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11,900 35
146 44
38 14
12 97
4 12
20 84
2 20
7 34
2 35
Durell
6,620 00
12 00
175 21
6,807 21
61 31
9 60
5 61
2 40
9 3
1 27
5 78
1 46
13,421 50
104 00
316 74
13,842 24
102 44
1 20
18 39
21 60
14 31
1 85
7 42
7 20
Burns Brown
16,591 25
96 00
542 02
17,229 27
200 09
42 20
47 71
13 80
3 20
28 52
4 53
15 35
20 47
Highland
13,630 00
160 00
960 94
14,750 94
129 84
1 50
58 56
8 60
22 39
4 36
10 05
1 25
Cutler
27,933 38
192 00
916 58
29,470 71
535 31
9 54
88 43
11 90
46 38
27 52
123 70
Lincoln
6,474 25
88 00
173 46
6,735 71
89 79
10 84
5 91
1 90
14 21
2 46
3 34
15 93
...
Lowe
13,543 00
76 00
269 07
13,888 07
22 18
32 04
11 72
3 20
22 36
15 73
14 85
Atypical
4,654 88
52 50
4,707 38
4 10
3 19
1 41
2 74
Boys' Vocational
19,189 25
19,189 25
2 31
222 33
1 51
1 01
4 30
7 21
Evening, Highland
726 00
726 00
6 54
1 89
3 20
2 54
Evening Vocational
1,070 50
1,070 50
Evening, Practical Arts
1,074 00
1,074 00
76 67
25 15
5 40
6 60
12 37
Continuation
7,826 50
7,826 50
37 63
10 05
6 74
1 05
9 47
1 44
41 47
1 33
Dental
1,537 00
1,537 00
$12,320 63
68 98
27 58
3 58
196 27
...
117 93
Total
$682,165 05
$3,321 50
$16,939 75
$11,075 75
$713,502 05
$12,320 63
$8,980 39
$445 57
$1,246 74
$261 62
$3,750 55
$1,014 31
$846 98
$1,004 49
$585 24
$49 63
$992 56
$710 92
$1,102 61
. .
51,868 97
646 95
1 96
28 25
48 16
51 49
6 00
18 56
...
179 00
862 25
60,132 85
..
9,501 00
1 39
15 69
7 85
52 00
8 47
56 81
2,446 25
. ...
....
2,562 50
44 55
Glines
Carr
367 50
47 95
18 70
.
..
Independent Household Arts
2,146 00
. .
..
Evening High
4,760 00
4,760 00
31 50
15 00
15 68
1 93
116 74
Evening, Bell
1,298 00
1,298 00
2 11
58
...
.....
...
..
1 32
Americanization
4,225 50
Administration
Miscellaneous
3 13
60 24
71 57
7 60
44 44
61
High
127,863 12
$209 50
$2,100 05
$130,172 67
$3,460 32
$1,285 14
$233 48
$247 85
Domestic Science Supplies
and
etc.
9
48
91 64
29 79
43 07
1 80
15 20
8 13
3 42
40
10 36
1 15
2,146 00
428 75
26 75
43 04
11 10
9 40
4 30
23 69
15 05
45 78
22 19
42 11
40 55
23 43
331 67
238 57
..
4,225 50
393 75
..
SALARIES
URES CONTROLLED BY THE SCHOOL BOARD FOR THE YEAR 1921.
Tele-
Equip- ment
Lumber
Hardware
Metal
and supplies
expenses
Tuition
Printing $172 00
Postage $24 00
Electric Power $301 00
service Miscellaneous
Expressage
Baths
Auto Maintenance
Travel
Catering
Total $11,155 87
High
$1,064 39
$406 08
$239 71
$4 95
$101 30
$223 18
20
49 35
40 10
9 95
12 67
1,771 87
Eastern Junior High
56 95
31
4 67
3 75
27 93
2,544 20
Southern Junior High Northern Junior High
383 36
321 83
39 62
15 17
69 50
21 10
50
48 57
5 48
4 54
14 50
1,672 96
297 46
337 02
70 59
102 36
10 27
117 03
6 00
84 28
8 84
6 40
7 00
6 82
2,391 36
Western Junior High
Prescott
25 13
2 73
1 05
3 50
...
