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Show MANY SCHOOL CHILDREN. Sixteen Millions, or Nine Per Cent of the Wholo Population. WASHINGTON, OcL 30. Tho report of the Commissioner of Education for tho fiscal year ending Juno 30. 1901, mado public today by tho Secretary of tho Interior, In-terior, shows that 1G.009.G31 pupils, or y per cent of tho entlro population of tho country, attended tho public schools during dur-ing that year. As comparod with tho previous six years this percontago shows a slight do-rreuso do-rreuso In tho numbor of pupils as compared com-pared with tho total population. The total cost of the public school system Is given as ?251,Ij7.C25. This 13 an Increase of SlC.0CO.000 over tho previous year. It amounted to S3 15 per capita of total por-iilallon por-iilallon nnd .'.75 per capita per pupil. Slnco 1S70 tho proportion of malo teachers teach-ers has decreased from SO per cent of the entlro number to 20 per cent of the entlro r umber tho post year. The average compensation com-pensation for male teachers last year was J19.9S and SW.51 for females. This Is a slight Increase over the previous year. The enrollment In tho prlvato schools tor the year Is givon as 1.09.1.S7C. By the addition of pupils In elementary schools, business schools, private klndergartons. Indian schools, Slato schools and schools for defective orphans tho grand tcial of lS.167,yiS pupils Is reported. The report estimates that tho average schooling given each It. Habitant Jn 1S7C was C72 days and In 1903 1(01 days. The report shows that last yoar 1.57S.G72 nr-gro children wero enrolled In the corn-men corn-men schools for that race In tho former sixteen slave Slates and the District of Columbia. Tho enrollment In 1&77, th first yaar statistics woro taken of tho colored schools, was 571,506 Since 1S7G It is estimated that if 130.000,000 have been been expended in tho education of tho colored children in tho former slavo Stales, and nearly JCOO.000,000 for tho samo purposo for the whlto children of tho some section. Ninety-six roform schools aro recorded, with 3UGS Inmates. 21,003 of whom aro learning useful trades. |
