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*1925
*1926
Change
Salaries of teachers
$775,366 26
$833,572 45
+$58,206 19
Salaries of officers
15,596 48
18,185 45
+2,588 97
Cost of books and supplies.
45,259 71
46,497 42
+1,237 71
Cost of light and power
12,225 69
13,318 97
+1,093 28
Cost of janitors' services, etc.
73,966 48
74,923 61
+957 13
Cost of fuel and insurance ....
41,846 38
23,316 51
-18,529 87
Total cost of day and even- ing schools
964,261 00
1,009,814 41
+45,553 41
Per capita cost
65 60
67 13
+1 53
Cost of high school instruc- tion
163,791 60
165,567 83
+1,776 23
Per capita cost
80 05
81 72
+1 67
6 .- MISCELLANEOUS
*1925
*1926
Change
Paid for new school build- ings
$18,663 86
$741 16
-$17,922 70
Repairs and permanent
improvements
45,847 81
59,902 42
+14,054 61
Total school expenditures ....
1,028,772 67
1,070,457 99
+41,685 32
Valuation of city
104,769,800 00 109,262,400 00 +4,492,600 00
Number of dollars spent
to maintain schools out
of every $1,000 of valua- tion
9 20
9 15
05
Number of dollars spent
for all school purposes
out of every $1,000 of val- uation
9 84
9 79
-0 05
* 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, 1926, is $1,009,814.41.
This includes the sums spent for care of school build- ings, including janitors' services, fuel, light, and school tele- phones; 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 for school buildings is wholly in charge of the City Government.
The amount paid for janitors is
$74,923 61
The cost of fuel is
23,316 51
The cost of light is
13,318 97
A total cost of
$111,559 09
The cost per capita
$7 42
Cost of repairs
$59,902 42
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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
CONTINUATION SCHOOLS AND AMERICANIZA - TION WORK
Officers' Sala- ries Office Expenses Textbooks Stationery and Supplies and Other Ex- penses of In- struction ...... Miscellaneous (Tuition, etc.)
$18,619.94 2,999 43 14,072.71
$5,162.97
$8.813.60
$77.93
$18.21
23,588.64
12,335.69
267.32
37.68
177.13
5,402.15
1,750.26
10,770.82 3,455.05
102.67
18.64
75.53
Total
$64,682.87
$19,248.92
$23,039.47
$447.92
$56.32
$270.87
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.
CONTINUATION SCHOOLS AND AMERICANIZA- TION WORK
Expenditures.
Total.
High and Vocational
Elementary
High and Vocational
Elementary
Supervisors Principals Teachers
$20,571.58 49,779.00 763,221.87
$8,131.49 13,115.00 238,892.49
$11,440.09 34,595.00 506,705.88
$633.00 6,273.00
$462.00 903.00
1,000.00 974.00 10,447.50
Total
$833.572.45
$260,138.98
$552,740.97
$6,906.00
$1,365.00
$12,421.50
The total outlay for all school purposes includes all of the preceding and the sums spent for schoolhouse repairs and new buildings.
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
The total outlay for the school year ending June 30, 1926 is as follows :-
Care
$111,559 09
Contingent
46,497 42
Salaries
851,757 90
Total for school maintenance
$1,009,814 41
Paid for repairs
59,902 42
Paid for new buildings
741 16.
Total for all school purposes
$1,070,457 99
Each dollar of the sum spent for the support of schools has been divided in the following proportion :-
1921
1922
Janitors' salaries
$0.070
$0.070
1923 $0.068
1924 $0.072
1925 $0.077
1926 $0.074
Heat and light
0.085
0.042
0.080
0.047
0.056
0.036
Administration
0.015
0.015
0.015
0.016
0.016
0.018
School supplies
0.030
0.048
0.047
0.057
0.047
0.046
Teachers' salaries
0.800
0.825
0.790
0.808
0.804
0.826
$1.000
$1.000
$1.000
$1.000
$1.000
$1.000
...