113 50
7 60
677 77
Bennett
25 00
5 27
34 10
5 24
1 10
4 87
281 92
Knapp
95
2 87
250 69
Perry
29 11
3 45
80
3 03
75
9 54
85
36 88
2 82
10 70
4 00
1 50
492 14
Glines
25 80
2 11
5 50
7 75
27 40
836 15
Bingham
27 24
2 90
85
4 00
5 70
462 26
Carr
24 58
1 76
6 50
3 00
3 15
631 67
Morse
29 32
1 30
85
3 75
50
1 30
40
48
99 41
Durell
60
38 63
3 10
1 45
7 00
430 79
Brown
2 82
33 54
2 42
85
3 00
1 30
308 47
Highland
247 50
4 82
28 99
3 96
2 10
3 00
3 80
1,217 84
Cutler
75
1 82
1 01
39 25
94 51
32 27
3 83
1 50
54 00
3,164 20
Boys' Vocational
7 04
14 43
11 00
4 50
2 70
5 30
448 15
Evening High
40
4 00
1 85
10
29 29
Evening, Bell
127 16
18 84
91
4 00
.....
10 45
4 90
166 26
.. Evening, Vocational
5 70
4 00
2 52
4 00
1 80
2 97
8 40
143 36
Americanization
54 47
231 86
56 19
15 86
4 00
18 20
489 76
Continuation
185 98
17 92
737 31
228 70
277 19
502 19
70
428 87
274 07
$200 65
3,149 99
15 00
108 00
$1,817 16
826 35
84 70
19 08
4 45
3,180 26
Miscellaneous
61
$5,378 91
$2,195 43
$793 59
$274 48
$272 40
$560 79
$1,817 16
$1,827 01
$329 20
$882 03
$1,116 02
$161 41
$54 00
$113 50
$428 87
$522 94
$200 65
$38,747 33
For Supplies For Salaries
$38,747 33
12,320 63
515 53
227 41
33 27
: 5 57
43 14
556 23
231 22
27 28
45 29
12 17
86 28
428 34
Hanscom
84 05
11 45
2 86
177 00
Baxter
3 00
Cummings
6 08
Edgerly
2 60
30
156 55
Forster
248 84
Proctor
90
85
3 00
3 15
182 31
Burns
4 14
440 01
306 27
120 97
2 00
6 26
29 91
2 11
80
1 21
70
127 41
Lowe
54 56
Atypical
1,296 73
23 50
581 03
41 63 Independent Household Arts
6 22
4 00
..
...
...
Total spent from Contingent $51,067 96
es
$71 50
$82 22
$48 67
Piano tuning and repairs $6 75
$25 32
. .
..
1 05
195 25
40 63
4 43
1 45
334 79
Pope
153 87
29 31
374 71
247 50
Typewriter repairs
Gradua-
tion
phone
61
Evening, Highland
18 17
Evening, Practical Arts
13 54
Lincoln
156 69
.....
Dental
Administration
$827 33
336 27
1 80
1 86
T
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4
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1
155
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
DAY SCHOOLS.
EVENING SCHOOLS.
Expenditures.
Total.
High and Vocational
Elementary
High and Vocational
Elementary
CONTINUATION SCHOOLS AND AMERICANIZA- TION WORK
Officers' Sala- ries Office Expenses Textbooks.
$13,883.66 3,584.60 1,658.38
$853.71
$724.50
$80.17
Stationery and Supplies and Other Ex- penses of In- struction ...
16,970.56
11,078.29
5,518.78
$19.37
$27.54
326.58
Miscellaneous (Tuition, etc.)
