SIXTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT

OF THE

SECRETARY OF THE BOARD.

SECRETARY'S REPORT.

To the Board of Education.

The sixty-seventh report of the office of the secretary is herewith respectfully submitted.

SUMMARY OF STATISTICS FOR 1902-1903.

I.

Number of Public Day Schools.

1. Number of towns, 320; cities, 33. Total, 353.

All have made the annual returns required by law.

2. Number of public schools, the unit of comparison being a
single school which has one head or principal, whatever
the number of subordinate teachers,
Decrease from the preceding year,

4,289

16

11,235

218

3. Number of public schools based on the single class room as the unit of comparison,..

Increase over the preceding year, .

II. Number of Months the Public Schools have been kept. 1. Aggregate number of months (twenty school days each) all the public schools have been kept during the year, Increase, .

1,6581

2. Average number of months the public schools have been
kept during the year,
Increase, .

3. Aggregate number of months the high schools have been
kept during the year,
Decrease,

104,639

92%

2,5101

4. Average number of months the high schools have been kept during the year,

1. Number of persons in the State Sept. 1, 1902, between the ages of seven and fourteen years: males, 175, 153; females, 177,058; total,

Increase in the total,

352,211

10,877

2. Number of persons in the State Sept. 1, 1902, between the ages of five and fifteen years: males, 246,714; females, 248,552; total,

Increase in the total,

495,266

12,163

3. Number of illiterate minors in the State Sept. 1, 1902, over fourteen years of age: males, 3,250; females, 2,764; total, Increase in the total,

6,014

868

IV. Public School Enrolment and Attendance Data.

1. Number of pupils between seven and fourteen years of age attending the public schools during the year 1902-1903, Increase, .

8,596 2. Number of different pupils between five and fifteen years of age attending the public schools during the year 1902-1903,

307,661

430,396

Increase, .

10,088

3. Number of pupils under five years of age attending the public schools during the year 1902-1903,

11,184

Decrease,

89

4. Number of pupils over fifteen years of age attending the public schools during the year 1902-1903,

43,903

Increase, .

1,250

5. Total enrolment of pupils of all ages in the public schools during the year 1902-1903,

485,483

Increase, .

11,249

6. Average membership of pupils in all the public schools during the year 1902-1903,

7. Average attendance in all the public schools during the

8. Percentage of attendance based on the average membership, 9. Percentage of attendance based on the total enrolment,

V. Public School Teachers and their Wages. 1. Number of men employed as teachers in the public schools during the year,.

388,616

8,590

.92

.80

1,273

Increase,.

33

2. Number of women employed as teachers in the public schools during the year,

13,026

Increase, .

361

3. Number of different teachers employed in the public schools during the year,.

14,299

Increase, .

394

4. Number of teachers required by the public schools,

13,208

Increase, .

315

5. Number of teachers who have attended normal schools,

6. Number of teachers who have graduated from normal
schools,
Increase, .

5,931

480

7. Average wages of male teachers per month in the public

8. Average wages of female teachers per month in the public

4. Amount of salaries paid to high school principals,

1,685

93

42,045

1,793

Increase,.

VII.

$11,383 10

Public Evening Schools.

1. Number of cities and towns having public evening schools, Decrease,

54

2

2. Number of evening schools based on the single class room as the unit of comparison,.

4. Number of different pupils in attendance: males, 25,403;

1. Number of towns and cities having public kindergartens,