..
THE PER CAPITA COST OF DAY SCHOOLS FOR 1925 AND 1926
High School.
Junior High Schools.
Elementary Schools.
All Day Schools.
1925.
1926.
Change
1925.
1926.
Change
1925.
1926.
Change
1925.
1926.
Change
Instruction Supplies Care
$75.21 6.24 9.16
$83.02 6.32 10 89
+$7.81 +0.08 +1.73
$60.01 3.47 7.30
$64.37 3.87 6.81
+$4.36 + 0.40 -0.49
$42.43 1.60 8.42
$45.49 1.77 6.31
+$3.06 +0.17 -2.11
$51.75 2.76 8.30
$54.70 2.88 6.83
-1.47
Total
$90.61
$100.23
+$9.62
$70.78
$75.05
+$4.27
$52.45
$53.57
+$1.12
$62.81
$64.41
+$1.60
tional schools. The following shows :-
tion we exclude the cost of evening schools, and the voca. for each pupil in the average membership. In this computa- the cost of schools year by year is to consider the sum spent
ANNUAL REPORTS
Per Capita Cost. The proper method of comparison of
168
+$2.95
+0.12
169
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
Including the cost of maintenance of evening schools, the per capita cost is as follows :
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
Cost of Instruction
$50 07
$50 90
$50 39
$51 21
$51 25
$54 87
Cost of Supplies
1 60
2 77
2 85
3 34
2 79
2 90
Cost of Care
9 62
6 73
9 24
7 39
8 35
6 96
Total
$61 29
$60 40
$62 48
$61 94
$62 39
$64 73
..
An examination of these tables shows that we have paid $7.81 more for the instruction of each pupil in the High School than in 1925, and 8 cents more per pupil for supplies.
The elementary schools have cost $3.06 more per pupil for instruction, and 17 cents more for supplies.
The amount spent for the school year 1926 was $9.15, or 5 cents less than was spent in 1925. The amount yielded for each child in the average membership of the schools for 1926 not including the vocational schools, was $64.73.
170
ANNUAL REPORTS
TEACHERS' SALARIES
The salaries paid to teachers in January 1927 are as follows :
1 .man
$4,300
11 women
2,025
1 man
3,850
1 man, 12 women
2,000
1 man
3,425
8 women
1,975
1 man
3,400
25 women
1,950
1
man
3,375
17 women
1,925
3 men
3,350
8 women
1,900
man,
woman
3,325
9 women
1,875
12
men
3,300
25 women
1,850
1 man
3,225
45 women
1,825
2 men
3,200
26 women
1,800
1 man
3,125
32 women
1,775
men
3,050
1 man*, 23 women
1,750
1 man
3,000
1 woman
1,725
3 men,
1 woman
2,750
4 women
1,675
1 man
2,700
2 women
1,650
1 man
2,625
2 women
1,625
1
man
2,600
1 man, 5
women
1,600
1
man
2,525
3 women
1,575
men
2,500
1 woman
1,550
2 men
2,425
3 women
1,525
4
men
2,400
4 women
1,500
2 men,
woman
2,350
2
women
1,475
1 woman
2,325
5 women
1,450
2 men
2,300
2 women
1,425
1 man
2,275
7 women
1,400
2 men, 2 women
2,250
1 man,
women
1,375
1 man, 2 women
2,225
1 woman
1,350
9 men, 1 woman
2,200
1 woman
1,325
7 women
2,175
10 women
1,300
2 men, 4 women
2,150
4 women
1,275
1 man, 6 women
2,100
3 women
1,250
6 women
2,075
1 man, 7 women ...
1,200
7 women
2,050
13 women
1,100
"Part time.
2,850
2 men, 38 women
1,700
men
Table 1-Schoolhouses, January, 1927
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
Enlargemente
High
Į West
+74
1,733
Brick Brick Brick
Steam Steam
Fan Fan
*$426,000
1895
School /East.