4,115.30
1,070.13
2,861.46
45.32
35.13
103.26
Total
$40,212.50
$13,002.13
$9,104.74
$64.69
$62.67
$510.01
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
CONTINUATION SCHOOLS AND AMERICANIZA- TION WORK
Supervisors Principals Teachers
$9,550.00 52,837.00 638,588.76
$1,553.50 13,088.00 192,724.47
$7,996.50 35,148.00 431,023.27
$891.00 5,753.00
$216.07 756.18
$3,493.93 8,331.82
Total
$700,975.76
$207,365.99
$474,167.77
$6,644.00
$972.25
$11,825.75
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, 1921. is as follows :-
Care
Contingent
Salaries
$136,964 59 40,212 50 700,975 76
Total for school maintenance
$878,152 85
Paid for repairs
39,573 47
Paid for new buildings
3,285 00
Total for all school purposes
$921,011 32
Each dollar of the sum spent for the support of schools has been divided in the following proportion :-
THE PER CAPITA COST OF DAY SCHOOLS FOR 1920 AND 1921.
High School.
Junior High Schools.
Elementary Schools.
All Day Schools.
1920.
*1921.
Change
1920.
1921.
Change
1920.
1921.
Change
1920.
1921.
Change
Instruction Supplies
$73.04 8.51 12.72
$77.20 4.86 13.96
+ $4.16 -3.65 +1.24
$57.09 3.18 7.18
$61.47 2.09 8.97
+ $4.38 -1.09
1.76 6.88
$41.70 .84 9.08
+$4.71 -0.92 +2.20
$45.90 2.90 7.66
$50.73 1.63
+ $4.83 -1.27 +1.96
Care ..
Total
$94.27
$96.02
+ $1.75
$67.45
$72.53
+ $5.08
$45.63
$51.62
+$5.99
$56.46
$61.98
+ $5.52
schools. The following shows :-
tion we exclude the cost of evening schools, and the vocational for each pupil in the average membership. In this computa- the cost of schools year by year is to consider the sum spent
Total
Per Capita Cost. The proper method of comparison of
$1.000
0.800
0.030
0.015
0.085
$0.070
1921
ANNUAL REPORTS.
$1.000
0.759
0.064
0.017
0.081
$0.079
1918
$1.000
0.762
0.067
0.017
0.057
$0.097
1919
$1.000
0.790
0.053
0.020
0.063
$0.074
1920
$1.000
0.789
0.058
0.017
0.059
$0.077
1916
$1.000
0.778
0.062
0.018
0.066
$0.076
1917
"Teachers' salaries School supplies Administration
Heat and light
Janitors' salaries
156
$36.99
+ 1.79
9.62
157
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
Including the cost of maintenance of evening schools, the- per capita cost is as follows :-
1917
1918
1919
1920 $44 34
1921
Cost of Instruction
$26 72
$29 58
$31 82
$50 07
Cost of Supplies
2 05
2 40
2 45
2 80
1 60
Cost of Care
4 61
6 09
6 43
7 45
9 62
Total
$33 38
$38 0.7
$40 70
$54 59
$61 29
An examination of these tables shows that we have paid $4.16 more for the instruction of each pupil in the High School than in 1920, and $3.65 less per pupil for supplies.
The elementary schools have cost $4.71 more per pupil. for instruction, and ninety-two cents less for supplies.
The amount spent for the school year 1921 was $10.12, or- $1.09 more than was spent in 1920. The amount yielded for each child in the average membership of the school's for 1921, not including the vocational schools, was $61.29.
Teachers' Salaries.
The salaries paid to teachers in January, 1922, are as. follows :----
1 man
$4,100
8 women
$1,700
1 man
3,300
25 women
1,650.
4 men
3,100
2 men, 20 women
1,600
7 men, 1 woman
3,000
1 woman
1,575
1 man
2,900
1 man*, 3 women
1,550
1 man
2,800
1 man, 206 women
1,500
3 men, 1 woman
2,700
18 women
1,450
3 men
2,500
25 women
1,400
1 man
2,400
21 women
1,350}
6 men
2,300
11 women
1,300
4 men, 1 woman
2,200
1 woman
1,250
5 men, 2 women
2,100
10 women
1,200:
4 men
2,000
9 women
1,100;
10 men, 6 women
1,900
1 man*
1,050;
1 man
1,800
1 man*, 5 women
1,000,
6 women
1,750
*Part time.
