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│Number │ │ │Income for│
│ of │ Counted │ │ Current │ Value of
States │Schools│Attendance│ Teachers │ Expenses │ Property
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│ │ │Total│White│Negr.│ │
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Total │ 24│ 5,536│ 419│ 139│ 280│ $304,861│ $3,870,744
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Alabama │ 1│ 268│ 21│ 1│ 20│ 9,479│ 83,000
Arkansas │ 1│ 313│ 18│ │ 18│ 15,109│ 90,000
Florida │ 1│ 404│ 18│ │ 18│ 8,070│ 80,158
Georgia │ 5│ 1,287│ 106│ 50│ 56│ 81,573│ 621,624
Kentucky │ 1│ 130│ 15│ 1│ 14│ 11,308│ 60,000
Louisiana │ 2│ 572│ 26│ 10│ 16│ 16,356│ 462,000
Mississippi│ 1│ 310│ 16│ │ 16│ 1,591│ 100,000
Missouri │ 1│ 66│ 11│ │ 11│ 4,486│ 20,000
North │ │ │ │ │ │ │
Carolina │ 3│ 419│ 46│ 14│ 32│ 41,051│ 433,251
South │ │ │ │ │ │ │
Carolina │ 1│ 507│ 30│ 18│ 12│ 21,384│ 635,744
Tennessee │ 2│ 242│ 31│ │ 31│ 9,942│ 117,500
Texas │ 1│ 371│ 22│ 12│ 10│ 19,247│ 314,935
Virginia │ 3│ 537│ 36│ 21│ 15│ 37,684│ 630,354
West │ │ │ │ │ │ │
Virginia │ 1│ 110│ 23│ 12│ 11│ 17,581│ 222,178
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The annual income for current expense of the 24 schools is $304,861, of
which $150,637 is received from the board. On the basis of income five
of the schools have incomes between $1,500 and $5,000; ten between
$5,000 and $15,000; six between $15,000 and $30,000; and twenty have
incomes of over $30,000. The total property is valued at $3,870,744, of
which about three and a third millions are in plant and almost half a
million is in endowment. According to property, only one school has a
valuation under $10,000; three schools have valuations between $10,000
and $25,000; four between $25,000 and $50,000; seven between $50,000 and
$150,000; three between $150,000 and $250,000, and six over $250,000.
The attendance of these schools was 5,504, of whom 3,186 were
elementary, 2,068 secondary, and 250 collegiate. All the schools
maintain elementary classes, and all but two have secondary pupils.
Seven of the institutions are offering instruction in college subjects.
Two of the seven, however, had neither the equipment nor teachers to
maintain college work. The number of teachers is 419, of whom 139 are
white and 280, or 66 per cent. are colored; 148 are men and 271, or 65
per cent., are women; and 295, or 70 per cent., are academic teachers.
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