1871
Prescott
13
470
1867
South worth
11
356
49,310
Brick
Steam
Fan
139,200
1916
Knapp
#13
522
24,517
Brick
Steam
Gravity
58,500
1889
4 rooms added 1894
Pope
12
578
27,236
Brick
Steam
Gravity
88,600
1891
Bell
32
1,151
29,860
Brick
Steam
Fan
246,000
1874
S
13 rooms added 1918 8 rooms added 1923
Edgerly
º12
154
24,000
Brick
Steam
Gravity
48,000
1871
Glines
14
679
28,800
Brick
Steam
Gravity
101,400
1891
Chandler
35
1,365
74,124
Brick
Steam
Fan
638,000
1923
Forster
13
465
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
Steam
Fan
64,000
1869
6 rooms added 1890
Highland.
12
413
23,260
Brick
Steam
Gravity
76,600
1880
4 rooms added 1891
Carried forward
297
10,158
$2,143,400
*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,
°5 rooms not in use.
171
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
4 rooms added 1882
4 rooms added 1892
5 rooms added 1896
Steam
Fan
8 rooms added 1906 30 rooms added 1913
*
1899
.
172
Table 1-(Concluded)-Schoolhouses, January, 1927
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
297
10,158
$2,143,400
Hodgkins
14
568
35,034
Brick
Steam
Gravity
121,700
1896
Western
24
727 T.
Brick
Steam
Fan
+208,000
1917
9 rooms added 1923 6 rooms added 1915
Cutler
20
956 508
21,964
Brick
Steam
Gravity
58,000
1902
Hanscom.
10
482
16,767
Brick
Steam
Fan
70,500
1897
4 rooms added 1907
Brown
10
487
26,733
Brick
Steam
Gravity Gravity
*47,000
1905
Burns
8
387
16,080
Brick
Steam
Gravity
48,000
1886
8
386
21,650
Brick
Steam
Gravity
59,000
1903
6
290
11,000
Brick
Steam
Gravity
40,700
1901
Perry
6
291
46,080
Brick
Steam
Gravity
54,500
1899
Boys' Vocational
Machine Shop 2
( Automobile Shop2
1
196
11,300
Wood
Furnace
Furnace
19,900
1884
Durell
4
184
13,883
Brick
Steam
Gravity
25,100
1894
Lincoln
4
168
17,662
Wood
Steam
Gravity
22,800
1885
Total.
444
16,131
$3,218,400
*State property.
tLand included in Walter Ernest Shaw Playground.
#One room used for Dental Dispensary.
ANNUAL REPORTS
.
( Davis 4
8
30,155
Wood
Furnace
Furnace
71,000
1884
4 rooms added 1907
Proctor
#9
343
*
Brick
Steam
Fan
145,800
1912
Bennett
12
.
83,000
1901
4 rooms added 1899
Lowe.
Baxter
( Machine shop added 1917 Automobile shop added 1918
Cummings
53,729
Brick
Steam
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Table 2 .- Cost of Maintaining Schools FOR SCHOOL YEAR 1925-26.
SCHOOLS.
Instruction and Supervision.
Supplies.
Care.
Total
High
$168,206.99
$12,802.22
$22,060.13
$203,069.34
Northeastern Jr.
85,335.68
5,124.51
7,200.59
97,660.78
Southern Jr.
