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20,185 50
70 00
195 71
23 62
103 92
4 20
18 74
59 43
15
& 83
3 +
2 30
: 12
395 03
Proctor
Durell
6.610 50
35 00
......
62 22
4 -
11 0
52 54
G 24
32 10
Atypical
80 43
Atypical
Sight Saving #
12 3
Et Saving Vocational Independent Household Arts
Buys' Voentlount
15,720 50
$5 00
Highland
Highland
Cutler
Cutler
Llucolu
54
11 87
Lowe
39 52
10 65
103 G4
1 16
299 25
Forster
56 27
1 93
4 79
3 75
17 42
Durell
25 34
G63 61
34 28
4 22
13 50
28 V
$232 40
12 1
16 83
809 65
Bennett
16 11 53 49
............
51 65
30 05
7 00
35 45
15,664 13 8,114 00
SCHOOL
SALARIES TEACHERS
and
Equipment
Kindergarten Supplles
Mata
5 $1
915 35
246 37
283 96
1 55
207 4=
106 40 130 14
Dental
955 21
3 15
4 05
$1.847 09
$785 09
$187 52
$32 00
2.172 30
1 33
Northern JF.
644 42
43 42
39 63
113 G7
Comming
29 63
GliDes
Forster
124 26
16 40
15 TO
322 60
14 20
1 15
192 25
5 00
Tota
$4.113 23
$616 06
$206 10
46 34
15 58
$2.608 15
$13,527 18
$40 42
CLASSIFIED STATEMENT SHOWING DISTRIBUTION OF EXPENDITURES
SALARIES
TEACHERS
Regular
Substitute
Special
Kindergarten
Total
Books
Bookpg. Blanks $615 55
Bookbinding and Supplies $610 32
Maps Charts $40 42
White Paper
Manila Paper
Pencils, Pens, etc.
Stationery
Domestic Science Supplies
Drawing Supplies $276 60
Laboratory Supplies $927 55
E
High
$134,373 05
$171.00
$2,682 04
$137,226 09
$2,949 67
40,017 29
452 52
112 51
235 52
93 05
40 95
69 95
12 06
$4 20
39 66
Eastern Jr.
38,725 86
204 00
1,087 43
54,874 70
157 00
1,087 32
56,119 02
829 32
142 02
9 83
324 27
134 45
58 80
94 68
17 83
23 66
27 46
Northern Jr.
40,781 72
155 00
1,087 39
42,024 11
746 08
88 42
23 63
78 93
10 21
9 38
31 58
Western Jr.
58,662 40
273 00
1,087 37
60,022 77
1,464 72
56 03
406 37
126 33
42 00
78 94
12 93
11 39
32 20
Prescott
10,534 75
90 00
243 45
10,868 20
262 73
1 24
39 63
42 46
1 05
22 58
3 50
9 20
11 33
Hanscom
16,068 50
192 00
337 20
$2,608 75
19,206 45
175 05
96
70 20
61 48
4 73
30 26
7 18
12 09
41 47
Bennett
16,956 00
285 50
500 40
2,316 50
20,058 40
211 13
39
51 65
66 92
3 68
68 14
7 16
30 05
61 10
Baxter
7,960 00
113 00
319 36
1,400 00
9,792 36
54 64
1 11
18 52
15 11
2 10
20 05
2 20
6 57
19 60
Knapp
15,664 13
221 00
600 75
16,485 88
299 04
29 32
1 14
113 67
53 49
6 30
34 20
10 65
15 90
10 29
Perry
8,114 00
185 00
378 44
8,677 44
126 34
313 83
12 60
9 96
78 58
5 25
40 00
3 46
14 52
13 50
Cummings
76 00
878 51
21,140 01
262 00
44 27
25
99 66
77 97
10 50
69 39
10 00
5 13
Edgerly
179 00
2,325 00
23,294 36
290 84
51 96
9 24
103 64
78 20
7 88
58 00
5 78
31 61
6,460 00
10 00
226 09
6,696 09
255 19
23 62
103 92
80 68
58 41
5 48
56 27
23,949 00
215 00
871 10
25,035 10
341 71
6 99
124 26
67 27
6 82
35 18
4 20
17 27
16,060 00
111 00
536 89
18,842 89
172 40
9 86
31 61
43 16
3 15
36 45
