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TWENTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
STATE COMMISSIONER
OF
COMMON SCHOOLS,
TO THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO,
FOR THE
SCHOOL YEAR ENDING AUGUST 31, 1880.
COLUMBUS : G. J. BRAND & CO., STATE PRINTERS. 1881.
OFFICE OF STATE COMMISSIONER OF COMMON SCHOOLS, COLUMBUS, OHIO, January 10, 1881.
To His Excellency, CHAS. FOSTER, Governor of Ohio :
DEAR SIR: I have the honor to transmit through you to the General Assembly of Ohio, the Annual Report of the State Commissioner of Common Schools for the year ending August 31, 1880.
Respectfully, J. J. BURNS,
State Commissioner of Common Schools.
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OFFICE OF STATE COMMISSIONER OF COMMON SCHOOLS, COLUMBUS, OHIO, January 10, 1881.
To His Excellency, CHAS. FOSTER, Governor of Ohio :
DEAR SIR: I have the honor to transmit through you to the General Assembly of Ohio, the Annual Report of the State Commissioner of Common Schools for the year ending August 31, 1880.
Respectfully, J. J. BURNS,
State Commissioner of Common Schools.
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TWENTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
STATE COMMISSIONER OF COMMON SCHOOLS.
To the General Assembly of the State of Ohio:
GENTLEMEN : I have the honor to comply with the law and make to you, this, my annual report.
The statutes, directing its transmission, and outlining, in blank, its contents, are the following sections of the Revised Statutes of Ohio :
SEC. 361. He (State Commissioner of Schools) shall make an annual report, on or before the twentieth day of January, to the general assembly, when that body is in session; and when not in session, the report shall be made to the governor, who shall cause the same to be published, and shall also communicate a copy thereof to the general assembly at the beginning of its next session.
SEC. 362. In his annual report he shall present a statement of the condition and amount of all funds and property appropriated to purposes of education; a statement of the number of common schools in the state, the number of scholars attending such schools, their sex, and the branches taught; a statement of the number of private or select schools in the state, so far as the same can be ascertained, and the number of scholars attending such schools, their sex, and the branches taught; a statement of the number of teachers' institutes, the number of teachers attending them, and the number of instructors and lecturers, and the amount paid to each; a statement of the estimates and accounts of the expenditures of the public school funds of every de- scription ; a statement of plans for the management and improvement of common schools, and such other information relative to the educational interests of the state as he deems of importance.
For convenience of reference a summary of the leading facts shown in the various tables is first given.
In addition to the matters directly required, there will be found in this report a statement concerning investigations into the unlawful use of school funds; some ac- count of educational meetings other than institutes; an exhortation on the duty of certain school officers to use more care in the preparation of statistics; a few words about the qualifications of teachers; a brief discussion of the prominent features of a complete common school system ; a paper on "Drawing as a regular school study, by Prof. W. S. Goodnough; some remarks upon literary culture in our schools; the report of the State Board of Examiners; a collation of the sections of the Revised
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Statutes which pertain to schools, that have been amended since the code took effect ; opinions of county auditors and examiners, and copies of questions used by examining boards.
The following is a summary of the leading facts shown in the tables compiled :
Number of youth of school-age in the State in September, 1879
1,043,320 66 66 1880 1,046,225
Number of school districts in the State.
2,030
Number of sub-districts in township districts.
10,872
Number of school-houses in township districts 10,888
Number of school-houses in other districts.
1,255
Number of school-houses erected within the year 442
Cost of school-houses erected within the year. $711,835 00
Estimated value of school-houses including grounds. $21,851,718 00
Number of teachers necessary to supply schools.
16,627
Number of different teachers actually employed 23,684
Average number of weeks the schools were in session. 30
Number of pupils enrolled in the schools
747,138
Average number of pupils in daily attendance
476,279
Number of school officers 51,711
Total receipts, including balance on hand Sept. 1, 1879. $11,075,646 97
Total expenditures.
$7,704,448 85
GENERAL TABULAR STATEMENTS AND COMPARISONS.
RECEIPTS.
Receipts from interest on irreducible school funds, as reported by Auditor of State.
$226,311 45
From rents and accrued interest on deferred payments due on sale of school lands.
19,433 06
The aggregate amount from the latter source in 1879 was.
21,021 62
Balance on hand September 1, 1879
3,549,422 51
From State school tax (one mill on each dollar of taxable property) in 1880
1,558,207 32
From same source in 1879.
