The upper figure shows building in which the school began, the lower,
the present main building. The school was founded in 1903 by W. H.
Holtzclaw, the present principal. It now has buildings valued at
almost $100,000. There are 27 teachers and over 300 pupils. The
annual income is about $20,000 and the property is valued at over
$160,000.
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The number of pupils in attendance was 14,851, of whom 12,273 were
elementary, 1,841 secondary, and 737 were collegiate and professional.
The secondary courses are offered in twenty of the larger institutions.
The collegiate and professional students are in Meharry Medical College,
Fisk University and Atlanta University. Of the total attendance reported
above, the 72 smaller schools have 4,404 pupils, of whom only 66 are
secondary.
The number of teachers and workers in all independent schools was 1,144,
of whom 249 were white and 895 were colored; 521 male, 623 female; 558
academic, 222 industrial, 49 agricultural, 315 other workers. The ratio
of teachers and workers to pupils indicates that these institutions are
fairly well managed. About a fourth of the teachers in the larger
schools are white. The smaller schools are practically all taught by
colored workers. On the basis of sex, the workers in the larger
institutions are about equally divided.
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