70,601.52
3,069.93
5,701.36
79,372.81
Western Jr
72,266.85
5,560.96
8,725.41
86,553.22
Prescott
32,999.12
1,221.11
5,193.44
39,413.67
Hanscom
19,307.45
686.58
2,330.26
22,324.29
Bennett
22,789.60
1,009.29
2,423.29
26,222.18
Baxter
10,458.19
400.16
1,913.41
12,771.76
Knapp
19,659.61
1,190.80
2,701.94
23,552.35
Perry
11,058.19
414.50
1,913.40
13,386.09
Pope
21,762.37
879.46
2,596.73
25,238.56
Cummings
7,137.66
190.81
1,590.89
8,919.36
Edgerly
5,530.62
169.93
2,385.35
8,085.90
Glines
26,961.11
930.36
2,807.15
30,698.62
Forster
15,560.33
844.96
2,649.94
19,055.23
Bingham
30,304.86
1,050.19
3,115.61
34,470.66
Carr
27,479.52
846.47
3,146.38
31,472.37
Morse
21,508.33
614.20
2,562.64
24,685.17
Proctor
12,816.15
477.15
2,229.05
15,522.35
Durell
7,004.14
196.86
1,620.93
8,821.93
Burns
14,893.85
372.79
2,151.84
17,418.48
Brown.
18,519.24
754.44
2,360.28
21,633.96
Highland
16,637.83
982.80
1,901.97
19,522.60
Cutler
38,647.40
1,517 22
4,764.48
44,929.10
Lincoln
7,112.48
286.16
1,620.92
9,019.56
Lowe
15,278.81
483.73
2,149.84
17,912.38
Atypical.
6,901.15
360.64
845.53
8,107.32
Sight Saving
1,755.65
147.15
211.40
2,114.20
Boys' Vocational.
19,605.12
2,910.45
2,944.45
25,460.02
Independent House- hold Arts
2,544.00
97.57
1,356.77
3,998.34
Evening
8,385.63
539.29
2,783.77
11,708.69
Continuation
6,669.95
289.03
2,649.94
9,608.92
Americanization
6,058.50
75.70
950.00
7,084.20
Total
$851,757.90
$46,497.42
$111,559.09
$1,009,814.41
FROM SCHOOL APPROPRIATION.
SPENT BY CITY GOVERNMENT.
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ANNUAL REPORTS
Table 3 .- Per Capita Cost of Maintaining Schools FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1925-26
SCHOOLS.
Instruction and Supervision.
Supplies.
Care.
Total.
High
$83.02
$6.32
$10.89
$100.23
Northeastern Jr.
62.47
3.75
7.27
73.49
Southern Jr.
65.61
2.85
5.30
73.76
Western Jr.
65.05
5.01
7.85
77.91
Prescott
44.00
1.63
6.92
52.55
Hanscom
44.49
1.58
5.37
51.44
Bennett
49.54
2.19
5.27
57.00
Baxter
55.04
2.11
10.07
67.22
Knapp
43.21
2.62
5.94
51.77
Perry
40.07
1.50
6.93
48.50
Pope
43.68
1.77
5.21
50.66
Cummings
41.50
1.11
9.25
51.86
Edgerly.
45.33
1.39
19.55
66.27
Glines
44.05
1.52
4.59
50.16
Forster ..
37.86
2.06
6.45
46.37
Bingham
42.68
1.48
4.39
48.55
Carr
45.05
1.39
5.16
51.60
Morse
43.10
1.23
5.14
49.47
Proctor
43.89
1.64
7.64
53.17
Durell
43.24
1.22
10.01
54.47
Burns
46.54
1.17
6.73
54.44
Brownl
46.18
1.88
5.89
53.95
Highland
47.53
2.81
5.43
55.77
Cutler
40.17
1.58
4.95
46.70
Lincoln
50.09
2.02
11.41
63.52
Lowe
50.59
1.60
7.12
59.31
Atypical
115.02
6.01
14.09
135.12
Sight Saving
159.60
13.38
19.22
192.20
Evening
11.02
.71
3.66
15.39
Continuation
39.94
1.73
15.87
57.54
Americanization
17.26
.22
2.71
20.19
Elementary
45.49
1.77
6.31
53.57
All schools ( without
state-aided schools)
54.87
2.90
6.96
64.73
Boys' Vocational
206.37
30.64
Ind. Household Arts.
