STATE OF TENNESSEE, OFFICE STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS, NASHVILLE, December 15, 1878. To his Excellency, James D. Porter, Governor of Tennessee: SIR-I have the honor to submit to your Excellency this, my fourth, Annual Report of the operations of the Public Schools for the year ending August 31, 1878. I have the honor to be, Very respectfully, your obedient servant, LEON. TROUSDALE, State Superintendent Public Schools.. REPORT. Under all the embarrassments from financial distress, which have continued to harass our people, the following summaries of the statistics of our Public Schools exhibit an unprecedented increase, both as to their scope and efficiency. No. consolidated schools* No. of graded and consolidated schools. PUPILS. (Between six and eighteen years of age.) 77 No. graded schools (included in above total). 243 257 500 * Schools in which higher branches are taught with aid of private tuition. |