The National Almanac and Annual Record for Volume 1 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1863 Excerpt: ...building tax," 3.25. Total cost of school system, including whole amount of tax levied and appropriation, $2,389,383 60. Including the similar items in Philadelphia for the year, so far as possible, the whole number of common schools of the State was 12,245; whole number of teachers, 15,494; whole number of pupils, 660,295; average attendance of pupils, 439,278; percentage of whole number of pupils to number of persons of school age, 63.46; percentage of average attendance to whole number of persons of school age, 42.5; average length of school term, 5.9 months; average cost of pupil for school year, $3.54; total cost of tuition, $1,773,666 07; total cost of fuel and contingencies, $366,124 09; total cost of school-houses, $527,909 60; total cost of system, viz.: total taxes levied. State appropriation, and amount expended in Philadelphia schools, $2,900,501 60. Of the 11,130 schoolhouses in the State, 4135 were sufficient iu all respects (1163 built according to the " School Architecture"); 4673 were improvable by repair so aa to befit, and 2321 were wholly unfit, for use; the furniture of 2412 was sufficient in all respects, of 5609 was improvable by repair, of 3467 was wholly unfit for use; 1500 schools were properly graded, 8301 were not graded, but the pupils were classed, and in 1803 there was no grading, nor were the pupils classed. Of the teachers, 16,464 were oxamined by county superintendents during the year, and 1493 taught with professional certificates; of the latter, 198 did not give satisfaction; 11,692 taught with provisional certificates, of whom 7606 did, and 4162 did not, give satisfaction; 1917 were rejected at the examinations, and the certificates of 47 were annulled; moral instruction was given regularly in 6352 schools...