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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
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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
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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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