1870	1871	1872	1873	1874	1875	1876	1877	1878	1879	1880	1881
Number of organized counties	31	35	48	59	60	60	60	61	62	63	64	64
Number of school districts	797	1028	1410	1863	2215	2405	2513	2496	2690	2776	3132	3278
Number of schoolhouses	298	558	787	1138	1516	2018	2195	2212	2231	2409	2701	2725
Children of school age	32789	41071	51123	63108	72991	80122	86191	92161	104030	123411	142348	152824
Average number in each district	41	40	36	33	33	33	30	37	38	44	44	46
Number of children attending school	12791	23265	28786	37872	47718	55423	59996	56774	62785	76956	92549	100776
Per cent of attendance	39	56	56	60	60	69	70	61	60	63	65	66
Number of male teachers	267	560	773	1046	1252	1504	1468	1571	1609	1607	1670	1866
Number of female teachers	269	520	739	1176	1483	1587	1893	2153	2121	2221	2430	2964
Number of days taught by male teachers	18931	41411	55996	75996	90430	111393	109677	121403	109347	125332	140882	151518
Number of days taught by female teachers	18436	36024	55901	82796	106472	121723	135971	160011	145546	173962	202125	246553
Average number of days taught by each teacher	70	72	74	72	72	96	95	88	85	87	82	82 1/2
Number of graded schools				21	32	38	56	61	47	60	70	80
Total wages paid male teachers	$26650 13	$81264 73	$107818 69	$149511 13	$171776 86	$222994 49	$219420 00	$220962 42	$208957 13	$208642 23	$242334 47	$264305 00
Total wages paid female teachers	31068 30	65992 74	93677 75	140341 77	171029 40	210748 51	230140 00	236085 28	235542 97	258058 78	306865 94	363412 00
Average wages per month, males	28 16	39 24	38 50	39 36	37 98	38 60	37 14	35 46	34 65	33 25	36 12	34 88
Average wages per month, females	33 72	36 64	33 40	33 90	32 12	33 10	32 84	31 80	25 75	29 55	31 92	31 52
Value of all school property	178604 34	420936 66	817163 59	1167103 87	1553926 15	1848239 00	1585736 60	1862385 88	1805466 66	1810288 27	2064768 32	2054099 00
Total receipts	167597 90	37188 73	537680 39	901189 94	988740 20	928188 00	1093275 39	1026583 34	849300 45	1069007 23	1294137 65	1320449 00
Total expenditures	163930 84	365520 36	534095 97	915076 39	1004957 03	1054817 09	1098974 75	1027192 21	936931 98	1067569 18	1249793 03	1127669 00
Total indebtedness	31657 00	73469 63	176075 85	649307 77	918955 01	1054817 09	1048056 66	1039546 68	1036245 02	1010607 60	1008799 28	969747 00
Amount apportioned from State fund	57982 50	138849 40	157495 11	167493 11	176461 98	292471 49	241167 53	183025 80	169281 88	205622 50	208408 30	278074 00