N.C. Public Schools Rank 42nd Out of 48 States, Aug. 27, 1925

State Schools Are 42nd in Whole U.S.

Figures issued by the state department of public instruction and appearing in the current issue of state school facts, indicate that North Carolina ranks 42nd among the school systems of the union, and 9th among the school systems of the 16 southern states.

Only Tennessee, Arkansas, Kentucky, Georgia, South Carolina and Mississippi are below North Carolina in the comparison.

From the front page of The Randolph Tribune, Thursday, Aug. 27, 1925. Alaska became a state Jan. 3, 1959, and Hawaii became a state Aug. 21, 1959.

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