Teachers in Moore County White Schools Made Average of $788.94 per Year in 1925-26

School Salaries and Cost of Instruction

Figures for Moore County Schools, taken from July 15 issue of State School Facts

Salaries paid--$75,739.01

Number of teachers—96

Average annual salary--$788.94

Per capita cost of instruction--$26.26

Rank on Per Capita—23

In the state the range of cost of instruction in the rural white schools was all the way from $41.69 in New Hanover to $13.55 in Cherokee.

The average per capita cost in the state is $25.36.

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Editor's Note: A salary of $788.94 in 1926 has the same purchasing power as about $14,900 in 2026, according to A.I. Copilot.

From the front page of The Pilot, Vass, N.C., Friday, July 23, 1926

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