SECRETARY'S REPORT. To the Board of Education. I RESPECTFULLY present here with the Forty-fifth Annual Report of the Secretary. SUMMARY OF STATISTICS FOR 1880-81. Number of cities and towns: cities, 21; towns, 325. shown by the tables arises from a change in the basis upon which some of the returns were made. Number of persons in the State between the ages of 5 and 15 years, May 1, 1880 312,680 Increase for the year. 5,359 Number of pupils of all ages in all the public schools during the year 325,239 Increase for the year 8,462 Average membership of pupils in all the public schools for the year 262,031 Increase for the year 784 Average attendance in all the public schools during the year. 233,108 19 Per cent of attendance, based upon the average membership. Number of children under 5 years of age attending the public schools ⚫89 1,685 Decrease of 148 Number of persons over 15 years of age attending the public schools 24,344 Decrease for the year 676 Number of towns which report having made the provisions concerning truants required by law Number of persons employed as teachers in the public schools during the year: males, 1,134; females, 7,727; total . 8,861 Number of teachers required by the public schools Number of teachers who have attended normal schools Increase 7,155 2,236 1,931 $85.54 $18.00 Average wages of female teachers per month in the public schools Increase $38.49 $7.90 Aggregate of months all the public schools have been kept during the school-year By an error in the returns this aggregate appears in the tables to be 50,633 months 6 days. Average number of months the public schools have been kept NOTE. In tables this appears as 8 months and 9 days. Number of high schools. Number of teachers in high schools Number of pupils in high schools Amount of salaries paid to principals of high schools Amount raised by taxation for support of public schools, in- rooms Expense of supervision of public schools 53,506.6 8.18 215 595 18,900 $262,867.14 63,589.00 4,130,714.11 Increase for the year $68,151.37 159,313-79 Salaries of superintendents (included in the above) 62,492-22 12,450.45 Expenses for sundries, books, stationery, maps, globes, etc. Amount expended for ordinary repairs of schoolhouses Aggregate returned as expended on public schools alone, ex clusive of expense of repairing and erecting schoolhouses. 4,851,566.55 121,534.16 5,279.63 2,161,503.46 110,327.63 183,072-36 |