Texas Almanac, 1947-1948 Page: 373
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EDUCATION. 371
Teaching Positions, Salaries, and Training- Colored
Distribution of Aggregate Annual Academic-Professional
Teaching Positions Salaries Training
Positions- a - - -
Principals: I I
Elementary ......... 64 31 95 $138,680 $54,164 $192,8441 82 13! .. 95
Junior High . 3. 3 11,862 . 11,8621 3 . 3
Senior High ... 204 11 215 383,633 17,808 401,441 2031 12 213
Total principals.. 271 42 313 $534,175 $71,972 $606,1471 2881 251 ... 313
Teachers-
Elementary ..........333 4,432 4,765 $421,764 $5,341,899 $5,763,663 2,976 1,744 45 4, 5
Junior High .. 42 99 141 81,496 190,015 271,511 137 41 . 141
Senior High . 569 917 1,486 921,285 1,252,065 2,173,350 1,307 77 2 1,486
Total teachers .. I 9441 5,4481 6,392 $1,424,5451 $6,783,9791 $8,208,5241 4,4201 1,925 471 6,392
Grand total 11,2151 5,4901 6,7051 $1,958,7201 $6,855,9511 $8,814,6711 4,7071 1,9501 47 6,705
Average colored teacher's salary, $1,284; average salary of all personnel, Including administrative.
$1,314
Value of School Property-White and Colored
Table below shows value, as indicated by original cost, of public school property in Texas
during the school year, 1945-46. according to the State Department of Education
Original Cost of- White Schools. Colored Schools. Total
School buildings ..................................$229,928,905 $13,764,891 $243,693,796
School sites and playgrounds ......................... 27,913,466 1,792,300 29,705,766
Grounds for working in agriculture .................... 484,031 13,073 497,104
School furniture (desks, tables, chairs, etc.)............. 23,255,424 1,689,577 24,945,001
Teachers' homes ...................................... 3,753,831 70,625 3,824,456
Total plant ..................................$285,335,657 $17,330,466 $302,666,123
*Equipment f - teaching laboratory courses ............ 6,121,109 351,767 6,472.876
Cost of public school libraries.......................... 5,709,012 344,381 6,053,393
Equipment for teaching music......................... 2,195,580 121,181 2,316,761
Audio-visual aids .......... ......................... 835,765 36,170 871,935
Other equipment (playground, athletic).................. 4,676,526 171,014 4,847,540
Original cost of school buses ........................... 7,824,966 340,354 8,165,320
Total equipment ................................ $27,362,958 $1,364.867 $28,727.825
Grand total .............................. $312,698,615 $18,695,333 $331,393,948
*Includes science, vocational, and commercial courses
A GREATER
SOUTHERN METHODIST
UNIVERSITY FOR A
GREATER TEXAS
UMPHREY LEE, President
"TO MAKE MONEY IMMORTAL, INVEST !T IN MEN"
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