Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 272, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 November 1910 — Cost of Education In the Various Schools of Indiana. [ARTICLE]

Cost of Education In the Various Schools of Indiana.

■ According to figures compiled by John L. Hoffman, deputy state superintendent of public instruction, the average annual cost of the education of each pupil in the noncommissioned high schools of the state for 1909 was approximately $43.21. The average cost per capita in the noncommissioned high schools of the townships was $44.60; pf the towns, $25.34, and of the cities, $25.31. The total cost of maintenance of the noncommissioned high schools of Indiana for 1909 was $327,718.71. The amount paid teachers in the commissioned high schools, including a proportionate amount of the superintendent’s salary, if he taught, was $1,465,607.50. The enrollment of the commissioned high schools of the state for 1909 was 43,236; in the private and parochial schools, 26,376; number of graduates from the noncommissioned high schools, 855; high schools, commissioned, 355; district schools, 6,715; school houses erected during the year, 170.