1,543,908 84
Increase
$14,298 48
From interest on irreducible funds and rents of school lands in 1880 ... $245,744 51
From same source in 1879 246,244 00
Decrease
$499 49
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STATE COMMISSIONER OF COMMON SCHOOLS.
From local taxes in 1880 $5,155,878 47
1879 5,458,101 26
Decrease
$302,222 79
From sale of bonds in 1880 $340,804 75
1879
268,445 89
Increase
$72,358 86
From fines, licenses, etc., in 1880. $225,589 41
1879
230,784 69
Decrease
$5,195 28
Total receipts in 1880. $7,526,224 46
1879
7,747,484 68
Decrease
$221,260 22
Grand total of receipts in 1880, including balance on hand September
1,1879 $11,075,646 97
Grand total of receipts in 1879, including balance on hand September
1,1878 11,243,210 38
Decrease
$167,563 41
Grand total, less receipts from sale of bonds in 1880 $10,734,842 22
66 1879 10,974,764 47
Decrease
$239,922 25
EXPENDITURES.
Amount paid teachers in primary schools in 1880
$4,530,183 46
66 66 1879 4,519,460 28
Increase
$10,723 18
Amount paid teachers in high schools in 1880.
$142,358 18
66 66 1879.
417,553 40
Increase
$24,804 78
Total amount paid teachers in 1880. 66
$4,972,541 64
1879
4,937,013 68
Increase
$35,527 96
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Amount paid for superintending schools in 1880.
$141,681 30
56 66 1879. 144,127 93
Decrease
$2,446 63
Amount paid for sites and buildings in 1880.
$798,736 18
66
1879.
816,216 88
Decrease
$17,480 70
Amount paid for interest on and redemption of bonds in 1880
$537,485 99
66
66
1879
587,205 75
Decrease
$49,519 76
Amount paid for fuel and contingent expenses in 1880
$1,254,003 74
66
1879. 1,226,961 00
Increase
$27,042 74
Grand total expenditures in 1880
$7,704,448 85
1879
7,711,325 24
Decrease
$6,876 39
Grand total expenditures, exclusive of amounts paid for interest on and redemption of bonds in 1880 $7,166,962 86 Grand total expenditures, exclusive of amounts paid for interest on and redemption of bonds in 1879 7,124,319 49
Increase ...
$42,643 37
Balance on hand September 1, 1880. $3,371,198 12
ENUMERATION OF YOUTH.
Comparison of statistics as taken from tables V and VI:
Number of white male youth of school age in September, 1880.
522,536
1879 522,213
Increase
323
Number of white female youth of school age in September, 1880
500,035
66
1879 496,582
Increase
3,453
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STATE COMMISSIONER OF COMMON SCHOOLS.
Whole number of white youth of school age in September, 1880 1,022,571
1879. 1,018,795
Increase
3,776
Number of colored male youth of school age in September, 1880 ..
11,941
1879 12,506
Decrease
565
Number of colored female youth of school age in September, 1880.
11,713
1879
12,019
Decrease
306
Whole number of colored youth of school age in September, 1880.
23,654
66 66 66
1879. 24,525
Decrease
871
Whole number of male youth of school age in September, 1880.
534,477
66 66 1879
534,719
Decrease
242
Whole number of female youth of school age in September, 1880.
511,748
66 66
1879
508,601
Increase
3,147
Whole number of youth of school age in September, 1880
1,046,225
66 66
1879 1,043,320
Increase
2,905
The whole number of unmarried youth, between sixteen and twenty - one years of age, in the State in September, 1880, as shown by the enu- meration, is 261,189, or 24.96 per cent. of the entire enumeration. This leaves youth in the State between six and sixteen years of age, 785,036.
In 1879 the whole number of unmarried youth in the State, between sixteen and twenty-one years of age, was 26.19 per cent .; in 1878, 26.19 per cent. ; in 1877, 26.27 per cent .; in 1876, 25.51 per cent .; in 1875, 25.60 per cent .; in 1874, 24.68 per cent. ; and in 1873, 23.89 per cent. of the entire enumeration.
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ANNUAL REPORT.
SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND THEIR SUBDIVISIONS.
1,346
Number of township districts in 1880 66
1879 1,346
Number of sub-districts in township districts in 1880 66 66 66 10,842
10,872
1879.
Increase
30
Number of city, village and special districts in 1880 66 66 66 1879 666
684
Increase
18
Number of district divisions included in city, village and special districts in 1880 753
66 66 66
66 1879 759
Decrease
6
SCHOOL-HOUSES ERECTED WITIIIN THE YEAR.
