Number of Consolidated Schools Continues to Grow, July 25, 1925

Consolidated Schools . . . In 1924 There were 634 Such White Schools in the State

Raleigh, July 24—There were in North Carolina in 1924, 634 white consolidated schools of which number 343 employed more than six teachers, 161 five and six teachers, and 120 four teachers. At the same time there were 57 negro consolidated schools. Six of these employed more than six teachers, 19 five and six teachers, and 32 four teachers.

These findings were announced by W.H. Pittman, chief clerk to the State department of public instruction, following a survey. “This shows,” he said, “that for the white race more than one-half of the consolidated schools that had been organized in 1923-24 had more than six teachers. There were 291 four and six teacher schools that year, compared with 343 that had more than six teachers in the preceding year there were 458 consolidated schools, and of these 205 or less than one-half had more than six teachers. Of the 326 consolidated schools reported in 1922-33, 146 or considerably less than one-half, had more than six teachers.

“It is evident that there is a growing tendency toward larger schools. The number of consolidations increased in 1923 or 1922 by 132. The next year, 1924, the increase was 176.”

Mr. Pittman pointed out that between 1900 and 1924 one-teacher white rural schools decreased in number from 5,411 to 1,633. The negro decrease was from 2,418 to 1,365 during the same period, while the total decrease was from 7,829 to 2,989.

From page 4 of The Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, July 25, 1925

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