STATE OFFICIALS COUNTY HIGH SCHOOLS.

J. W. BRISTER, State Superintendent Public Instruction. P. L. HARNED, State High School Inspector.

MISS MILDRED ENGLISH, Secretary.

STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION.

Gov. B. W. HOOPER, President.
STATE SUPT. J. W. BRISTER, Secretary.
HON. A. L. TODD, Murfreesboro.
SUPT. J. L. BROOKS, Johnson City.
SUPT. R. L. BYNUM, Jackson.
MR. J. F. HUNTER, Memphis.
HON. H. A. LUCK, Nashville.
SUPT. S. H. THOMPSON, Athens.

NASHVILLE, TENN., November 20, 1912.

To the State Board of Education.

I beg to submit herewith the report of the State High School Inspector for the year ending June 30, 1912. I was unable to get a report from Sequatchie County or a complete report from two or three other counties, hence all totals, including the summary, are somewhat less than they would be if every county report had been complete.

Most respectfully,

P. L. HARNED,

State High School Inspector.

THIRD ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE HIGH SCHOOL INSPECTOR FOR THE YEAR

ENDING JUNE 30, 1912.

GENERAL GAINS.

Since the last general report the following gains have been made: The number of high schools has increased from 97 to 111, 15 per cent; the number of teachers from 213 to 351, 65 per cent; the average term from 163 to 173 days, 6 per cent; the salary of teachers from $79.00 to $80.60 a month, nearly 2 per cent; the enrollment from 5,141 to 7,546, 46 per cent; the average daily attendance from 3,731 to 5,495, 47 per cent; the number of high school buildings from 57 to 74, 34 per cent; the value of high school property from $747,018 to $996,750, 33 per cent; receipts from all sources from $191,025 to $359,070, 88 per cent; expenditures from $213,086 to $318,177, 50 per cent; number of books in high school libraries from 9,807 to 14,384, 46 per cent; the average cost of tuition has been reduced from $4.00 a month to $3.96.

These gains were made during the period of least opportunity for the improvement of public institutions-the period preceding the election of members of the quarterly court and county superintendents. With these elections over, a number of counties will be added to the list of high school counties in the near future.

DISTRIBUTION OF COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL.

Of the thirty-four counties in East Tennessee, twenty-three, or 67 per cent, have county high schools. Of the forty-one counties in Middle Tennessee, only thirteen, or 32 per cent, have high schools; and of the twenty-one counties in West Tennessee, only nine, or 43 per cent, have county high schools.

Of all the high school counties in the State, forty-five, East Tennessee has 50 per cent, Middle Tennessee has 30 per cent, and West Tennessee has 20 per cent.

Of the one hundred and eleven high schools in the State, East Tennessee has fifty-four, or 48 per cent; Middle Tennessee