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Schools

Common. The following statistics are taken from the report of the United States Commissioner of Education for 1908:

Expenditure for public schools$343,602,738
Permanent school funds$177,488,515
Pupils enrolled16,820,386
Male teachers105,773
Average monthly salary of same$56.10
Female teachers369,465
Average salary of same$43.67
Number of schoolhouses256,789
Average length of term in days147.2
Number of reform schools96
Number of inmates31,468

See also references under EDUCATION.

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