7 71
8 83
Proctor
11,862 00
190 00
466 17
12,518 17
222 96
14 52
44 18
29 58
4 20
27 27
1 93
9 76
Durell
6,610 50
35 00
194 10
6,839 60
91 94
17 42
23 96
1 58
20 55
76
4 63
Burns
13,528 00
72 00
299 00
13,899 00
191 35
8 58
18 65
55 66
65 77
3 16
26 76
2 64
5 50
Brown
55 00
540 31
17,294 31
213 36
52 22
66 28
37 69
53 25
4 56
15 58
Highland
206 00
13,215 67
186 22
1 78
41 18
33 08
45 91
4 17
17 30
Cutler
2,358 50
33,039 19
297 20
17 48
133 76
79 43
63 04
16 69
74 81
Lincoln
53 00
6,721 54
156 39
25 36
19 01
20 49
4 45
13,217 00
154 50
13,641 88
165 23
52 84
39 52
48 62
2 24
32 10
4,850 00
12 00
4,862 00
10 68
5 80
1 04
5 65
56
32 26
759 50
759 50
16 19
12 44
1 35
2 50
46 34
Boys' Vocational
18,720 50
65 00
18,785 50
7 50
33 22
15 36
15 75
25 88
58 10
Evening, Bell
1,080 00
1,080 00
3 95
6 56
3 15
9 67
Evening, Western
693 00
693 00
3 66
3 45
1 05
· 6 40
Evening, Vocational
997 25
997 25
1 00
11 30
1 08
8 40
20 04
Evening, Practical Arts.
1,128 00
1,128 00
2 68
11 88
4 67
6 30
3 31
26 96
Dental
1,534 00
1,534 00
$13,527 18
44 23
63 97
6 21
255 21
Miscellaneous
8 21
188 27
34 97
6 05
23 88
8 42
128 23
10 00
Total
$699,741 24
$4,391 00
$18,141 75
$15,423 75 $737,697 74
$13,527 18
$615 55
$1,172 49
$156 52
$4,113 23
$1,899 98
$743 61
$1,671 08
$848 64
$86 17
$1,106 66
$616 06
$927 55 $
7,377 50
213 94
7,591 44
98 71
16 99
19 01
1 05
17 60
2 03
4 15
11 35
Glines
2 10
26 78
1 90
5 60
Bingham
23,687 38
324 00
807 36
2,280 00
27,098 74
Carr
Morse
4 70
4 35
28 36
12,150 50
859 17
29,425 50
358 00
897 19
6,474 50
194 04
90
52
11 64
Lowe
270 38
Atypical
2 16
Sight Saving
9 65
215 27
Independent Househ'd Arts ..
2,285 50
1 38
Evening High
4,560 00
4,560 00
1 08
75 76
10 20
16 80
31 60
1 26
2 42
Americanization
7,227 00
7,227 00
Continuation
7,095 50
7,095 50
8 95
Administration
16,699 00
9 82
2 94
26 58
6 83
11 03
25 23
4 15
3 15
16 24
6 13
18 40
4 73
28 37
2 22
7 48
4 22
Pope
18,366 50
229 00
728 99
19,324 49
98 56
20,185 50
20,043 00
747 36
195 71
35 24
2 35
Forster
22 41
18 74
59 43
2,135 00
12 21
34 28
28 42
2 63
$1,018 11
$325 10
Blank Books $424 31
$380 38
$367 93
Seat Work and Kindergarten Supplies
SCHOOL
Adminis- tration
2 31
352 31
Southern Jr.
2 52
2,285 50
21 52
21 76
16 93
2 98
$11,116 77
RES CONTROLLED BY THE SCHOOL BOARD FOR THE YEAR 1922.
Typewriter Supplies
Equipment
Lumber
Hardware
Metal
Repairs
Piano Tuning
Gradua- tion Expenses
Tuition
Printing
Postage $32 00
Electric Power $259 00
Telephone
Express
Baths
Auto Maintenance
Travel
Catering
Total
High
371 64
41 37
28 70
$8 25
38 65
5 34
46 18
7 35
36 59
11 57
1,804 95
Eastern
Jr.
118 91
31 44
32 81
15 18
60 78
5 35
2 00
63 92
60
6 05
3 43
2,172 30
.Southern
Jr.
104 80
398 26
44 15
4 73
4 00
43 93
28 60
2 00
56 23
6 30
11 33
5 59
2,050 46
Northern
Jr.
