We have examined the above financial statement and certify the same to be correct. E. C. ROSS, W. R. PERKINS, HIRAM LOZIER, Committee on Finance. Superintendent's Report. To the Board of Education, Gentlemen:-I would respectfully submit this, my third annual report of the public schools of this city, together with the reports of the principals and special teachers, for the year ending September 30, 1903. The following statistics may be of interest: Population of the city, estimated.... School population (5 to 18 years), July 1, 1903... ... 25.000 Number of sittings (single desks), Sept., 1903: Number of regular teachers employed Sept., 1903... Number of class rooms Number of pupils to a room. Number of class rooms Sept., 1902. 109 Number of pupils to a room.... Number of pupils graduated from Grammar De partment, June, 1903 117 14.8 Number graudated from the Academy in June, 1903 46 Average age of the same Average age of same Cost of teaching and supervision. For all other school expenses exclusive of new school building 18.5 .$ 61,334 32 33,474 32 Estimated value of buildings and grounds.....$341,500.00 Assessed valuation of city, real and personal. $11,420,390.00 Number of children of school age (5 to 18) attending private schools .. 1,068 Number of children in the city between the ages of 8 and 14, June 30, 1903...... 2,695 Number, betwen 8 and 14, registered as attending public schools during year.... 2,250 Number of such children receiving instruction elsewhere 321 Average daily attendance at Public Schools. Average daily attendance of such receiving instruc tion elsewhere Number of children over 14 and under 16 in the city, 2,038 301 June 30, 1903 836 Number found to be truants and returned to school.. Number committed to truant schools .. Number of volumes in public school libraries...... 29,334 267 12 .... Estimated value .... Number added last year .$38,500.00 997 The following items are from the school census taken in October, 1902, by enumerators appointed by the State Superintendent. Total number between the ages of 4 and 18, Number of children between 8 and 16 in city..... 1,171 836 3,350 Number of pupils in Public Schools between 8 and 16 2,392 Number in other schools between 8 and 16...... Paid enumerators for taking this census 493 $294.00 There have been very few cases of contagious diseases among the school children and the health of the teachers and pupils has been generally good during the past year. This is in marked contrast to the preceding year, in which an unusual amount of sickness prevailed both among pupils and teachers. The schools were in session, including legal holidays, 198 days. The net enrollment was 4,137, 26 more than the previous year, and the average daily attendance 3,129.75, 27 more than the previous year. |