Educational Statistics of Mahaska Co. in 1877
 
Number of districts in township:
8
Number of independent districts:
75
Number of sub-districts:
63
Number of upgraded schools:
133
Number of graded schools:
11
Average number of months taught in 1877:
7.80
Number of male teachers employed:
111
Number of female teachers employed:
191
Average compensation of males per month:
$35.97
Average compensation of females per month:
$30.67
Number of pupils between ages of 5 and 21:
9,792
Number of pupils enrolled in public schools:
7,589
Average attendance:
4,468
Average cost of tuition per month:
$1.26
Number of school houses:
139
Value of same:
$200,405.00
Number of professional certificates issued:
none
Number of 1st grade certificates issued males:
40
No. of 1st grade certificates issued females:
46
Number of 2d grade certificates issued males:
95
No. of 2d grade certificates issued females:
100
Number of applicants examined:
451
Number of certificates issued:
281
Average age of applicants, males:
25
Average age of applicants, females:
22
Number of schools visited by superintendent:
100
Compensation of superintendent, 1877:
$939.00
Private schools in county:
4
Pupils attending:
245
Paid for school houses and sites:
$19,534.78
Paid for library and apparatus:
$145.31
Paid on bonds and interest:
$6,902.31
On hand:
$5,847.61
Paid for rent, fuel, repairs, etc.
$19,402.23
On hand:
$4,097.33
Paid teachers:
$43,910.37
On hand:
$19,037.65
Total expenditures in the 3 funds for 1877:
$89,895.00
Total amounts on hand in the 3 funds for 1877:
$28,982.59

 

Of the permanent school fund belonging to the State of Iowa, $35,000 is in the hands of the auditor of Mahaska County, whose duty it is to keep it loaned out on good security and report interest to the State Auditor.

Transcribed by Peggy Tebbetts

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