SCHOOLS FOR THE COLORED RACE. [References to preceding publications of the United States Bureau of Education in which this subject has been treated: Annual Reports-1870, pp. 61, 337-339; 1871, pp. 6, 7, 61-70; 1872, pp. xvii, xviii; 1873, p. lxvi; 1875, p. xxiii; 1876, p. xvi; 1877, pp. xxxiii-xxxviii; 1878, pp. xxviii-xxxiv; 1879, pp. xxxix-xlv; 1880, p. lviii; 1881, p. Ixxxii; 1882-83, pp. xlviii-lvi, 85; 1883-84, p. liv; 1884-85, p. lxvii; 1885-86, pp. 596, 650-656; 1886-87, pp. 790, 874-881; 1887-88, pp. 20, 21, 167, 169, 988-998; 1888-89, pp. 768, 1412-1439; 1889-90, pp. 620, 621, 624, 634, 1073-1102, 1388-1392, 1395-1485; 1890-91, pp. 620, 624, 792, 808, 915, 961-980, 1469; 1891-92, pp. 8, 686, 688, 713, 861-867, 1002, 1234-1237; 1892-93, pp. 15, 442, 15511572, 1976; 1893-94, pp. 1019-1061; 1894-95, pp. 1331-1424; 1895-96, pp. 2081, 2115; 1896-97, pp. 22952333; 1897-98, pp. 2479-2507; 1898-99, pp. 2201-2225, lxxxviii-xcii; 1899-1900, pp. 2501-2531; 1900-1901, pp. 2299-2331; 1901-2, pp. 191-224, 285-307, 2063-2095; 1902-3, pp. 2253-2285; 1903-4, pp. 2175-2207; 1904-5, pp. 1293-1327; Circulars of Information--No. 3, 1883, p. 63; No. 2, 1886, pp. 123-133; No. 3,1888, p. 122: No. 5, 1888, pp. 53, 54, 59, 60, 80-86; No. 1, 1892, p. 71: Special report on District of Columbia for 1869, pp. 193, 300, 351-400; Special report, New Orleans Exposition, 1884-85, pp. 468-470, 775-781.] In the 16 former slave States and the District of Columbia there are separate schools for the whites and negroes. It is estimated that at the present time about 20 per cent of the public school funds in the South is for the support of schools for the negroes. For the year 1905-6 the sum of $46,140,967 was expended for the schools of both races. The table which follows shows the common school enrollment in the South, separate as to race, each year since 1877. The annual expenditure for the schools for both races since 1870 is shown in the same table. The public school expenditure for the entire South since 1870 has aggregated $864,383,520. It is estimated that at least $155,000,000 of this sum has been expended to support common schools for the colored race. Table 2 exhibits, by States, the comparative statistics of the common schools for both races for the year ending June, 1906. The totals for the South are compared with like items for the year 1889–90. Public high schools for negroes are included in this table, and their statistics are also summarized separately in Table 3. There were 129 of these high schools in 1906 as compared with 146 the preceding year, the enrollment of secondary students being 6,576 as compared with 7,250 the year before. These public high school statistics are given in detail in the chapter on secondary schools. Tables 4 to 9 summarize the statistics devoted to the secondary and higher education of the negro race, excluding public high schools; Tables 10 and 11 give in detail the statistics of these schools so far as it was possible for this Bureau to obtain the information. A number of schools failed to respond to repeated requests for statistics. TABLE 1. Sixteen former slave States and the District of Columbia. State. TABLE 3.- Teachers and students in public high schools for the colored race, 1905-6. TABLE 4. ·Teachers and students in secondary and higher schools for the colored race in 1905–6 (not including public high schools). Alabama. 13,138 159 297 2,104 2,026 4,130 563 747 1,310 5 26 31 57 528 566 1,094 250 278 528 Delaware. 2 14 20 45 45 67 Total. 127 928 1,129 2,057 11,290 13,919 25, 2096, 298 7,983,14,281 2,098 9123,010 19,686 22,814 42,500 TABLE 5.-Classification of students, by courses of study, in secondary and higher schools for the colored race in 1905-6 (not including public high schools). TABLE 6.--Number of normal students and graduates in secondary and higher schools for th colored race in 1905–6 (not including public high schools). Women. Total. |