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SUMMARY OF STATISTICS. TWELVE YEARS OF THE SYSTEM.

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



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