16.41
.63
30.99 8.75
268.00 25.79
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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
1922
14,109
747,905
42,682
10,531
26,521
61,987
*889,877
1923
14,308
752,272
44,106
9,883
64,726
63,408
934,395
1924
14,544
769,773
52,757
9,803
34,162
67,277
933,772
1925
14,699
790,963
45,259
12,226
41,846
73,967
964,261
1926
15,042
851,758
46,497
13,319
23,316
74,924
1,009,814
11$92.50 included for rental of church for schoolhouse purposes in Ward 7.
Includes $882.50, rent of Armory, in 1919.
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
1922
50 90
2 77
6 73
60 40
88,158,139
.01009
1923
50 39
2 85
9 24
62 48
92,519,400
.01010
1924
51 21
3 34
7 39
61 94
99,311,000
.00940
1925
51 25
2 79
8 35
62 39
104,769,800
.00920
1926
54 87
2 90
6 96
64 73
109,262,400
.00915
..
350.00,
..
, in 1921
..
250.00,
..
, in 1922.
FROM SCHOOL APPRO- PRIATION.
SUM SPENT UNDER DIRECTION OF CITY GOVERNMENT.
Total.
Table 5 .- Annual Cost Per Capita of Maintaining Schools.
750.00,
, in 1920.
176
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
1922
7,576
36,629
889,877
934,082
1923
588,302
63,052
934,395
1,585,749
1924
289,938
57,593
933,772
1,281,303
1925
18,663
45,848
964,261
1,028,773
1926
741
59,903
1,009,814
1,070,458
For years prior to 1912 see School Report of 1917.
177
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
TABLE 7 .- POPULATION AND SCHOOL CENSUS FOR SCHOOL YEAR 1925-26
1842
1,013
1901
63,000
1913
81,00€
1850
. 3,540
1902
65,273
1914
1860
8,025
1903
67,500
1915
86,854 · 85.000
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
1923
99,000
1924
100,440
1925
99,032
1926
. 101,000
School Census
Number of children between 5 and 15 years of age, inclusive, October 1, 1926
18,017.
School Registration
Number of children between 5 and 15 years of age, inclusive,
October 1, 1926 :-
In public schools
13,635:
In private schools
4,102:
Total
17,737
Number of compulsory school age, 7 to 13 inclusive:
In public schools, males
4,553
females
4,651
9,204;
In private schools, males
1,398
females
1,444
2,842:
Total
12,046;
·
·
.
178
ANNUAL REPORTS
Table 8 .- Attendance of the Public Schools for the School Year 1925-1926
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
2,230
2,026
1,887
93.2
2,136
1,932
35
Northeastern Jr. High
1,474
1,366
1,286
94.1
1,391
1,305
32
Southern Jr. High
1,194
1,076
1,004
93.3
1,120
1,030
38
Western Jr. High
1,160
1,111
1,055
95.0
1,107
1,087
19 Prescott
844
750
697
92.9
726
748
10
Hanscom
488
434
401
92.4
444
427
11
Bennett
502
460
440
95.7
458
454
6
Baxter
291
190
179
94.3
230
227
11
Knapp
488
455
438
94.9
434
457
6 Perry
346
276
255
92.4
264
290
12 Pope
575
498
468
94.1
504
483
4
Cummings
192
172
159
92.8
178
174
3 Edgerly
144
122
112
92.3
119
121
14 Glines
668
612
566
92.4
570
612
10 Forster
471
411
383
93.0
410
412
16 Bingham
761
710
659
92.8
684
720
15
Carr
655
610
579
94.9
599
606
11
Morse
561
499
468
93.8
502
501
7 Proctor
308
292
271
93.0
291
290
4 | Durell
177
162
155
95.5
160
166
8
Burns
346
320
300
93.6
319
317
10
Brown
430
401
376
93.7
400
408
9
Highland
372
350
329
94.0
326
349
:21
Cutler
1055
962
891
92.6
977
945
4 Lincoln
