


513


511


39


6


Perry .


248


215


202


93.9


210


223


37


12


Pope


545


506


479


94.6


497


505


42


10


Bell


440


414


395


95.3


410


403


40


4


Cummings


201


174


160


91.5


183


158


39


12


Edgerly


626


546


513


93.9


557


518


43


13


Glines


694


604


566


93.7


616


587


41


17


Forster


821


728


688


94.6


745


716


42


16


Bingham


814


733


687


93.8


745


728


46


18


Carr .


756


684


653


95.4


684


671


37


12


Morse


565


506


480


94.8


524


498


42


7


Proctor


345


319


303


94.8


310


321


53


4


Durell


185


162


152


93.8


167


166


42


8


Burns


415


376


352


93.7


380


335


42


10


Brown


516


453


428


94.6


450


437


44


12


Highland


564


525


507


96.7


513


525


44


12


Hodgkins


570


517


497


96.0


506


504


42


12


Cutler


567


520


497


95.5


521


492


41


4


Lincoln


194


162


150


92.5


144


160


40


8


Lowe


390


344


322


93.7


338


314


39


2


Atypical


29


30


27


89.6


28


31


16


4


Boys' Vocational


64


59


56


95.0


64


49


6


Girls' Vocational


100


81


73


90.3


85


70


308


Total


14,505


12 903


12,189


94.5


12,911


12,574


306


Total for 1913-14


13,932


12,320


11,610


94.2


12,488


12,656


June.


June.


· Per teacher.


154


ANNUAL REPORTS.


TABLE 9 .- STATISTICS OF HIGH SCHOOL FOR SCHOOL YEAR SEPTEMBER 9, 1914, TO JUNE 25, 1915.


Number of teachers, including head master


75


Number of days school kept


184


Number enrolled .


2,258


Average number belonging


1,998


Average daily attendance .


1,894


Per cent. of attendance




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