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THE CITY OF PORTLAND

The public schools of Portland with an enrollment of 35,385, are housed in forty-eight buildings, valued at more than $2,000,000. With the exception of three high schools, these buildings are constructed of wood. This does not mean that they are cheap buildings; their cost is upward of $4,000 per school room, which is more than need be paid for the cheaper class of brick buildings.

The following table shows the total registration during the past decade:

1900 12,280
1901 12,674
1902 13,299
1903 14,241
1904 14,909
1905 15,877
1906 17,031
1907 20,389
1908 22,213
1909 23,709
1910 35,385


PUBLIC SCHOOL STATISTICS.

From Supt. Rigler's report we take the following statistics for the year 1910:

Board of School Directors, District No. i, Portland, 1910—Mrs. L. W. Sitton, chairman; R. L. Sabin, J. V. Beach, I. N. Fleischner and H. C. Campbell. Superintendent of schools, Frank Rigler; assistant superintendent, D. A. Grout; clerk of school district, R. H. Thomas. Total income for district for year of 1909, $1,557,027.

Expenditures for 1909 Buildings
$439,018
Expenditures for 1909 Grounds
55,217
Expenditures for 1909 Equipment
20,635
Expenditures for 1909 Maintenance
230,326
Expenditures for 1909 Salaries
690,758
Expenditures for 1909 Repairs
48,623
Cash on hand and unpaid audited bills
106,355
School population November, 1909 (females between 4 and 20 years)
17,917
School population November, 1909 (males between 4 and 20 years)
17,463
Whole number of pupils registered—girls
12,917
Whole number of pupils registered—boys
12,781
Whole number of pupils registered, night schools — girls
138
Whole number of pupils registered, night schools — boys
747
Average daily attendance — high schools
2,029
Average daily attendance — elementary schools
17,807


Nativity of Pupils for Year Ending June, 1910.

Born in city of Portland
7,705
Born in Oregon outside of Portland
4,378
Born in other states than Oregon
11,766
Born in British America
345
Born in Great Britain and Ireland
514
Born in Germany and Austria
514
Born in Norway, Sweden and Denmark
112
Born in other countries
355
Number of schools in district
48
Number of supervisors of schools
54
Number of teachers, full pay
632
Number of teachers, half pay
16