158
ANNUAL REPORTS.
SIGHT AND HEARING.
The following give the results of the eye and ear tests :-
Eyes.
1921
1920
Change
Tested
12,833
12,242
591+
Defective
1,669
1,658
11+
Per cent. defective
13%
13.5%
0.5%-
Notices sent to parents
1,089
1,070
19-1-
Professionally treated
173
225
52-
Ears.
1921
1920
Change
Tested
13,711
13,346
365+
Defective
206
195
11+
Per cent. defective
1.5%
1.5%
Notices sent to parents
139
139
Professionally treated
26
36
10-
Table 1. - Schoolhouses, January, 1922.
NAME
tNo. 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
1
High
{ West
74
1,733
Brick Brick
Steam
Fan
$426,000
1895 1871
· 8 rooms added 1906 30 rooms added 1913
School
East.
#13
518
Brick
Steam
Fan
1867
Southworth S
11
356
49,310
Brick
Steam
Fan
139,200
1916
Knapp
$13
464
24,517
Brick
Steam
Gravity
58,500
1889
4 rooms added 1894
Pope .
12
578
27,236
Brick
Steam
Gravity
88,600
1891
Bell .
24
861
29,860
Brick
Steam
Fan
147,000
1874
13 rooms added 1918
Edgerly
12
571
24,000
Brick
Steam
Gravity
48,000
1871
Glines ..
14
679
28,800
Brick
Steam
Gravity
101,400
1891
Forster ¿
13
576
30,632
Brick
Steam
Gravity
112,000
1866
Folsom S
13
293
Bingham
16
771
35,586
Brick
Steam
Gravity
82,000
1886
4 rooms added 1894 8 rooms added 1904
Carr
15
705
20,450
Brick
Steam
Gravity
63,100
1898
Morse .
12
503
29,000
Brick
Furnace
Furnace
59,000
1869
Highland.
£12
355
23,260
Brick
Steam
Gravity
71,600
1880
4 rooms added 1891
Carried forward.
254
8,963
$1,396,400
*Buildings are located on Central Hill Park, which contains 13 1-10 acres.
tIncludes home rooms, laboratories, shops, assembly rooms. dental dispensary, etc.
#2 rooms converted into a hall.
$3 rooms not in use.
159
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
Steam
Fan
Prescott
1
4 rooms added 1882
4 rooms added 1892
5 rooms added 1896
1899
6 rooms added 1890
*
Table 1. - (Concluded). - Schoolhouses, January, 1922.
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.
254
8,963
$1,396,400
Hodgkins
14
568
35,034
Brick
Steam
Gravity
103,700
1896
Western
15
475 +
Brick
Steam
Fan
84,000
1917
Cutler
20
911
53,729
Brick
Steam
Fan
108,700
1912
Bennett
12
508
21,964
Brick
Steanı
Gravity
58,000
70,500
1897
Hanscom
10
487
26,733
Brick
Steam
Gravity
Gravity
44,000
1905
Proctor
8
387
16,080
Brick
Steam
Gravity
47,000
1886
Burns
8
386
21,650
Brick
Steam
Gravity
53,000
1903
Lowe
6
290
11,000
Brick
Steam
Gravity
40,700
1901
Baxter
6
291
46,080
Brick
Steam
Gravity
53,500
1899
Perry
8,850
Wood
Furnace
Furnace
5,000
1911
*Girls'. Vocational
Davis 4
8
30,155
Wood
Furnace
Furnace
71,000
1884
Boys' Vocational
Machine Shop 2 ( Automobile Shop2
1
196
11,300
Wood
Furnace
Furnace
16,900
1884
Cummings
4
184
13,883
Brick
Steam.
Gravity
22,900
1894
Durell
4
168
17,662
Wood
Steam
Gravity
20,800
1885
Lincoln
Total
392
14,639
*State property.
tLand included in City Ledge property. #Not in use.
#One room used for Dental Dispensary,
ANNUAL REPORTS.