Number of school-houses erected in township districts in 1880.
402
66 66 66
1879 400
Increase
2
Number of school-houses erected in city, village and special districts in 1880 ..... 40
1879. 37
Increase
3
Whole number of school-houses erected in 1880.
442
6
66
1879 437
Increase
5
.
An increase of thirty-two in the number of school-houses erected in township districts was reported in 1873; an increase of thirty in 1874; a decrease of forty in 1875; a decrease of nine in 1876; a decrease of twenty-one in 1877; a decrease of five in 1878; a decrease of forty-two in 1879, and an increase of two in 1880.
In city, village and special districts, an increase of eight in 1873; an increase of seven in 1874; an increase of five in 1875; an increase of fourteen in 1876; a decrease of thirty-eight in 1877; a decrease of four in
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STATE COMMISSIONER OF COMMON SCHOOLS.
1878; a decrease of two in 1879, and an increase of three in 1880-mak- ing an increase of five in the State for the year just named.
COST OF SCHOOL-HOUSES ERECTED WITHIN THE YEAR.
Cost of school-houses erected in township districts in 1880
$369,498
1879. 351,627
Increase
$17,871
Cost of school-houses erected in city, village and special districts in 1880 ... $342,337
66
1879 .. 229,174
Increase
$113,163
Whole cost of school-houses erected in 1880
$711,835
66 66 1879
580,801
Increase
$131,034
The expenditure for building purposes was: In 1870, $1,391,597; in 1871, $1,025,077; in 1872, $893,422; in 1873, $1,008,786; in 1874, $1,164,104; in 1875, $1,010,786 ; in 1876, $1,159,350; in 1877, $803,146 ; in 1878, $843,822; in 1879, $580,801, and 1880, $711,835.
NUMBER OF SCHOOL-HOUSES IN THE STATE.
Number of school-houses in township districts in 1880
10,888
66 66 1879. 10,874
Increase ..
14
Number of school-houses in city, village and special districts in 1880.
1,255
66
1879 1,269
Decrease
14
Whole number of school-houses in 1880
12,143
66 1879
12,143
VALUE OF SCHOOL-HOUSES, INCLUDING GROUNDS.
Value of school-houses in township districts in 1880
$8,362,073
66 1879. 8,059,584
Increase
$302,489
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Value of school-houses in city, village and special districts in 1880.
$13,489,645
66 66
1879 13,043,671
Increase
$445,974
Total value of school-houses in 1880 $21,851,718
1879 21,103,255
Increase
$748,463
SCHOOL-ROOMS.
Number of primary school-rooms in township districts in 1880.
11,288
1879 11,274
Increase
14
Number of high school-rooms in township districts in 1880 6
24
1879 24
Whole number of school-rooms in township districts in 1880
11,312
66 66
1879 11,298
Increase
14
Number of primary school-rooms in city, village and special districts in 1880 .. 66 66 66 1879 .. 4,241
4,392
Increase
151
Number of high school-rooms in city, village and special districts in 1880.
543
66 1879 506
Increase
37
Whole number of school-rooms in city, village and special districts in 1880 ...
4,935
66 66
66 1879 .. 4,747
Increase
188
Grand total of school-rooms in State in 1880
16,247
66
1879
16,045
Increase
202
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STATE COMMISSIONER OF COMMON SCHOOLS.
NUMBER OF SCHOOL OFFICERS.
Number of directors in township sub-districts. 32,616
Number of directors, members of township district boards 10,872
Number of clerks of township district boards. 1,346
Number of treasurers of township district boards 1,346
Members of city, village and special district boards (probable). 4,000
County, city, village and special district treasurers not members, etc., (probable) 500
City and village district examiners (probable)
County examiners
264
State examiners
3
Probate judges
88
County auditors
88
Prosecuting attorneys
88
Total
51,711
NUMBER OF TEACHERS NECESSARY TO SUPPLY THE SCHOOLS.
Number necessary to supply the schools in township districts in 1880. 11,439
66
1879 11,423
Increase. 16
Number necessary to supply the schools in city, village, and special districts in 1880
5,188
Number necessary to supply the schools in city, village, and special districts in 1879
5,010
Increase
178
Total number necessary to supply all the common schools in 1880
16,627
66
1879 16,433
Increase
194
NUMBER OF DIFFERENT TEACHERS EMPLOYED.
