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│ │ │ │ Income │
│ Number │ │ │ for │
│ of │ Counted │ │ Current │Value of
States │Schools │Attendance │Teachers │Expenses │Property
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Total │ 24│ 2,988│ 176│ $118,526│ $628,743
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Alabama │ 1│ 192│ 7│ 4,485│ 22,000
Florida │ 3│ 193│ 8│ 1,835│ 3,500
Georgia │ 5│ 685│ 38│ 18,204│ 66,500
Mississippi │ 1│ 121│ 5│ 2,514│ 5,000
North Carolina │ 5│ 640│ 39│ 30,069│ 211,500
South Carolina │ 4│ 607│ 15│ 3,976│ 12,000
Tennessee │ 1│ 32│ 4│ 1,182│ 4,000
Texas │ 1│ 73│ 4│ 2,500│ 25,000
Virginia │ 2│ 445│ 56│ 53,761│ 279,243
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The Episcopal Board of Missions and the American Church Institute give
aid to 24 schools, of which 10 are large institutions. On the basis of
income one of the large schools has an income under $2,500, five have
incomes between $2,500 and $5,000, two between $5,000 and $15,000, and
two over $15,000. These four are St. Augustine’s School in North
Carolina; Fort Valley School, in Georgia; St. Paul’s School, and Bishop
Payne Divinity School in Virginia.
The total income of these schools is $118,536, of which $109,181 is for
the ten “larger” institutions and $9,345 is for the fourteen “less
important” schools. The total value of property is $628,734, of which
$604,543 is the property of the larger institutions, and $24,200 is the
property of the smaller schools. The larger institutions have an
endowment of $106,835.
The total attendance comprises 2,988 pupils, of which 2,720 are
elementary and 268 secondary. The fifteen students at Bishop Payne
Divinity School are preparing for the Episcopal ministry. About a
thousand of the pupils reported were in attendance at the “smaller”
schools. The total number of teachers and workers is 176, of whom 12 are
white and 164 are colored; 58 are men and 118, or 67 per cent., are
women; and 118, or 68 per cent., are teachers of academic subjects.
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