6 rooms added 1915
4 rooms added 1907
10
482
16,767
Brick
Steam
Fan
80,600
1901
4 rooms added 1907
Brown
#9
343 *
Brick
Steam
4 rooms added 1899
160
Machine shop added 1917 Automobile shop added 1918
$2,276,700
1902
161
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
Table 2. - Cost of Maintaining Schools.
FOR SCHOOL YEAR 1920-21.
FROM SCHOOL APPROPRIATION.
SPENT BY CITY GOVERNMENT.
SCHOOLS.
Instruction and Supervision.
Supplies.
Care.
Total
High
$126,993.28
$8,004.96
$23,072.15
$158,070.39
Eastern Jr.
36,156.72
1,090.59
6,031.74
43,279.05
Southern Jr.
50,463,91
1,706.23
7,336.17
59,506.31
Northern Jr.
42,062.48
1,427.18
6,417.64
49,907.30
Western Jr.
61,056.53
2,311.08
7,141.24
70,508.85
Prescott
9,327.44
192.98
2,112.65
11,633.07
Hanscom
19,422.75
401.93
3,582.32
23,407.00
Bennett
21,249.57
564.89
3,663.57
25,478.03
Baxter
11,907.77
150.44
2,628.53
14,686.74
Knapp
13,867.21
318.82
3,979.54
18,165.57
Perry
10,663.34
190.82
2,628.54
13,482.70
Pope
20,283.49
402.20
4,072.19
21,757.88
Cummings
7,513.00
129.06
2,112.65
9,754.71
Edgerly
21,746.63
452.04
4,072.20
26,270.87
Glines
25,138.51
540.20
4,249.84
29,928.55;
Forster
6,949.35
128.84
2,112.66
9,190.85.
Bingham
25,110.55
463.59
4,862.10
30,436.24
Carr
25,158.34
457.16
5,413.90
31,029.40
Morse
17,201.86
331.34
3,891.51
21,424.71
Proctor
12,245.04
250.25
3,324.36
15,819.65
Durell
6,986.93
95.48
2,112.66
9,195.07
Burns
14,217.15
213.31
3,118.43
17,548.89
Brown.
17,623.41
335.27
3,582.32
21,541.00
Highland
15,863.50
344.35
3,435.33
19,643.18.
Cutler
28,952.31
822.47
6,607.86
36,382.64
Lincoln
6,912.45
113.59
2,112.65
9,138.69
Lowe
14,275.31
220.98
3,118.41
17,614.70
Atypical
4,588.68
57.35
955.73
5,601.76
Boys' Vocational
18,585.70
3,854.08
2,895.54
25,335.32'
Independent House-
hold Arts
2,641.76
52.52
731.24
3,425.52
Evening
8,054.97
146.88
3,291.40
11,493.25
Continuation
6,973.05
360.91
1,202.05
8,536.01
Americanization
4,666.43
197.05
1,095.47
5,958.95
Total.
$714,859.42
$26,328.84
$136,964,59
$878,152.85
1
1
162
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Table 3. - Per Capita Cost of Maintaining Schools.
FOR SCHOOL YEAR 1920-21.
SCHOOLS.
Instruction and Supervision.
Supplies.
Care.
Total.
High
$77.20
$4.86
$13.96
$96.02
Eastern Jr.
65.03
1.96
10.85
77.84
Southern Jr.
55.82
1.89
8.12
65.83
Northern Jr.
64.41
2.19
9.83
76.43
Western Jr.
60.63
2.30
7.09
70.02
Prescott
37.01
.77
8.38
46.16
Hanscom
39.40
.82
7.27
47.49
Bennett
45.99
1.22
7.93
55.14
Baxter
60.45
.76
13.34
74.55
Knapp
42.54
.98
12.21
55.73
Perry
42.65
.76
10.51
53.92
Pope
37.08
.74
7.44
45.26
Cummings
41.74
.72
11.73
54.19
Edgerly
39.11
.81
7.32
47.24
Glines
38.85
.83
6.56
46.24
Forster ..
