Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 December 1893 — POINTS FROM THE COUNTY SUPERINTERDENT'S REPORT. [ARTICLE]

POINTS FROM THE COUNTY SUPERINTERDENT'S REPORT.

~ - .-i- ‘ ■ -mu County Superintendent Warren has comnleted his annual statistical report, to the State Superintendent. We give some of the more interesting figures: Number of School Buildings 97 Their Estimated value. 897,360 Value of Town School buildings: ... . . A.%>. f.; $46,000 New buildings during year.. 5 Their values2o,ooo Average daily pay, male teachers......... $1.98 Average daily pay, females. SI.BO Nu m ber m ale teacher 5.... 39 Number female teachera.... 76 Children of School age 3929 Total enrolled in schools.... . 3236 Average daily attendance.. 2172 Per cent, of attendance of Enrollment.... 55 The average cost, of the schools, for each child enrolled, for the year was $12.54. The average cost, per child, on the basis of attendance, was $18.60.

The total assessed valuation of all the property in the county, is, $6,786,868. Carpenter township is the wealthiest corporation in the county, its assessment being, $1,001,506. ~ Rensselaer comes next, with an assessment of $932,500. Marion township is third, it being assessed at SBIB,OOO. The seeming inequality between the wages of male and female teachers is largely explained by the fact that the salaries of the superintendents and high school principals of the Rensselaer and Remington schools are figured in the average pay Of the males, snd that of couise considerably increases the male teachers’ average pay. For the same grade of work female teachers get pretty nearly as good pay as the males, which is what they should get, of course.