These figures explain the efforts of the colored people to enlist the sympathy and support of the North and their willingness to contribute out of their poverty to the establishment of schools.

Public High Schools.—There are only 65 public high schools for negroes in the Southern States. Of these, 47 maintain four-year courses and 18 have three-year courses. In addition, there are about 200 public schools which enroll a few pupils above the elementary grades. Practically all the four-year high schools are in the large cities of the border States. Over half are in Texas, Kentucky, Tennessee and West Virginia; 16 are in Oklahoma, Tennessee and Virginia. South Carolina and Florida have only 2 each; North Carolina and Louisiana have no public high schools for negroes. North Carolina, however, provides three well-managed State normal schools offering secondary work. The city high schools of Washington, D. C., and St. Louis, Mo., are unusual in extent of plant, ranging in value from $200,000 to $450,000.

The following table presents the more important facts for the Public High Schools:

PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS AND NORMAL SCHOOLS.
State and Name of School.Location.
City or Town		Years in Course.Attendance.High School Teachers.Value of Plant.
United States, total 8,707484$3,172,250
Alabama, total 5411921,500
Birmingham Colored High SchoolBirmingham438792,000
Huntsville Colored High SchoolHuntsville43624,500
Owen AcademyMobile386510,000
Tuscambia Colored High SchoolTuscambia33235,000
Arkansas, total 25322105,000
Langston High SchoolHot Springs439420,000
Merrill High SchoolPine Bluff425318,000
Helena Colored High SchoolHelena32937,000
Gibbs High SchoolLittle Rock4100840,000
Lincoln Colored High SchoolFort Smith360420,000
Delaware, total 601133,800
Howard High SchoolWilmington4601133,800
District of Columbia, total 1,37596985,000
Armstrong Manual Training SchoolWashington425933240,000
Dunbar High School„473148500,000
Myrtilla Minor Normal School„[[1]]211515245,000
Florida, total 786190,000
Stanton High SchoolJacksonville4443175,000
Lincoln High and Graded SchoolTallahassee334315,000
Georgia, total 40515,000
Athens High and Industrial SchoolAthens340515,000
Kentucky, total 77944209,000
Louisville Colored Normal SchoolLouisville[[1]]227210,000
State Street High SchoolBowling Green442410,000
Lincoln High SchoolPaducah439422,000
Central High SchoolLouisville44021641,000
Earlington Colored High SchoolEarlington310115,000
Douglass High SchoolHenderson425340,000
Clinton Street High SchoolFrankfort424315,000
Russell High SchoolLexington493418,000
Western High SchoolOwensboro477423,000
„ „ „Paris440315,000
Maryland, total 7814280,000
Baltimore Colored Normal SchoolBaltimore[[1]]2112815,000
Baltimore High School„46693465,000
Mississippi, total 49314,000
Colored High SchoolYazoo349314,000
Missouri, total 91049430,500
Sumner High SchoolSt. Louis459534330,500
Lincoln High SchoolKansas City431515100,000
Oklahoma, total 36827166,750
Dunbar High SchoolTulsa44056,000
Douglass High SchoolOklahoma City480763,750
Boley City High SchoolBoley425215,000
Manual Training SchoolMuskogee4138870,000
Faver High SchoolGuthrie485512,000
South Carolina, total 138615,000
Howard High SchoolColumbia3138615,300
Texas, total 1,21263370,300
Anderson High SchoolAustin482528,000
Colored High SchoolFort Worth4133668,000
A. J. Moore High SchoolWaco469514,800
Gibbons High SchoolParis4100327,500
Charlton High SchoolBeaumont3108310,000
Central High SchoolMarshall4142610,000
Anderson High SchoolDennison328214,000
Lincoln High SchoolPalestine46928,000
Dallas Colored High SchoolDallas42431260,000
Douglass High SchoolSan Antonio485949,500
Central High SchoolGalveston489654,000
Temple Colored High SchoolTemple438215,000
Frederick Douglass High SchoolSherman326211,500
Tennessee, total 65025117,000
Austin High SchoolKnoxville3116712,000
Kortrecht High SchoolMemphis3232535,000
Howard High SchoolChattanooga480530,000
Rural High SchoolHyde Park326220,000
Pearl High SchoolNashville3196620,000
Virginia, total 1,07038163,500
Armstrong High SchoolRichmond44391740,000
Jackson High SchoolLynchburg3110414,000
Peabody High SchoolPetersburg3147430,000
Colored Public High SchoolNorfolk4257841,500
Mount Herman High SchoolPortsmouth457213,000
Danville Colored High SchoolDanville260325,000
West Virginia, total 15016265,600
Water Street High SchoolClarksburg420226,750
Douglass High SchoolHuntingdon435462,700
Sumner High SchoolParkersburg428488,000
Lincoln High SchoolWheeling421245,850
Garnett High SchoolCharleston446442,300
Northern States (separate schools), total 2531270,000
Sumner High School (Missouri)Kansas City42531270,000

[1]. Above High School grade.

County Training Schools.—The organization of the “county training school,” is a comparatively new but promising movement. There are 27 schools of this type in the various Southern States. These schools have in most cases done work through the ninth grade, and in some cases through the tenth grade, including in the last two years some elementary teacher training. In addition much industrial work has been included in the curriculum, the aim being to make these schools articulate as nearly as possible with the life of the people in the rural communities and the type of work their graduates will be called upon to do.

They are supported partly by private funds and partly by public funds. The State Fund provides about $15,000 a year for these schools, while about $35,000 is provided by the Counties. The following table presents the more important facts for these schools:

COUNTY TRAINING SCHOOLS.
Counties Maintaining Training Schools.City or Town.Attendance.Teachers.Income.Value of Plant.
United States, total 5,906139$51,501$145,570
Alabama 694196,65020,900
CoosaCottage Grove18941,65011,000
LowndesCharity15051,2504,700
MobilePlateau24162,5001,500
PickensCarrollton11441,2503,700
Arkansas 1,2422510,95727,500
ChicotDermott24541,8045,000
HempsteadHope30082,6629,000
LeeMarianna35063,74010,000
OuachitaCamden34772,7513,500
Georgia 36593,72510,500
Ben HillQueensland18541,7253,000
WashingtonSandersville18052,0007,500
Kentucky 7032,0003,500
BourbonLittle Rock7032,0003,500
Louisiana 25473,0308,600
CalcasieuWest Lake11841,6804,600
MorehouseBastrop13631,3504,000
North Carolina 995268,69036,650
JohnsonSmithfield30871,6906,500
MartinParmelee15041,5006,500
PamlicoStonewall13551,5805,000
SampsonClinton24251,8704,500
WakeMethod16052,05014,150
South Carolina 29161,9985,500
ClarendonManning29161,9985,500
Tennessee 1,173206,02514,040
FayetteSomerville27551,3404,540
HaywoodBrownsville42382,4052,500
ShelbyLucy, R. F. D.47572,2807,000
Texas 20862,5114,080
TravisManor20862,5114,080
Virginia 614185,91514,300
AlbemarleCharlottsville7541,1003,500
CarolineBowling Green21242,0804,300
NottawayBlackstone16661,4553,500
YorkLackey16141,2803,000

AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE, BATON ROUGE, LA.
The land-grant school for Louisiana. Formerly Southern University at New Orleans. Several large brick buildings have been erected. The school now has 23 teachers, 300 pupils and property valued at nearly $100,000.