39.48
.73
12.00
52.21
Bingham
41.44
.77
8.02
50.23
Carr
38.82
.71
8.35
47.88
Morse
42.37
.82
9.58
52.77
Proctor
39.63
.81
10.76
51.20
Durell
47.53
.65
14.37
62.55
Burns
43.21
.65
9.48
53.34
Brown
47.12
.90
9.58
57.60
Highland
47.93
1.04
10.38
59.35
Cutler
39.07
1.11
8.92
49.10
Lincoln
48.00
.79
14.67
63.46
Lowe
42.61
.66
9.31
52.58
Atypical
101.97
1.27
21.24
124.48
Evening
17.17
.31
7.02
24.50
Continuation
24.13
1.25
4.16
29.54
Americanization
32.63
1.38
7.66
41.67
Elementary
41.70
.84
9.08
51.62
All schools (without
state-aided schools)
50.07
1.60
9.62
61.29
Boys' Vocational
168.96
35.04
26.32
230.32
Ind. Household Arts
125.80
2.50
34.82
163.12
163
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
Table 4 .- Annual Cost of Maintaining the Schools.
FOR A SERIES OF YEARS.
Amounts are given to the nearest dollar and include what has been paid for maintaining day and evening schools of all grades.
YEAR.
Average Member- ship.
Instruction and Super- vision.
School Supplies.
Light.
Heating.
Janitors.
School Tele- phones.
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
1916
13,191
363,948
26,098
6,233
20,197
34,667
451,143
1917
12,770
376,138
29,221
5,429
25,487
35,718
471,993
1918
12,656
410,589
33,587
6,966
35,839
42,063
18
529,062
1919
12,733
437,730
33,225
8,821
22,960
55,710
*559,328
1920
12,836
613,294
40,079
10,092
37,083
56,381
*757,679
1921
13,396
714,859
26,329
12,163
63,017
61,435
*878,153
+ $92.50 included for rental of church for schoolhouse purposes in Ward 7.
* Includes $882.50, rent of Armory, in 1919.
*
..
750.00,
, in 1920.
*
350 00,
, in 1921.
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, Heat and Light.
Total.
Assessors' Valuation of City.
Ratio of Cost of School Main- tenance to Valuation.
1912
$23 61
$2 12 .
$3 99
$29 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
1916
26 25
1 88
4 41
32 54
79,304,329
.00569
1917
26 72
2 05
4 61
33 38
78,921,472
.00595
1918
29 58
2 40
6 09
38 07
84,639,280
.00625
1919
31 82
2 45
6 43
40 70
87,353,424
.00643
1920
44 34
2 80
7 45
54 59
83,910,855
.00903
1921
50 07
1 60
9 62
61 29
86,718,290
.01012
FROM SCHOOL APPRO- PRIATION.
SUM SPENT UNDER DIRECTION OF CITY GOVERNMENT.
Total.
164
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Table 6. - Amount Spent Annually for all School Purposes. FOR A SERIES OF YEARS.
YEAR.
For New Schoolhouses.
For Repairs and Permanent Improvements.
For Maintaining Schools.
Amount Spent for all School Purposes
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
1916
81,184
21,634
451,143
553,961
1917
94,420
27,283
471,993
593,696
1918
100,177
30,126
529,062
659,365
1919
104,067
20,492
559,328
683,887
1920
200
44,286
757,679
802,165
1921
3,285
39,573
878,153
921,011
For years prior to 1912 see School Report of 1917.
TABLE 7 .- POPULATION AND SCHOOL CENSUS.
For School Year 1920-1921.
1842
1,013
1900
61,643
1911
78,000
1850
3,540
1901
63,000
1912
· 80,000
1860
8,025
1902
65,273
1913
81,000
1865
9,366
1903
67,500
1914
85,000
1870
14,693
1905
69,272
1915
86,854
1875
21,594
1906
70,875
1916
88,000
1880
24,985
1907
72,000
1917
90,000
1885
29,992
1908
75,500
1918
91,000
1890
. 40,117
1909
75,500
1919
91,500
1895
52,200
1910
77,236
1920
93,033
1921
. 94,500
Schoool Census.
Number of children between 5 and 15 years of age, inclusive,
April 1, 1921
18,139
School Registration.
