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The Laclede Blade
Laclede, Linn County, Missouri
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Missouri State Superintendent William T. Carrington's 1903 report details comprehensive statistics on the state's school system, comparing rural and urban areas, including districts, teachers, salaries, enrollments, expenditures, and property values totaling over $42 million.
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| Number of districts | 9,119 | 623 |
| Number of teachers | 10,393 | 6,530 |
| Average annual salary | $195.70 | $488.30 |
| Average monthly salary | $30.75 | $57.10 |
| Total enumeration | 482,284 | 492,639 |
| Total enrollment | 402,945 | 301,248 |
| Average attendance | 52,330 | 212,799 |
| Average length of term | 126 | 171 |
| Total teachers' wages | $2,034,111 | $3,186,982 |
Missouri's Great School System.
State Superintendent of Public Schools William T. Carrington has made special efforts to gather accurate statistics covering all phases of school work for his forthcoming report, whether the schools be public, private or church. It is believed that the report will be more complete and accurate in this respect than is usual.
Some of the figures contained in the report are taken from the advance sheets which have come from the public printer, and make the following showing:
Rural. City and Other expenditures $776,716 $2,365,319
Endowments--Public funds (state, county and township), $13,023,997; private and church endowment. $6,568,479.
Public high schools-Number of high schools, 283: number of teachers. 909: number of pupils enrolled, 23,117: number of graduates in four years' course. 1,860; number of graduates in three years' course, 2,065; number of graduates in two years' course, 3,215; total high school graduates. 7,143; per cent. of enrolled pupils in high school. 3.2; per cent. of salaries paid high school teachers. 9.2.
Number of teachers--Public, elementary and high schools. 16,923: state institutions (university. normals. etc.) 185; state institutions (for defectives). 90: private institutions (colleges and academies). 1,417: parochial and other private elementary schools. 1,551; total number of teachers. 20,166.
Number of pupils enrolled-Public. elementary and high schools. 704,193: state institutions (university, normals. etc.), 5,086; state institutions (for defectives), 954; private institutions (colleges and academies), 22,072; parochial and other private elementary schools. 48,236; total enrollment in all schools. 780,541.
Annual expenditures for education $8,363,128: state institutions (universities, normal schools, etc.), $686,000; state institutions (for defectives), $274,000; private institutions (colleges and academies, etc.). $1,307,700; parochial and other private elementary schools, $335,000; total education, 1903, $10,959,828.
Estimated value of school property Public, elementary and high schools, $23,339,117; state institutions (universities. normals, etc), $2,475,000; state institutions (colleges and academies), $11,531,000; parochial and other private elementary schools, $3,960,000; total value of school property, $42,600,117.
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Missouri
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1903
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State Superintendent William T. Carrington's report compiles statistics on Missouri's public, private, and church schools, including rural vs. city comparisons for districts, teachers, salaries, enrollments, attendance, terms, wages, expenditures, endowments, high school details, total teachers, pupils, annual expenditures, and school property values.