A THREE-ROOM SECONDARY SCHOOL 



at all. Of the buildings themselves 1 may be classed as good, 1 as fair, 

 3 as poor and the rest wretched. The total value of the school property 

 is reported at $170,000. 



The assessed valuation of Gibson County is $8,680,000. The county 

 school levy is 30 cents, and the State school le\y 15 cents on the $100 

 valuation. Besides these sources of revenue the schools receive the poll 

 taxes of $2 each, the revenue from the special privilege tax, and the 

 interest from certain school funds. The total expenditure this year was 

 $73,582. Of this amount $60,000 in round numbers went for teachers' 

 salaries, $3,500 for new buildings, repairs and equipment, $270 for 

 school libraries and $124 for charts and globes. Table XIII gives some 

 of the important data concerning teachers and pupils. 



TABLE XIII.— PUPILS AND TEACHERS. NUMBER, SALARY, COST 



OF TUITION 



White Colored 



Country Towns Country Towns 



Pupils enrolled 6,641 1,904 1,504 786 



Per capita cost of tuition $5 . 77 $10 . 00* $3.11 



No. teachers 137 70 27 13 



No. pupils per teacher 43 27 56 60 



Average salary per month.... $45.50 $52.00t $31.52 



* Figures for previous year. 



t General average for White and Colored teachers, both 



The data for the town schools is lacking in some cases because the 

 town schools are not under the county board of education and the county 



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