Number of children between 5 and 15 years of age, inclusive, April 1, 1921 :-
In public schools
12,079
In private schools
2,847
Total
14,926
Number of compulsory school age, 7 to 13, inclusive :-
4,384
In public schools, males females
4,502
8,886
In private schools, males
1,092
females
4,502
8,886
11,167
Total
165
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
Table 8. - Attendance of the Public Schools for the School Year 1920-1921.
Rooms used for Classrooms in June
SCHOOLS.
Annual
Enrollment.
Average
Membership.
Average
Attendance.
Per cent. of
Attendance.
No. Attending
in October.
No. Attending in June.
72 High
1762
1654
1535
92.8
1697
1611
19 Eastern Jr. High
583
556
516
92.9
561
544
26 Southern Jr. High
961
903
839
92.8
917
875
22 Northern Jr. High
704
653
611
93.6
668
640
31 Western Jr. High
1072
1019
972
95.3
1035
998
5 Prescott
288
252
231
91.6
253
263
10 Hanscom
538
493
458
92.9
499
477
10 Bennett
509
462
431
93.3
465
456
6 Baxter
223
197
184
93.4
198
203
9 Knapp
349
326
307
94.1
314
327
6 Perry
271
250
233
93.6
250
249
12 Pope.
602
547
510
93.4
552
540
4 Cummings
181
180
167
93.3
177
181
12 Edgerly
610
556
519
93.4
566
533
14 Glines
713
647
608
93.9
669
637
4 Forster
204
176
163
92.8
182
173
15 Bingham
664
606
565
93.4
595
621
15 Carr
693
648
601
92.7
653
626
10 Morse
430
406
385
94.8
420
405
7 Proctor
349
309
291
94.3
324
305
4 Durell
163
147
136
92.7
156
143
8 Burns
355
329
307
93.4
337
318
10 Brown
409
374
352
93.8
381
357
9 Highland
352
331
316
95.4
337
327
18 Cutler
779
741
701
94.4
753
712
4 Lincoln
164
144
135
93.9
153
146
8 Lowe
371
335
314
93.6
337
342
3 Atypical
50
45
41
91.1
46
46
Boys' Vocational
151
110
105
97.3
112
108
2 Continuation
272
289
227
78.7
375
Total
14,772
13,685
12,760
93.2
13,607
13,163
382 Total for 1919-20.
14,091
12,836
11,807
91.9
13,169
12,510
.
-
166
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Table 9. - Statistics of High School for School Year September 8, 1920 to June 29, 1921.
Number of teachers, including head master .
65
Number of days school kept .
187
Number enrolled
..
1762
Average number belonging
1654
Average daily attendance
1535.4
Tardinesses
5168
Dismissals
587
In Class 1923, September
649
June
596
Per cent. of loss
8.1
In Class 1922, September .
746
June
696
Per cent of loss
6.7
In
Class 1921, September
319
June
316
Per cent. of loss
.9
Special students, September .
3
June
3
Per cent. of loss
0.0
Total, September .
1717
June
1611
Per cent. of loss
6.2
Number of graduates, male .
Number of graduates, female
193
Total
316
Average age, male graduates
18 yrs. 2 mos.
Average age, female graduates
18 yrs. 4 mos.
Number entering college
43
Number of graduates entering scientific schools
29 24
Number of graduates entering normal schools Cost of instruction
$125,319 48
Cost of supplies
7,321 99
Total cost
$132,641 47
Per capita cost of instruction
$75 77
Per capita cost of supplies .
4 43
Total cost per capita
$80 20
.
123
167
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
Table 10. - Pupils by Grades, June, 1921.
TEACHERS.
PUPILS.
SCHOOL.
GRADE.
Regular.
Assistants.
Boys.
Girls.
Total.
High
Special
. 3
3
Twelfth
123
193
316
Eleventh
273
423
696
Tenth
296
300
596
Total
19
46
692
919
1,611
Junior High
Eighth.