697 62
644 42
127 08
45 22
23 32
9 50
66 34
5 35
8 50
89 51
5 15
12 61
10 80
3,976 33
Western Jr.
8 32
24
Prescott
4 00
3 00
444 87
Hanscom
$232 40
12 15
16 83
809 65
Bennett
3 46
35 55
1 60
7 00
25 34
663 61
Knapp
28 02
5 61
623 89
Pope
29 65
50
5 05
638 89
Edgeriy
33 33
50
5 37
693 28
Giines
24 43
1 60
20 35
8 01
665 10
Bingham
25 12
3 10
8 46
659 12
Carr
1 18
Morse
25
5 32
395 03
Proctor
25
6 14
171 58
Dureii
1 16
39 81
60
8 60
4 35
540 30
Brown
1 18
Highland
2 35
2 75
27 78
9 48
11 85
10 68
783 56
Cutier
2 35
50
1 41
247 17
Lincoln
4 14
7 69
4 17
19 16
225 14
180 30
20 14
8 41
9 00
527 09
79 68
8 35
21 10
35 32
3,014 16
Boys' ' Vocational
9 96
1 00
27 82
87 84
14 20
50
10 62
412 84
Evening High
21 42
8 58
2 16
1 02
60 19
Evening, Bell
192 26
4 08
1 00
1 05
5 00
59 83
Americanization
3 15
36 79
22 57
11 90
20
50
14 25
20 37
266 76
Continuation
75 22
15 81
918 35
246 37
283 96
1 55
406 17
207 45
$154 65
106 40
2,785 55
Administration
9 59
$2,822 92
426 36
10
33 84
€ 65
130 14
3,837 63
Miscellaneous
$4,920 63
$2,079 05
$723 77
$265 10
$180 12
$35 25
$894 02
$2,822 92
$1,847 09
$345 42
$786 09
$1,117 22
$137 52
$232 40
$406 17
$416 05
$154 65
$560 33
$42,998 11
$1,878 67
$350 83
$227 85
$6 77
$81 79
$614 94
$332 08
$67 69
$52 05
$10 25
Miscel- laneous $56 95
$11,906 81
148 89
... Sight Saving
4 00
25 37
48 21
Independent Household Arts
99 95
4 08
18 64
Evening, Western
197 34 Evening, Vocational
8 59
3 37
4 08
2 45
9 68
Evening, Practicai Arts
95 43
Dentai
23 47
1 10
12 30
422 86
.***
60
2 81
399 84
Burns
33 92
25
11 47
383 29
11 87
60
6 58
383 13
Lowe
2 74
80 43
Atypical
1,217 69
322 66
50
12 30
4 79
144 91
Baxter
16 66
9 67
243 63
Perry
1 80
172 69
Cummings
2 76
1 16
289 24
Forster
24 15
1 00
6 99
402 28
7 00
38 95
2 10
5 01
169 51
and
3 50
1 55
118 08
27 38
THE PER CAPITA COST OF DAY SCHOOLS FOR 1921 AND 1922
High School.
Junior High Schools.
Elementary Schools.
All Day Schools.
1921.
1922.
Change
1921:
1922.
Change
1921.
1922.
Change
1921.
1922.
Change
$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
Total
$96.02
$88.95
-$7.07
$72.53
$70.49
-$2.04
$51.62
$49.86
-- $1.76
$61.98
$59.97
-$2.01
tional schools. The following shows :-
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-
Total
Janitors' salaries Heat and light Administration School supplies Teachers'
salaries
$1,000
0.778
0.062
0.018
0.066
1917 $0.076
SCHOOL
DEPARTMENT.
$1,000
0.790
0.053
0.020
0.063
$0.074
1920
$1,000
0.800
0.030
0.015
0.085
$0.070
1921
$1,000
0.825
0.048
0.015
0.042
$0.070
1922
Care.
9.11
-- 4.85
8.97
-- 2.85
.84 9.08
$41.84 1.67 6.35
+$0.14 + 0.83 -2.73
1.63 9.62
$50.62 2.73 6.62
-$0.11 +1.10
Supplies
$77.20 4.86 13.96
$72.87 6.97
-$4.33
+2:11
$61.47 2.09
$61.29 3.08 6.12
-- $0.18 + 0.99
$41.70
$50.73
Instruction
-3.00
383
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384
ANNUAL REPORTS
Including the cost of maintenance of evening schools, the per capita cost is as follows :-
1918
1919
1920
1921
1922
Cost of Instruction
$29 58
$31 82
$44 34
$50 07
$50 90
Cost of Supplies
2 40
2 45
2 80
1 60
2 77
Cost of Care
6 09
6 43
7 45
9 62
6 73
Total
$38 07
$40 70
$54 59
$61 29
$60 40
An examination of these tables shows that we have paid $4.33 less for the instruction of each pupil in the High School than in 1921, and $2.11 more per pupil for supplies.
