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January 29, 1906
Perth Amboy Evening News
Perth Amboy, Middlesex County, New Jersey
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Charles J. Baxter's 1904-5 annual report on New Jersey public schools shows $9.76M total funding, mostly from local taxes; $5.2M on teacher salaries for 9,157 educators; 477,435 pupils; and $22M in school property value, with provisions for remote student transport.
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THE SCHOOLS OF THE STATE
Annual Report of the State Superintendent Full of Interesting Figures.
TRENTON, Jan. 29.-The forthcoming annual report of Charles J. Baxter, state superintendent of public instruction, contains some surprising statistics of the magnitude of the public school interest. They will probably prove a revelation to all except the comparatively few people who study these statistics intelligently in the annual reports.
For the fiscal year 1904-5 the total amount of money for public school purpose aggregated $9,759,602.33. It came from the following sources:
Amount appropriated from the state fund, $1,211,679.13; amount appropriated from income of state school fund (riparian leases), $200,000; state school tax, $1,801,911.92;
amount raised by district school tax, $6,546,011.28.
This last item will cause many people to open their eyes in astonishment. The general supposition has been that the free public school system of New Jersey derived its chief income from the 2 3-4 mills state school tax. Until a few years ago this tax was collected directly out of the taxpayers, but 35 per cent. of this amount is now paid yearly out of the surplus in the treasury.
This state tax, including the 35 per cent. appropriation last year amounted to $3,000,000, which is less than one-third the total amount expended in the support of our public schools. This is supplemented by local taxes for the support of the schools levied by the several school districts, aggregating last year $6,546,011.28.
The total amount raised for public schools in New Jersey is nearly 1 per cent. upon the ratables.
Of this total $5,208,898.19 last year went for teachers' salaries, $2,006,635.15 for building, enlarging and repairing school houses and $435,427.75 for text books and apparatus. There are 9,157 teachers in the state, of whom 8,038 are females. The average salary of the teachers is $568.83, being an increase of $5.58 over the preceding year.
The total value of public school property in the state is $22,049,076 and the average value of the 1,986 school buildings is $11,109 each. The total number of pupils enrolled is 477,435, an increase of 14,564 over the year before.
Two items of disbursements that will puzzle some people are these: For transportation of pupils, $97,701.07, and for tuition of pupils in adjoining districts, $31,751.99. The school laws of New Jersey, as Superintendent Baxter explains in a circular printed in the True American last week, provide that school facilities must be provided for every child of school age in the state. If the child lives too remote from a school in its own district it must be sent to the nearest school in another district and its transportation and tuition expenses must be paid out of the school moneys in the district where the child resides.
Annual Report of the State Superintendent Full of Interesting Figures.
TRENTON, Jan. 29.-The forthcoming annual report of Charles J. Baxter, state superintendent of public instruction, contains some surprising statistics of the magnitude of the public school interest. They will probably prove a revelation to all except the comparatively few people who study these statistics intelligently in the annual reports.
For the fiscal year 1904-5 the total amount of money for public school purpose aggregated $9,759,602.33. It came from the following sources:
Amount appropriated from the state fund, $1,211,679.13; amount appropriated from income of state school fund (riparian leases), $200,000; state school tax, $1,801,911.92;
amount raised by district school tax, $6,546,011.28.
This last item will cause many people to open their eyes in astonishment. The general supposition has been that the free public school system of New Jersey derived its chief income from the 2 3-4 mills state school tax. Until a few years ago this tax was collected directly out of the taxpayers, but 35 per cent. of this amount is now paid yearly out of the surplus in the treasury.
This state tax, including the 35 per cent. appropriation last year amounted to $3,000,000, which is less than one-third the total amount expended in the support of our public schools. This is supplemented by local taxes for the support of the schools levied by the several school districts, aggregating last year $6,546,011.28.
The total amount raised for public schools in New Jersey is nearly 1 per cent. upon the ratables.
Of this total $5,208,898.19 last year went for teachers' salaries, $2,006,635.15 for building, enlarging and repairing school houses and $435,427.75 for text books and apparatus. There are 9,157 teachers in the state, of whom 8,038 are females. The average salary of the teachers is $568.83, being an increase of $5.58 over the preceding year.
The total value of public school property in the state is $22,049,076 and the average value of the 1,986 school buildings is $11,109 each. The total number of pupils enrolled is 477,435, an increase of 14,564 over the year before.
Two items of disbursements that will puzzle some people are these: For transportation of pupils, $97,701.07, and for tuition of pupils in adjoining districts, $31,751.99. The school laws of New Jersey, as Superintendent Baxter explains in a circular printed in the True American last week, provide that school facilities must be provided for every child of school age in the state. If the child lives too remote from a school in its own district it must be sent to the nearest school in another district and its transportation and tuition expenses must be paid out of the school moneys in the district where the child resides.
What sub-type of article is it?
Educational Report
Statistical Summary
What keywords are associated?
Public Schools
New Jersey
School Funding
Teacher Salaries
Pupil Enrollment
What entities or persons were involved?
Charles J. Baxter
Where did it happen?
New Jersey
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Key Persons
Charles J. Baxter
Location
New Jersey
Event Date
Fiscal Year 1904 5
Story Details
The annual report details total public school funding of $9,759,602.33 from state funds, taxes, and local taxes; expenditures on salaries, buildings, books; 9,157 teachers averaging $568.83 salary; 1,986 school buildings valued at $22,049,076; 477,435 pupils; and provisions for pupil transportation and tuition across districts.