172
142
136
95.6
154
145
8 Lowe
336
302
280
92.6
297
308
4 Atypical
61
60
53
88.3
60
56
1
Sight Saving
11
11
11
96.0
11
11
Boys' Vocational
125
95
90
95.5
108
72
3
Continuation
250
167
146
87.9
113
154
404
Total
16,687
15,042
14,074
93.6
15,092
14,807
401 |Total for 1924-25
16,262
14,699'
13,691
93.1
14,959
14,360
179
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
Table 9-Statistics of High School for School Year
September 9, 1925 to June 24, 1926
Number of teachers, including Head Master
76
Number of days school kept
178
Number enrolled
2,230
Average number belonging
2,025.5
Average daily attendance
1,886.8
Tardinesses
4,973
Dismissals
621
In Class 1928, September
966
June
799
Per cent. of loss
17.3
In Class 1927, September
643
June
599
Per cent. of loss
6.8
In class 1926, September
535
June
527
Per cent. of loss
1.5
Special Students, September
6
June
7
Per cent. of Increase
16.7
Total, September
2,150
June
1,932
Per cent. of loss
10.1
Number of graduates, male
Number of graduates, female
Total
525
Average age, male graduates
18 yrs., 2 mos.
Average age, female graduates
17 yrs., 11 mos.
Number of graduates entering college
41
Number of graduates entering scientific schools
5
Number of graduates entering normal schools
24
Cost of instruction
$165,567 83
Cost of supplies Total Cost
$177,629 09
Per Capita cost of instruction
$81 72
Per capita cost of supplies
$5.95
Total cost per capita
$87 67
217
308
$12,061 26
180
ANNUAL REPORTS
Table 10-Pupils by Grades, June, 1926
TEACHERS.
PUPILS.
Men.
Women.
SCHOOL.
GRADE.
Regular.
Assistants.
Boys.
Girls.
Total.
Never in First Grade Before
High
Special
4
3
7
Twelfth
218
309
527
Eleventh
282
317
599
Tenth
387
412
799
Total
17
57
1
891
1,041
1,932
Junior High
Ninth
575
566
1,141
Eighth
511
564
1,075
Seventh
582
624
1,206
Total
18
100
1,668
1,754
3,422
Elementary
Sixth
36
1
666
705
1,371
Fifth
35
707
714
1,421
Fourth
34
696
704
1,400
Third.
36
725
697
1,422
Second
35
749
691
1,440
First
35
4
759
752
1,511
Total
8
211
5
4,302
4,263
8,565
Kindergarten
9
6
300
295
595
Special
4
8
1
7
4
11
Cadets.
1
11
4
36
20
56
Boys' Vocational
9
72
72
Independent
Household Arts
1
Continuation
2
1
81
73
154
Americanization
2
Grand Total
59
405
12
7,357
7,450
14.807
1,393.
Sight Saving
Atypical.
181
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
Table 11 .- Pupils in High, Junior High, Elementary, Vocational, and Continuation Schools, 1925-1926
High
School
Junior
High
Schools
Elementary
Schools
Kinder-
gartens
Vocational
School
for Boys
Atypical
Schools
Sight
Saving
Continuation
Total
Annual enrollment
2230
3828
9429
753
125
61
11
250
|16,687
Average membership
2026
3553
8504
626
95
60
11
167
15,042
Average attendance
1887
3345
7996
546
90
53
11
146
14,074
Per cent. of attendance.
93.2
94.1
94.0
87.2
95.5
88.3
96.0
87.9
93.6
Number cases of tardiness
4973
1964
4857
62
164
70
7
159
12,256
Number cases of dismissal
621
919
1915
1
49
5
4
3,514
Membership, October, 1925
2136
3618
8408
638
108
60
11
113
15,092
Membership, June, 1925
1932
3422
8565
595
72
56
11
154
14,807
No. cases corp. punishment
1
47
48
Table 12 .- Number of Pupils Admitted to Grade 1 in September
SCHOOL.