The elementary schools have cost 14 cents more per pu- pil for instruction, and 83 cents more for supplies.
The amount spent for the school year 1922 was $10.09, or 3 cents less than was spent in 1921. The amount yielded for each child in the average membership of the schools for 1922, not including the vocational schools, was $60.40.
Teachers' Salaries
The salaries paid to teachers in January, 1923, are as follows :-
1 man
$4,100
1 man, 3 women
$1,700
1 man
3,300
25 women
1,650
4 men
3,100
2 men, 16 women
1,600
7 men,
1 woman
3,000
1 woman
1,575
1 man
2,900
*1 man, 4 women
1,550
. man
1 woman
2,800
1 man, 221 women
1,500
3 men
2,700
20 women
1,450
4 men
2,500
24 women
1,400
men
2,300
1 woman
1,350
3 men,
1 woman
2,200
11 women
1,300
6 men,
2
women
2,100
1 woman
1,250
4 men
2,000
13 women
1,200
9 men,
6 women
1,900
4 women
1,100
1 man
1,800
1 man*, 5
women
1,000
18 women
1,750
*Part time.
385
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
SIGHT AND HEARING
The following give the results of the eye and ear tests :-
Eyes
1922
Tested
13,948
1921 12,833
Change +1,115
Defective
1,567
1,669
-- 102
Per cent. defective
11%
13%
-2%
Notices sent to parents
1,135
1,089
+46
Professionally treated
193
173
++-20
Ears
1922
1921
Change
Tested
13,989
13,711
+278
Defective
161
206
-45
Per cent. defective
1.2%
1.5%
-0.3%
Notices sent to parents
101
139
-38
Professionally treated
20
26
-6
386
Table 1 .- Schoolhouses, January, 1923
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
High
) West
174
1,733
Brick Brick
Steam
Fan Fån
*$426,000
8 rooms added 1906 30 rooms added 1913
School
East.
13
518
Brick
Steam
Fan
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
68,100
1898
Morse
12
503
29,000
Brick
Furnace
Furnace
59,000
1869
6 rooms added 1890
Highland
$12
355
23,260
Brick
Steam
Gravity
71,600
1880
4 rooms added 1891
Carried forward.
254
8,963
$1,401,400
*Buildings are located on Central Hill Park, which contains 13 1-10 acres.
tIncludes home rooms, laboratories, shops, assembly rooms, etc.
₹2 rooms converted into a hall.
#3 rooms not in use.
ANNUAL REPORTS
4 rooms added 1882
4 rooms added 1892
5 rooms added 1896
1899
*
1895
1871
Steam
Prescott
1
1867
Table 1. - (Concluded). - Schoolhouses, January, 1923
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
Brick
Steam
Gravity
103,700
1896
Hodgkins
14
568
35,034
Brick
Steam
Fan
+84,000
1917
Western
20
911
53,729
Brick
Steam
Fan
Cutler
12
508
21,964
Brick
Steam
Gravity
Bennett
10
482
16,767
Brick
Steam
Fan
10
487
26,733
Brick
Steam
Gravity
Brown
₹9
343
*
Brick
Steam
Gravity
*44,000
1905
Proctor
8
387
16,080
Brick
Steam
Gravity
47,000
1886
+ rooms added 1899
8
386
21,650
Brick
Steam
Gravity
53,000
1903
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
4,000
1911
#Girls' Vocational
3
30,155
Wood
Furnace
Furnace
71,000
1884
Boys' Vocational
Machine Shop 2
( Automobile Shop2
196
11,300
Wood
Furnace
Furnace
19,900
1884
Cummings
+
184
13,883
Brick
Steam
Gravity
Durell.
1
168
17,662
Wood
Steam
Gravity
21,000
1885
Lincoln
$2,284,000
Total.
392
14,639
*State property.
tLand included in City Ledge property. #Not in use.
#One room used for Dental Dispensary.
