SCHOOL CENSUS. Table showing the number of Children in each Ward between five and fifteen years of age, and the number attending public and private Schools, May 1868. Children between 4,574 4,735 2,190 1,095 3,880 1,576 5,764 1,462 2,093 2,528 2,585 3,352 1,705 2,328 2,865 297 80 43,109 Children Att'g 3,630 3,389 1,687 739 3,077 1,073 4,559 1,191 1,480 1,716 1,914 2,648 1,457 1,707 2,294 297 32,858 | Children Att'g Private Schools. 459 449 231 204 38 303 508 75 299 199 341 349 67 330 99 80 4,031 The following Table shows the number of persons in the city between the ages of five and fifteen, for ten years, and also the amount received by the city, in each year, from the State School Fund: 1859... 1860. 1861... 1862... 1863.. 1864.. 1865... 1866. 1867.. 1868.. 1858-59.... 1859-60.... 1860-61... 1861-62. YEARS. YEARS. 1862-63... 1863-64.. 1864-65... 1865-66..... 1866-67. 1867-68. The following Table shows the average whole number, the average attendance and the per cent of attendance, of the public schools of all grades, for ten years, ending July 31, 1868: Average Whole Number. Proportion of Income from School Fund. 25,484 25,315 26,488 27,081 27,051 26,961 27,095 27,723 28,126 32,885 $6,136 75 6,185 76 6,045 90 5,926 35 6,364 99 6,430 63 6,750 44 8,082 08 5,310 30 11,545 13 The following Table shows the aggregate of the average whole number and attendance of the pupils of the HIGH SCHOOLS, for ten years, ending July 31, 1868: 1858-59... 1859-60... 1860-61.. 1861-62. 1862-63. 1863-64. 1864-65... 1865-66... 1866-67. 1867-68... YEARS. YEARS. Average Whole Number. 559 630 667 755 733 527 740 776 873 1,050 Average Whole Number. Average 11,788 11,608 12,495 13,064 13,347 13,523 13,915 14,394 14,849 17,450 528 608 635 725 696 691 712 751 845 977 The following Table shows the aggregate of the average whole number and attendance of the GRAMMAR SCHOOLS, for ten years, ending July 31, 1868: Average Per cent. 10,613 10,804 11,692 12,264 12,439 12,601 13,110 13,620 14,026 16,362 94.4 96.5 95.2 96.0 94.9 94.5 96.1 96.2 96.7 95.7 Per cent. 90.0 93.0 93.6 93.9 93.1 92.8 93.8 94.2 94.1 93.3 The following Table shows the aggregate of the average whole number and attendance of the pupils of the PRIMARY SCHOOLS for ten years, ending July 31, 1868 : 1858-59.... 1859-60.... YEARS. 1860-61.. 1861-62. 1862-63. 1863-64.. 1864-65. 1865-66. 1866-67 1867-68. YEARS. The following Table shows the number of PRIMARY SCHOOLS, the average number and the average attendance to a school, for ten years, ending July 31, 1868: Schools and 221 223 250 250 254 254 257 256 Average 259 f. 303 10,904 10,892 11,825 11,556 11,412 11,325 11,179 11,438 11,393 13,060 Per cent. 82.9 83.6 88.7 87.1 89.4 87.5 89.1 90.3 91.1 89.3 Net Current Annual Expenditures for the Public Schools of Boston for the last fifteen financial years, ending 30th of April, in each year, exclusive of the cost of the schoolhouses; also the average whole number of scholars for each school year ending July 31. No. of EXPENDITURES. Salaries of Teachers. 1853-54.. 22,528 $192,704 05 1854-55.. 23,439 222,970 41 1855-56.. 23,749 224,026 22 1856-57.. 24,231 225,730 57 1857-58.. 24,732 258,445 34 1858-59.. 25,453 268,668 27 1859-60.. 25,328 277,683 46 1860-61.. 26,488 286,835 93 1861-62.. 27,081 300,181 28 1862-63.. 27,051 310,632 43 1863-64.. 26,960 324,698 51 1864-65.. 27,095 372,430 84 1865-66.. 27,723 403,300 82 1866-67.. 28,126 492,796 66 1867-68.. 32,885 548,615 90 Rate per 8.55 9.51 9.43 9.32 10.45 10.56 10.96 10.82 11.08 11.50 12.04 13.74 14.54 17.52 16.68* Incidental $57,960 46 62,350 50 67,380 06 72,037 71 86,849 27 86,098 21 95,985 15 111,446 31 108,245 06 115,641 97 140,712 56 180,734 00 172,520 76 186,908 85 224,090 51 * Schools in the Highlands half the year. Rate per Scholar. 2.57 2.66 2.84 2.97 3.51 3.38 3.79 4.21 4.00 4.27 4.85 6.67 6.22 6.64 6.81* |
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