Lyman's history of old Walla Walla County, embracing Walla Walla, Columbia, Garfield and Asotin counties . report of the countysuperintendent in 1900. Now we present the report of city superintendent, W.M. Kern, for year ending in 1917: Enrollment Boys Girls Total Elementary schools 1,280 1,234 2,514 High school 428 393 821 Night school 46 81 127 Total 1,754 1,708 3.462 Transfers to high school 17 26 43 Total actual enrollment i,737 1,682 3,419 Deduct night school 46 81 127 Actual enrollment, grade and high school 1,691 i,6or 3,292 Teachers in city schools, loi ; valuation of property of city
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Lyman's history of old Walla Walla County, embracing Walla Walla, Columbia, Garfield and Asotin counties . report of the countysuperintendent in 1900. Now we present the report of city superintendent, W.M. Kern, for year ending in 1917: Enrollment Boys Girls Total Elementary schools 1, 280 1, 234 2, 514 High school 428 393 821 Night school 46 81 127 Total 1, 754 1, 708 3.462 Transfers to high school 17 26 43 Total actual enrollment i, 737 1, 682 3, 419 Deduct night school 46 81 127 Actual enrollment, grade and high school 1, 691 i, 6or 3, 292 Teachers in city schools, loi ; valuation of property of city schools, groundsand buildings, $790, 000; equipment, $72, 000. Over seven thousand children of school age reside in Walla Walla County, according to the 1917 school census, completed yesterday. The census shows atotal population of school children of 7, 331. Of this number 3, 928 live in thecity school districts and the rest in the other districts of the county. The number of children in the county this year is almost identical withthat of last year, 1917 showing a decline of two. Last years figures showed. OLD WALLA WALLA COUNTY 215 7, 333, as against 7, 331 this year. In the city there was a dedine in the number ofchildren, the census this year being 3, 982 as against 4, 000 last year. The countydistricts, however, showed a gain of sixteen. The city school census of 1917 shows the following: Number of pupils receiving diplomas— Boys Girls Total Green Park 21 12 33 Baker 12 11 23 Sharpstein 17 40 57 JeiTerson 17 17 34 Washington 8 6 14 Total, grades 75 86 161 High school 44 55 99 Per cent of attendance— Grades 98.17 High school 98.10 As will have been seen, Professor Kerns report fives a view of the buildingsand other successive additions to the facilitieig>^6f!the public schools of WallaWalla City. Similar development has takert pfece: In Waitsburg;, Prescott andTouchet, as will be seen from the following. It may be.added jhat the smallerplaces, and the country districts also,