Legal school ages in the several States and Territories in 1882-'83, with diagram.

The following diagram shows that there were seventeen different school ages in the States and Territories; the longest, extending from four years of age to twenty-one, covers a period of seventeen years, and the shortest, from eight years of age to fourteen, a period of six years only.

Diagram showing the different school ages in the States and Territories during 1882-83.

School years.

Number of years in each school age.

17. 16. 16. 15. 15. 14. 14. 13. 13. 12. 12. 12. 11. 11. 10. 10. 6.

School years.

In all studies of the school statistics of the United States this diversity of ages should be kept in mind.

Legal school ages in the several States and Territories in 1883-'84, with diagram.

The following diagram shows that there are eighteen different school ages in the States and Territories; the longest, extending from four years of age to twenty-one, covers a period of seventeen years, and the shortest, from eight years of age to sixteen, a period of eight years.

Diagram showing the different school ages in the States and Territories during 1883–84.

TABLE I.-PART 1.-Summary (B) of the number of teachers employed in the public schools and the average monthly salary of teachers in the respective States and Territories for 1882-'83.

b Number employed in winter.

$3,767

$1,270

550

3,745

32 48

19 32

3, 122

2,875

29 62

25 84

2,961

1,494

29 72

31 08

2,457

8,478

740 89

127 27

(294, 513)

a For white teachers; for colored teachers the average monthly salary is $22.10.

c Number employed in summer.

d This total is made up of the number of white teachers employed in 1882 and the number of colored teachers for 1882-'83.

For white schools in the counties in 1881: for the same year the average monthly salary for teachers

in graded schools for whites in the cities was $71.25; in public high schools, $88.97.

i Exclusive of the city of New Orleans and of several parishes.

Excluding board, which costs the districts an average of $8.12 a month for each teacher.

kIncludes evening school reports.

In the counties; in cities, for males, $156.30; for females, $37.50.

TABLE I.-PART 1.—Summary (B) of the number of teachers employed, &c.—Continued.

TABLE I.-PART 1.—Summary (B) of the number of teachers employed in the public schools and the average monthly salary of teachers in the respective States and Territories for 1883-84.

e For white teachers; for colored teachers the average salary is $24.

dIn 1882.

In 1881.

For white schools in the counties in 1881; the average for teachers in graded schools for whites in

the cities was $71.25; in public high schools, $88.97.

gIn 1882-'83.

hExcluding the city of New Orleans.

TABLE L-PART 1.-Summary (B) of the number of teachers, &c.-Continued.