Arkansas Has 10,175 School-teachers.
State Superintendent George B. Cook, of Arkansas, gave out a statement showing the condition of Arkansas schools, from which the following extracts are taken:
Number of teachers—white, 8,227; colored, 1,948. Total, 10,175. Increase over last year, 341.
Average length of term, 117.9 days; increase over last year, 4 days.
Number of schoolhouses erected in the year, 282; total value, $1,014,100; average value, $3,596. Total number of schoolhouses in the State, 6,338; total value, $10,131,828.
Total receipts from all sources, $5,275,653.37. Total expenditures, $3,387,349.08.