387
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
6 rooms added 1915
1897
4 rooms added 1907
Hanscom
80,600
1901
4 rooms added 1907
Burns Lowe.
( Davis 4
Machine shop added 1917 Automobile shop added 1918
22,900
1894
15
475 1.
108,800
1912
58,000
1902
70,500
$1,401,400
388
ANNUAL REPORTS
Table 2. - Cost of Maintaining Schools.
FOR SCHOOL YEAR 1921-22.
FROM SCHOOL APPROPRIATION.
SPENT BY CITY GOVERNMENT.
SCHOOLS.
Instruction and Supervision.
Supplies.
Care.
Total
High
$138,819.70
$13,355.16
$17,447.85
$169,622.71
Eastern Jr.
40,941.68
2,100.08
4,716.02
47,757.78
Southern Jr
57,154.07
3,019.20
5,083.15
65,256.42
Northern Jr.
42,232.94
2,151.57
4,774.16
49,158.67
Western Jr
61,035,96
2,800.77
4,887.44
68,724.17
Prescott
10,982.69
371.25
1,241.07
12,595.01
Hanscom
19,214.69
690.44
2,346.95
22,252.08
Bennett
21,072.84
1,136.70
2,958.49
25,168.03
Baxter
10,788.52
289.61
1,829.36
12,907.49
Knapp
16,407.46
617.16
3,232.91
20,257.53
Perry
8,859.42
374.35
1,829.36
11,063.13
Pope
19,630.73
692.96
2,978.54
23,302.23
Cummings.
7,695.85
312.69
1,531.57
9,540.11
Edgerly
21,905.67
755.99
2,978.52
25,640.18
Glines
23,819.88
994.90
2,864.97
27,679.75
Forster
6,922.80
281.40
1,531.58
8,735.78
Bingham
26,866.23
1,325.77
3,162.38
31,354.38
Carr
25,489.54
878.33
3,723.17
30,091.04
Morse
18,916.01
929.39
2.978.54
22,823.94
Proctor
12,296.31
535.17
2,101.17
14,932.65
Durell
7,003.38
226.38
1,531.57
8,761.33
Burns
14,229.48
425.39
2,101.17
16,756.04
Brown.
17,690.78
683.91
2,482.12
20,856.81
Highland
14,087.67
539.94
2,565.11
17,192.72
Cutler
32,931.21
1,623.71
4,694.16
39,249.08
Lincoln
6,893.39
264.01
1,531.57
8,688.97
Lowe
14,121.86
440.00
2,101.16
16,663.02
Atypical
4,643.58
69.05
726.14
5,438.77
Sight Saving
145.82
56.44
20.18
222.44
Boys' Vocational
19,458.20
3,412.95
2,261.43
25,132.58
Independent House- hold Arts
2,434.85
49.04
855.46
3,339.35
Evening
9,052.55
778.65
1,972.40
11,803.60
Continuation
7,359.45
410.63
1,009.24
8,779.32
Americanization
6,799.75
89.32
1,240.58
8,129.65
Total
$747,904.96
$42,682.31
$99,289.49
$889,876.76
389
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
Table 3. - Per Capita Cost of Maintaining Schools.
FOR SCHOOL YEAR 1921-22.
SCHOOLS.
Instruction and Supervision.
Supplies.
Care.
Total.
High
$72.87
$6.97
$9.11
$88.95
Eastern Jr.
64.58
3.31
7.44
75.33
Southern Jr.
57.50
3.04
5.11
65.65
Northern Jr.
62.85
3.20
7.10
73.15
Western Jr.
60.25
2.76
4.82
67.83
Prescott
38.13
1.29
4.31
43.73
Hanscom
40.54
1.46
4.95
46.95
Bennett
44.65
2.41
6.27
53.33:
Baxter
54.21
1.46
9.19
64.86
Knapp
42.28
1.59
8.33
52.20
Perry
46.38
1.96
9.58
57.92
Pope
37.39
1.32
5.67
44.38
Cummings
42.05
1.71
8.37
52.13
Edgerly
38.59
1.34
5.27
45.20
Glines
37.57
1.57
4.52
43.66
Forster ..