446
515
961
Seventh
538
638
1,176
Total
16
97
1,409
1,648
3,057
Sixth
7
33
622
613
1,235
Fifth
33
638
666
1,304
Fourth
33
687
650
1,337
Third
31
656
632
1,288
Second
33
673
665
1,338
First
37
2
768
851
1,619
Total
7
200
2
4,044
4,077
8,121
Kindergarten
4
4
103
85
188
Special
4
9
19
13
32
Cadets
3
Atypical
3
26
20
46
Boys' Vocational ...
9
108
108
Independent
Household Arts
1
Continuation.
3
2
72
50
122
Grand Total
58
365
6
6,473
6,812
13,285
1,411
1
.
Ninth
425
495
920
Elementary
Men.
Women.
Never in First Grade Before.
168
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Table 11. - Pupils in High, Junior High, Elementary and Vocational Schools, 1920-1921.
High
School.
Junior
High
Schools.
Elementary
Schools.
Kinder-
gartens.
Vocational
School
for Boys.
Atypical
Schools.
Total.
Annual enrollment
1762
3320
. 9012
205
151
50
14,500
Average membership
1654
3131
8270
186
110
45
13,396
Average attendance
1535
2938
7740
174
105
41
12,533
Per cent. of attendance ..
92.8
94.0
93.6
93.5
97.3
91.1
93.6
Number cases of tardiness
5168
1917
4224
28
11,337
Number cases of dismissal
587
995
2178
14
3,774
Membership, October, 1920.
1697
3181
8383
188
112
46
13,607
Membership, June, 1921.
1611
3057
8153
188
108
46
13,163
No. cases corp. punishment.
5
81
86
Table 12. - Number of Pupils Admitted to Grade 1 In September.
SCHOOL.
1917
1918
1919
1920
Prescott
49
46
32
66
Hanscom
100
114
153
126
Bennett.
84
67
104
96
Baxter
32
31
34
34
Knapp
42
30
53
47
Perry
43
42
38
40
Pope.
51
55
50
71
Cummings
71
35
47
47
Edgerly
45
43
43
54
Glines
91
86
92 25
31
Bingham
102
65
86
95
Carr
92
79
75
81
Morse
67
82
69
78
Proctor
46
48
43
36
Durell
45
28
34
30
Burns
107
65
83
77
Brown
77
63
76
72
Hodgkins
50
136
86
116
Lincoln
45
60
42
32
Lowe
90
82
74
72
Total
1,456
1,278
1,339
1,411
110
Forster
31
21
Cutler
96
169
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
Table 13. - Eighth Grade Promotions - Junior High Schools - June, 1921.
Promotion from the eighth grade to the ninth grade in the Junior High School corresponds to the promotion from the last grade of a grammar school to the High School.
SCHOOL
Number in Class
in June
No. Promoted to
Grade 9
No. Entering Grade 9 in Sept., 1921
Eastern Junior High School.
186
181
180
Southern Junior High School
270
254
244
Northern Junior High School
214
200
201
Western Junior High School
305
297
287
Total
975
932
912
Table 13A. - Ninth Grade Promotions - Junior High Schools - June, 1921.
Promotion from the ninth grade to the tenth is the promo- tion from the Junior High School to the Senior High School. The tenth grade corresponds to the second year of a four year High School.
SCHOOL
Number in Class
in June
Number Given
Diplomas
Number Certified to
High School
Grade 10
No. Entering High
School in Sept., 1921
Eastern Junior High.
137
119
117
99
Southern
258
. 247
247
199
Northern
196
183
177
159
Western
66
333
319
319
310
Total
924
868
860
767
170
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Table 14. - Comparative Statistics of the Attendance Department for the School Year 1920 - 1921.
1920
1921
Change
Number of visits to the schools
651
442
-209
Number of visits to the homes
1,345
1,347
+2
Number of cases investigated
1,473
1,459
-14
Number of cases found to be truan- cy or absenteeism
482
362
-120
Number of different pupils who
were truants or habitual absentees
379
279
-100
Number who were truants for the first time
302
227
-75
Number who were truants for the second time .
55
35
-20
Number who were truants for three or more times
20
17
-3.
Number of girls who were truants or absentees
63
72
+9
Number of cases of parental
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