1922
1923
1924
1925
Prescott
87
82
75
74
Hanscom
114
83
83
94
Bennett
74
89
80
67
Baxter.
35
35
41
40
Knapp
45
40
45
49
Perry
48
32
33
54
Pope
89
86
77
66
Cummings
50
41
42
42
Edgerly
43
40
38
47
Glines
94
104
100
90
Forster
32
33
64
63
Bingham
106
95
112
97
Carr
66
113
72
76
Morse
74
72
88
74
Proctor
44
36
41
39
Durell
37
46
40
34
Burns
83
76
84
80
Brown
68
63
54
61
Cutler
120
129
129
129
Lincoln
44
33
47
46
Lowe
61
69
66
71
Total
1,414
1,397
1,411
1,393
182
ANNUAL REPORTS
Table 13 .- Eighth Grade Promotions - Junior High Schools - June, 1926
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
Outside City
No. Going to Work
No. Not Located
No. Entering Voca- tional School
No. Entering Other
Junior High Schools
In City
Northeastern Jr. High School Southern Junior High School .. Western Junior High School ..
393 321
373 311 350
336 285 323
13 10
12 13
7
0
5
360
2
2
Total
1074 1034
944
24
38
16
4
8
Table 13A. - Ninth Grade Promotions - Junior High Schools - June. 1926
Promotion from the ninth grade to the tenth is the pro- motion 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
No. Promoted to
High School
No. Entering
Somerville High
Other Schools, Pub-
No. Going to Work
No. Not Located
No. Entering Boys'
Vocational School
Northeastern Junior High
44
437
402
7
24 16
0
4
Southern
316
308
260
20
Western
404
394
344
21
17
11 A
8
Total
1169 1139 1006
48
57
15
13
00
2
1
1
13
School
No. Entering
lic or Private
in June
1
183
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
Table 14 Comparative Statistics of the Attendance Department for the School Year 1925-1926
1925
1926
Change
Number of visits to the schools
392
367
-25
Number of visits to the homes
1,188
1,161
-27
Number of cases investigated
1,271
1,221
-50
Number of cases found to be truan- cy or absenteeism
352
273
-79
Number of different pupils who were
truants or habitual absentees
261
207
-54
Number who were truants for the first time
207
168
-39
Number who were truants for the second time
39
27
-12
Number who were truants for
15
12
-3
Number of girls who were truants or absentees
62
42
-20
Number of visits to mercantile or manufacturing establishments .. ... Number of minors found to be work- ing without employment cer-
22
37
+15
tificates
22
31
+9
Number of employment certificates issued to boys
418
484
+66
Number of employment certificates reissued to boys
118
169
+51
Number of employment certificates issued to girls
134
263
+129
Number of employment certificates reissued to girls
47
107
+60
Number of educational literate cer-
tificates issued to minors over 16 years of age (first issue)
2,040
2,155
+115
Number of newspaper licenses is- sued to boys 12 to 16 years of age Number of transfer cards investi- gated
2,296
2,643
+347
Number of transfer cards forwarded
1,546
1,587
+41
Number of truants in the County
Training school at the close of the year
9
9
0
Amount paid for board of truants
$953.42
33
77
+44
three or more times
184
ANNUAL REPORTS
Table 14-(Concluded)-Comparative Statistics of the Atttendance Department for the School Year 1925-1926
Disposition of truancy and habitual absentee cases :- -
Warned and returned to school
102
Transferred to other schools
13
Obtained certificates (14 to 16 years)
22
Left school (over 16 years)
11
Removed from city
31
Brought before court and returned to school
15
Brought before court and sent to Training School
9
Returned to Training School (violating parole)
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