37.02
1.50
8.19
46.71
Bingham
41.02
2.02
4.83
47.87
Carr
41.85
1.43
6.11
49.39
Morse
42.41
2.08
6.68
51.17
Proctor
39.54
1.72
6.76
48.02
Durell
40.72
1.32
8.90
50.94
Burns
44.19
1.32
6.53
52.04
Brown
46.93
1.81
6.58
55.32
Highland
43.89
1.68
7.99
53.56
Cutler
42.00
2.07
5.99
50.06
Lincoln
47.54
1.82
10.56
59.92
Lowe
39.78
1.24
5.92
46.94
Atypical
100.95
1.50
15.79
118.24
Sight Saving
20.83
8.06
2.88
31.77
Evening
13.59
1.17
2.96
17.72
Continuation
70.09
3.91
9.61
83.61
Americanization
26.05
.34
4.75
31.14
Elementary
41.84
1.67
6.35
49.86
All schools (without
state-aided schools)
50.90
2.77
6.73
60.40
Boys' Vocational
163.51
28.68
19.00
Ind. Household Arts
122.60
1.29
22.51
211.19 156.40
390
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.
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.
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
1922
14,109
747,905
42,682
10,531
26,521
59,566
*889,877
t $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
..
250.00,
..
, in 1922.
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
91
4 18
30 63
71,848,811
.00559
1914
24 55
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
1922
50 90
2 77
6 73
60 40
88,158,139
.01009
Total.
391
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
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
1922
7,576
36,629
889,877
934,082
For years prior to 1912 see School Report of 1917.
TABLE 7 .- POPULATION AND SCHOOL CENSUS.
For School Year 1921-1922
1842
1,013
1901
63,000
1913
81,000
1850
3,540
1902
65,273
1914
85,000
1860
8,025
1903
67,500
1915
86,854
1865
9,366
1905
69,272
1916
88,000
1870
14,693
1906
70,875
1917
90,000
1875
21,594
1907
72,000
1918
91,000
1880
24,985
1908
75,500
1919
91,500
1885
29,992
1909
75,500
1920
93,033
1890
.
40,117
1910
77,236
1921
94,500
1895
.
52,200
1911
78,000
1922
98,000
1900
61,643
1912
.
80,000
School Census
Number of children between 5 and 15 years of age, inclusive
April 1, 1922
16,717
School Registration.
Number of children between 5 and 15 years of age, in- clusive, April 1, 1922 :-
In public schools
12,639
In private schools .
3,097
Total
15,736
Number of compulsory school age, 7 to 13, inclusive :-
In public schools, males females
4,507
8,844
In private schools, males
1,175
females
1,221
2,396
Total
11,240
.
4,337
·
392
ANNUAL REPORTS
Table 8. - Attendance of the Public Schools for the School Year 1921-1922
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.
No. of Days in Session
72 High
2037
1916
1774
92.5
1978
1877
176
19 Eastern Jr. High
686
634
588
93.0
650
615
175
26 Southern Jr. High
1084
994
930
93.5
1023
938
174
22 Northern Jr. High
715
672
633
94.1
691
660
176
31 Western Jr. High
1058
1013
963
94.8
1021
982
175
5 Prescott
340
288
264
91.0
306
273
174
10 Hanscom
511
474
436
92.0
482
465
175
11 Bennett
512
472
443
93.8
497
461
174
6 Baxter
217
199
189
95.0
188
203
174
10 Knapp
413
388
365
94.0)
388
385
174
5 Perry
254
191
180
94.1
192
196
174
12 Pope.
588
525
490
93.3
537
527
174
4 Cummings
198
183
170
93.0
187
165
175
12 Edgerly
629
565
521
92.2
575
553
175
14 Glines
697
634
591
93.2
635
643
174
4 Forster
210
187
177
94.5
185
188
175
16 Bingham
704
655
611
93.2
616
663
175
15 Carr
704
609
648
93.9
653
633
174
11 Morse
474
446
416
94.2
397
449
175
Proctor
333
311
291
93.8
308
313
175
4 Durell
183
172
162
94.3
177
168
174
8|Burns
345
322
299
92.7
330
316
175
10 Brown
409
377
353
93.6
382
372
174
8 Highland
337
321
306
95.3
319
319
174
20 Cutler
847
784
731
93.2
748
771
174
4 Lincoln
157
145
136
93.8
150
141
175
8 Lowe
388
355
329
92.6
357
359
174
3 Atypical
50
46
42
91.3
46
46
175
1 Sight Saving
1
7
6
93.5
7
9
Boys' Vocational
144
119
116
97.3
126
104
182
2 Continuation
269
105
141
75.3
115
105
180
380
Total
15,494
14,109
13,301
94.2
14,259
13,897
375
Total for 1920-21
14,772
13,686
12,760
93.2
13,607 13,163
393
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
Table 9 .- Statistics of High School for School Year September 14, 1921 to June 22, 1922
Number of teachers, including head master
72
Number of days school kept .
