Financial Year. 1853-54...... 1854-55...... 1855-56...... 1856-57...... 1857-58...... 1858-59..... 1859-60..... 1860-61... 1861-62... 1862-63.... 1863-64..... 1864-65..... 1865-66..... Table showing the net TOTAL expenses of the City, for Education, for fifteen years, from May 1, 1853, to April 30, 1868, inclusive: EXPENDITURES. 23* Salaries of Teachers. $192,704 05 222,970 41 224,026 22 225,730 57 258,445 34 268,668 27 277,683 46 286,835 93 300,181 28 310,632 43 324,698 51 372,430 84 403,300 82 492,796 66 548,615 90 Incidental Expenses. $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 Cost of School-houses. $22,587 24 103,814 73 149,732 80 51,299 26 225,000 00 105,186 42 144,202 67 230,267 04 166,181 50 107,812 74 5,870 87 90,609 84 200,553 64 101,575 09 188,790 80 Total Expenditures. $273,251 75 389,135 64 411,139 08 349,067 54 570,294 61 459,952 90 517,871 28 628,549 28 574,567 84 534,087 14 471,281 94 643,774 68 776,375 22 781,280 60 961,497 21 $4,709,720 69 $1,768,961 38 $1,893,444 64 $8,372,136 71 CITY OF ROXBURY. STATISTICS OF THE SCHOOLS FOR 1867. [From Roxbury School Report, Dec., 1867.] The whole number of teachers is 103. The number of pupils in all the schools is 5,276, being an increase over last year of 187 scholars. Average attendance in all the schools, 5,076. The number of pupils at the High School is 180, two less than last year. The School has four teachers. There are five Grammar Schools. The number of pupils. belonging to them is 2,274, an increase from last year of 204. Number of Divisions, 43; an increase of one division each to the Dudley, Washington and Dearborn Schools, during the year. Average number to each Division, 53. Number of Grammar School teachers, 47. The number of Primary Schools is 52, an increase of two from last year, one at George Street, and one at Phillips Street. Number of pupils belonging to these schools, 2,822, a decrease from last year of 15. Average to each school, 54. There is also a special Teacher of French and a Teacher of Drawing in the High School; a Teacher of Elocution in the High and Grammar Schools, and a Teacher of Music in the same schools. The percentage shown at the examination of candidates from the various Grammar Schools for admission to the High School, in July were as follows: Dudley School, Comins School, average per cent " " " 78 68 66 63 46 In December, eleven of the pupils of the High School, who had been continuing their studies for the fourth year, were examined in their qualifications to become teachers in our Public Schools. The results attained varied from 89 per cent, the lowest, to 99, the highest, which last was the highest percentage ever attained at any examination: the average percentage was 941. The salaries of the teachers have been increased the past year, and now stands as follows: Principal of the High School . Principal of the Francis St. School, Mrs. Wright Primary Teachers, first year Primary Teachers, second year and after $3,000 1,500 800 700 2,200 1,200 800 650 600 500 550 400 400 400 600 1,500 The cost of maintaining our Public Schools, the past year, was $88,302.19, averaging $16.73 per scholar. The schools, according to the new division of Wards, are located as follows: High School Grammar Schools. Grammar School. - Dearborn Yeoman Street Eustis and Sumner Streets Grammar Schools. WARD THIRTEEN. Primary Schools. Total Dudley Washington. Primary Schools. Elm Street WARD FOURTEEN. Winthrop Street Munroe Street Vernon Street Sudbury Street Total WARD FIFTEEN. Comins Francis Street Franklin Place Avon Place. Mill-Dam Cottage Place Phillips Street Francis Street Centre Street Edinboro' Street Total Year. 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 The following statement exhibits the whole amount expended for schools, exclusive of new school-houses, with the average expended per scholar, for the years since the incorporation of the city: Scholars. 2,321 2,601 2,633 2,910 2,950 2,793 2,952 2,609 2,857 3,137 3,209 3,411 3,485 3,901 4,197 4,396 4,350 4,465 4,619 4,737 5,089 5,276 Total expense. $17,104 01 20,555 23 24,422 69 25,480 00 26,177 86 21,976 32 24,709 61 26,391 51 30,284 69 32,616 68 36,266 58 39,223 53 38,670 81 43,386 44 49,010 68 48,507 52 45,921 47 47,714 95 57,422 99 63,021 62 75,774 46 88,302 19 Av. per Scholar. $7 37 7 90 928 8 75 887 7 87 8 37 10 11 10 60 10 40 11 30 11 49 11 10 11 12 11 20 11 06 10 56 10 68 12 43 13 30 14 87 16 73 |