Number of teachers employed in township district primary schools-
Gentlemen-In 1880, 9,949 ; in 1879, 10,128: Decrease 179
Ladies --- 8,244 ; 66 8,127: Increase 117
Total --- 66 18,193; 66 18,255 : Decrease 62
Number of teachers employed in township district high school --
Gentlemen-In 1880, 23; in 1879, 26: Decrease 3
Ladies-
6;
5: Increase 1
Total-
31 : Decrease
29; 66 2
500
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Total number of teachers employed in township district schools-
Gentlemen-In 1880, 9,972 ; in 1879, 10,154 : Decrease. 182
Ladies-
8,250 ; 8,132 : Increase 118
Total- 66 18,222 ;
18,286 : Decrease 64
Number of teachers employed in city, village, and special district primary schools-
Gentlemen-In,1880, 888; in 1879, 821: Increase 67
Ladies- 3,905 ; 3,705 : Increase 200
Total- 66 4,793; 60 4,526 : Increase 267
Number of teachers employed in city, village, and special district high schools-
Gentlemen-In 1880, 466; in 1879, 481 : Decrease 15
Ladies- ¥ 203 ; 66 194: Increase 9
Total-
669; 66 675: Decrease 6
Total number of teachers employed in city, village, and special district schools- -
Gentlemen-In 1880, 1,354 ; in 1879, 1,302 : Increase
52
Ladies-
4,108;
3,899 : Increase 209
Total-
5,462 ;
5,201 : Increase 261
Whole number of teachers employed in primary schools-
Gentlemen-In 1880, 10,837; in 1879, 10,949: Decrease
112
Ladies- 12,149 ;
11,832 : Increase 317
Total-
22,936; 22,781 : Increase 205
Whole number of teachers employed in high schools-
Gentlemen-In 1880, 489; in 1879, 507: Decrease 18
Ladies- 209;
199: Increase 10
Total- 698; 706 : Decrease 8
Total number of teachers employed in the State-
Gentlemen-In 1880, 11,326 ; in 1879, 11,456 : Decrease.
130
Ladies- 12,358 ; 12,031 : Increase 327
Total- 23,684 ; 66 23,487 : Increase 197
PERMANENT TEACHERS.
Number of teachers permanently employed in township district primary schools-
Gentlemen-In 1880, 3,097; in 1879, 2,976 : Increase 121
Ladies- 1,506; 66 1,430 : Increase
Total- 4,603 ; 66
4,406 : Increase 137
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STATE COMMISSIONER OF COMMON SCHOOLS.
Number of teachers permanently employed in township district high schools-
Gentlemen-In 1880, 17; in 1879, Ladies- 4;
10: Increase 7
66 2: Increase 2
Total --
21; 66
12: Increase 9
Total number of teachers permanently employed in township district schools-
Gentlemen-In 1880, 3,114; in 1879, 2,986: Increase 128
Ladies- 66 1,510;
1,432: Increase 71
Total-
4,624; 66 4,418: Increase 206
Number of teachers permanently employed in city, village and special district primary schools --
Gentlemen-In 1880, 744; in 1879, 3,417;
695: Increase 49
3,332: Increase 85
Total --- ¥ 4,161;
. 4,027: Increase 134
Number of teachers permanently employed in city, village and special district high schools-
Gentlemen-In 1880, 406; in 1879, Ladies- 197; ¥ 197:
386: Increase 20
Total-
603; 66 583: Increase 20
Total number of teachers permanently employed in city, village and special district schools-
Gentlemen-In 1880, 1,150; in 1879, 1,081 : Increase 69
Ladies --
3,614; 66 3,529: Increase 85
Total --- 66 4,764; 66 4,610: Increase 154
Whole number of teachers permanently employed in the State ---
Gentlemen-In 1880,
4,264; in 1879, 4,067: Increase 197
Ladies- 66 5,124; 4,961: Increase 163
Total-
9,388; 9,028: Increase 360
SUPERVISION,
Number employed to superintend township districts in 1880
16
1879 20
Decrease .
4
Ladies-
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Number employed as superintendents in city, village and special districts in 1880 257
66 66 1879 .. 186
Increase 1
71
AVERAGE MONTHLY WAGES OF TEACHERS.
Average monthly wages of teachers in township district primary schools-
Gentlemen-In 1880, $34.00; in 1879, $35.00: Decrease $1.00
Ladies- 23.00; 23.00 :
Average monthly wages of teachers in township district high schools-
Gentlemen-In 1880, $57.00; in 1879, $56.00 : Increase $1.00
Ladies- 29.00; 37.00: Decrease 8 00
Average monthly wages of teachers in city, village, and special district primary schools-
Gentlemen-In 1880, $60.00; in 1879, $63.00 : Decrease $3.00
Ladies- 42.00; 42.00 : ..