176
Number enrolled
2037
Average number belonging
1916
Average daily attendance
1774
Tardinesses
4879
Dismissals
566
In Class 1924, September June
152
Per cent. of loss
8.5
In Class 1923, September
536
June
492
Per cent. of loss
8.2
In Class 1922, September
637
June
618
Per cent. of loss
2.9
Special students, September June
12
Per cent. of gain
25.
Total, September
2007
June
1877
Per cent. of loss
6.5
Number of graduates, male .
227
Number of graduates, female Total
614
Average age, male graduates
18 yrs. 1 mo.
Average age, female graduates
18 yrs. 2 mos.
Number entering college
83
Number of graduates entering scientific schools
52
Number of graduates entering normal schools .
34
Cost of instruction
$137,088 15
Cost of supplies
12,514 04
Total cost
$149,602 19
Per capita cost of instruction
71 54
Per capita cost of supplies
6 53
Total cost per capita
78 07
387
15
822
394
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Table 10 .- Pupils by Grades, June, 1922
TEACHERS-
PUPILS.
Men.
Women.
SCHOOL.
GRADE.
Regular.
Assistants.
Boys.
Total.
High
Special
15
Twelfth
615
Eleventh
492
Tenth
414
Total
54
81.
1,000
1,877
Ninth
Junior High
Eighth.
460
579
1.039
Seventh
56.
607
1,174
Total.
16
1
1.525
1.6.0
3,195
Sixth
6
33
658
667
1.325
Fourth
32
642
1.274
Third
31
617
650
1,257
Second
36
705
1.478
First
1
.29
1,551
Total
6
203
4.071
4.127
5,198
Kindergarten
194
150
344
Special
13
21
Cadets
Atypical
3
19
46
Boys' Vocational
104
104
Independent
Household Arts
400
105
Sight Saving
1
4
Grand Total
56
354
6.795
7.102
13.897
666
1.303
Elementary
Fifth
495
982
Never in First Grade Before.
1,416
Continuation.
395
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
Table 11. - Pupils in High, Junior High, Elementary, Vocational, and Continuation Schools, 1921-1922.
High
School.
Junior
High
Schools.
Elementary
Schools.
Kinder-
gartens.
Vocational
School
for Boys.
Atypical
Schools.
Sight
Saving Class
Continuation
Schools
Total.
Annual enrollment
2037
3543
9076
374
144
50
1
269
15,494
Average membership
1916
3313
8268
335
119
46
7
105
14,109
Average attendance
1774
3114
7810
298
116
42
6
141
13,301
Per cent. of attendance
92.5
9-1.0
94.5
80.9
97.3
91.3
93.5
75.3
94.3
Number cases of tardiness
4879
2277
4449
15
Number cases of dismissal
566
1017
1894
16
3,493
Membership, Octo ber, 1921
1978
3385
8411
198
126
46
115
14,259
Membership, June, 1922
1877
3195
8219
344
104
7
7
105
13,897
No. cases corp. punishment
8
68
76
Table 12. - Number of Pupils Admitted to Grade 1 In September.
SCHOOL.
1918
1919
1920
1921
Prescott
46
32
66
78
Hanscom
114
153
126
78
Bennett.
67
104
96
117
Baxter
31
34
34
26
Knapp
30
53
47
74
Perry
42
38
40
37
Pope.
55
50
71
79
Cummings
35
47
47
48
Edgerly
43
43
54
53
Glines
86
92
110
79
Forster
21
25
31
25
Bingham
65
86
95
91
Carr
79
75
81
74
Morse
82
69
78
69
Proctor
48
43
36
42
Durell
28
34
30
37
Burns
65
83
77
58
Brown
63
76
7.2
72
Cutler
136
86
116
168
Lincoln
60
42
32
32
Lowe
82
74
72
79
Total
1,278
1,339
1,411
1,416
11,620
396
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Table 13. - Eighth Grade Promotions - Junior High Schools - June, 1922
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
No. Entering Schools
No. Going to Work
No. Not Located
No. Entering Voca-
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