Ann Arbor Public Schools

Gentlemen:- Herewith I submit to you rny tweuty-fourth annual report of the public schools of this city. The statistical history of the schools of the past year, so far as concerns their administraron, are chiefly contained in the following table. Three preliminary items will throw soine light upon portions of the table. It should also be remembered that the school district boundaries extend in some directions beyond the city limits. Population of the district, census of !89 U.311 Ohildren of legal school age (between : and 20 yes rs), census of 1S93 3,038 Children of legal school age (betwoen 5 and 20 years), census of 1894 3,132 STAïrSTICS OF THE SCHOOLS. I -I S ITEMS. á & % l n 1 Enroltnent, exclusive of transfers, Boys 330 239 559 1KS Enrolment, exclusive of transfer, Glrla 33ö 269 484 1088 Total (j65 55g Í043 ogjj Average No. belongias-.544 4 910 Ïshs Aver'gedaily attendance 521 47S 88,'. m Per cent. of attendaace on number belonsins;.. 95.8 96 6 95 95 7 Number ot non-residents 36") 4a 48 351 Number of men teachers tl ... h Number of wotnen teaoh-rs 9 Í3 Ü2 44 Numbec of special teachera - - . 3 Total ü Number of days schools insessioa 190 190 190 190 Average daily atteudance of each pupil 150 i8 MS 157 Average number of pupils to each teacher 36 38 41 37 Cost per capita for instruc „u?n 29.40 14.28 9.33 16.7 Cost per capita for lacidetals 4.97 4.97 4,97 jd Totalcost percapita.. "Í4.37 9 25 14.30 1.7t A cotuparison of the above table with a similar table in nay report oí '93, wil! show that the total enrolment is 4U leas tban it was the preceding yeíir. The loss is found to be in the High School. Hovvever, an enrolment of 665 gives us a large High School, 1S90-91. Probably we s'hould bear in mind that in n time of serious business depression, money is just as hard to get for educatiotial expenses as for any other purpose. Notwithstanding the additionof two rooms to the First ward school, several rooms, particularly in the Second and ïhird wards, have suffered from large enrolments, in two cases beyond the seating capacity, so that the opening of a room in the basement of the Third ward building seems a necessity. Turning now to the work of the schools, I wish first to do honor to those puüils who have preserved theii school attendance intact during the year. The list is as follows: HIGH SCHOOL. Mary Bain, Waldo W. Burt, Benj. Brown, Grace Edwards, Ella Gardner, Viola Lusby, Anna Shannon, Ora Sperry, Albert H. Stabler, Grace Swindler, Edward Thompson, Mabel Van Kleek, Cora Wagner, Johanues T. Wurster. For two years-llenry Gelston, Wm. L. Mack, Carrie Shaffer, Geo. D. Shaffer, Oscar Weitbrecht. For three years- Pauline Wurster. EIGHTH GKADE. Clara E. Allmendinger, La Verne Brown, Harry J. Brown, Joseph F. Duffy, Frank Kelley, Geo. McColluin, Mary C. Polhemus, Thomas D. Sanford.Lucile Stone, Rosa Schiappacasse, Lydia Stollsteimer. For two years- John C. Burkhardt, Mark Cheever. FIRST B'AKD. Russell Bunting, Lena Fall, Earl Fingerle, Lucy Glasier, Henry George, Reuben Hoffstetter, Willis Howlett, George Holbrook, Ora Hannon, Melinda Luick, Eben Minehan, Effie Niles, Edward Shoettle, Myron ölater, Bertha ShafEer, Otilie Wahl. For two years- Rudolph Kiesselbach, Austin Scott. SECOND WAKD. Egmont Arnold, Otto Allmendinger, Victor Frey, Cari Frey, George Isbell, Adolph Isbell, Louisa Kapp, Robert Meyer, Clara Martin, Christine Roth, Oscar Wehner. For three years- Emily Kauske, Lydia Schleyer. THIRD WARD. Lelia Groat, Ethel Groat, Edith Hintz, Clara Schneider, Florence Sehneider. FOURTH WARD. Lula Gerstner, Paulina Marshke, Florence Scott, Anna Steffen, Edith Steft'en, Anna Wurster, Oscar Wurster. FIFTH WARD. Ethel McCollum, Katie Sharpe.