Average monthly wages of teachers in city, village, and special district high schools- Gentlemen-In 1880, #74.00; in 1879, $72.00: Increase $2.00
Ladies- 66 66 63.00 :
63.00;
SCHOOLS TAUGHT FOR A LESS TIME THAN REQUIRED BY LAW.
Number of sub-districts in townships in which schools were taught less than twenty-four weeks in 1880. 174
Number of sub-districts in townships in which schools were taught less than twenty-four weeks in 1879. 178
Decrease 4
Number of sub-divisions of city, village, and special districts in which schools were taught less than twenty-four weeks in 1880 4
Number of sub-divisions of city, village, and special districts in which schools were taught less than twenty-four weeks in 1879 2
Increase 2
AVERAGE NUMBER OF WEEKS THE SCHOOLS WERE IN SESSION.
Average number of weeks the primary schools were in session in township .
districts in 1880. 28
Average number of weeks the high schools were in session in township districts in 1880 23
Average number of weeks the primary schools were in session in city, village, and special districts in 1880. 37
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STATE COMMISSIONER OF COMMON SCHOOLS.
Average number of weeks the high schools were in session in city, village, and special districts in 1880. 36 Average number of weeks the common schools were in session in the State ill 1880 30
AVERAGE RATE OF LOCAL TAX FOR COMMON SCHOOLS.
Average number of mills on each dollar, local levy, for schools in township districts in 1880 3.20
Average number of mills on each dollar, local levy, for schools in township district in 1879 3.10
. Increase .10
Average number of mills on each dollar, local levy, for schools in city, village, and special districts in 1880 5.70
Average number of mills on each dollar, local levy, for schools in city, village, and special districts in 1879 6.20
Decrease
.50
NUMBER OF PUPILS ENROLLED IN THE COMMON SCHOOLS.
Number of pupils enrolled in township district primary schools-
Boys-In 1880, 254,208; in 1879, 255,811: Decrease 1,603
Girls- 219,310; 217,368: Increase 1,942
Total- 473,518 ; 66 473,179 : Increase 339
Number of pupils enrolled in township district high schools-
Boys-In 1880, 663 ; in 1879, 819: Decrease 156
Girls- 591; 16 696: Decrease 105
Total- " 1,254;
1,515: Decrease 261
Total number of pupils enrolled in township district schools-
Boys-In 1880, 254,871; in 1879, 256,630 : Decrease. 1,759
Girls- 219,901; 218,064: Increase 1,837
Total- 474,772 ; 66 474,694: Increase 78
Number of pupils enrolled in city, village and special district primary schools-
Boys-In 1880, 123,713; in 1879, 117,592: Increase 6,121
Girls- 66 119,796 ; 66 114,194: Increase 5,602
Total- 66 243,509 ; 66 231,786: Increase 11,723
2 S. C.
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Number of pupils enrolled in city, village and special district high schools-
Boys-In 1880, 12,947; in 1879, 12,843: Increase
104
Girls- 66 15,910; 15,328: Increase 582
Total- 28,857 ; 66 28,171 : Increase 686
Total number of pupils enrolled in city, village and special district schools-
Boys-In 1880, 136,660 ; in 1879, 130,435: Increase
6,225.
Girls- 135,706 ; 129,522 : Increase 6,184
Total-
272,366 ; 66 259,957: Increase 12,409
Total number of pupils enrolled in the common schools of the State -
Boys-In 1880, 391,531 ; in 1879, 387,065: Increase 4,466
Girls- 355,607 ; 66 347,586 : Increase 8,021
Total- " 747,138 ; 734,651: Increase 12,487
NUMBER OF PUPILS RE-ENROLLED.
Number of pupils re-enrolled in township district schools-
Boys-In 1880, 5,531; in 1879, 5,112: Increase 419
Girls- 5,601 ; 5,154: Increase 447
Total- 11,132;
10,266: Increase 866
Number of pupils re-enrolled in city, village and special district primary schools- -
Boys-In 1880, 2,874; in 1879, 2,810: Increase 64
Girls- 66 2,731; 2,575: Increase 156
Total- " 5,605;
5,385: Increase 220
Number of pupils re-enrolled in city, village and special district high schools-
Boys-In 1880, 469; in 1879, 435: Increase 34
Girls- 433; 66 431: Increase 2
Total- 902; 66 866: Increase 36
Total number of pupils re-enrolled in city, village and special district schools-
Boys-In 1880,
3,343; in 1879, 3,245: Increase 98
Girls- 3,164;
3,006: Increase 158
Total- 6,507; 66 6,251: Increase 256
Total number of pupils re-enrolled in common schools in the State-
Boys-In 1880, 8,874; in 1879, 8,357: Increase
517
Girls- 8,765;
8,160: Increase 605
Total- " 17,639 ; 66 16,517: Increase 1,122
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STATE COMMISSIONER OF COMMON SCHOOLS.
NUMBER OF PUPILS ENROLLED BETWEEN SIXTEEN AND TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF AGE.
Number of pupils between 16 and 21 enrolled in township district primary schools-
Boys-In 1880, 43,605 ; in 1879, 47,235: Decrease 3,630
Girls- 26,460 ; 28,694: Decrease. 2,234
Total- " 70,065; 75,929: Decrease. 5,864
Number of pupils between 16 and 21 enrolled in township district high schools- -
Boys-In 1880, 321; in 1879, 358: Decrease 37
Girls- 218; 237: Decrease 19
Total-
539; 595: Decrease 56
Number of pupils between 16 and 21 enrolled in city, village and special district pri- mary schools-
Boys-In 1880, 4,465 ; in 1879, 4,612: Decrease 147
Girls- 3,835 ; 66 3,579: Increase 256
.
Total -. " 8,300; 66 8 191: Increase 109
Number of pupils between 16 and 21 enrolled in city, village and special district high: schools-
Boys-In 1880, 5,809; in 1879, 5,714: Increase 95
Girls- 7,080 ; 6,660: Increase 420
Total- 12,889; 12,374: Increase 515
Number of pupils between 16 and 21 enrolled in the common schools of the State- Boys-In 1880, 54,200; in 1879, 57,919: Decrease .. 3,719
Girls- 37,593; 39,170: Decrease 1,577
Total- " 91.793; 97,089: Decrease 5,296
AVERAGE MONTHLY ENROLLMENT.
Average monthly enrollment in township district primary schools-
Boys-In 1880, 191,340; in 1879, 190,854: Increase
486
Girls- 172,808; 169,808: Increase 3,000
Total- 364,148;
360,662: Increase 3,486
Average monthly enrollment in township district high schools-
Boys-In 1880, 509; in 1879, 552: Decrease. 43
Girls- 66 492; 499: Decrease 7
Total- 1,001; 66
1,051: Decrease 50
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Average;monthly enrollment in city, village and special district primary schools-
Boys-In 1880, 99,263; in 1879, 95,195: Increase 4,068
Girls- 97,912; 92,960: Increase 4,952
Total- 66 197,175; 66 188,155: Increase 9,020
„Average monthly enrollment in city, village and special district high schools-
Boys-In 1880, 9,857; in 1879, 9,598: Increase 259
Girls- 66 13,154; 12,414: Increase 740
Total-
23,011; 66 22,012: Increase 999
.Average monthly enrollment of pupils in the common schools of the State-
Boys-In 1880, 300,969; in 1879, 296,199: Increase 4,770
Girls- 66 284,366; 275,681 : Increase 8,685
Total- " 585,335; 66 571,880 : Increase 13,455
AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE.
Average daily attendance of pupils in township district primary schools-
Boys-In 1880, 147,779; in 1879, 145,432: Increase 2,347
Girls- 133,465 ; 66 129,563: Increase 3,902
Total-
281,244; 66 274,995: Increase 6,249
Average daily attendance of pupils in township district high schools-
Boys-In 1880, 405; in 1879, 515: Decrease 110
Girls- 402; 440: Decrease 38
Total- " 807; 66 955: Decrease 148
Average daily attendance of pupils in city, village and special district primary schools-
Boys-In 1830, 87,665; in 1879, 83,422: Increase 4,243
Girls- 86,342; 66 81,199: Increase 5,143
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Total- 174,007; 66 164,621: Increase 9,386
Average daily attendance of pupils in city, village and special district high schools-
Boys-In 1880, 8,537; in 1879, 8,390: Increase 147
Girls- 66 11,684; 11,029: Increase 655
Total- " 20,221; 66 19,419: Increase 802
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STATE COMMISSIONER OF COMMON SCHOOLS.
Average daily attendance of pupils in the common schools of the State ---
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