These tables of data appeared at the front of a 1903 State Board of Education report on the State Colored Normal Schools. They compare the wealth of black and white North Carolinians and provide information on the colored schools, the state’s free public schools for African Americans, for the time period.
| Amount | Percent of Total | |
|---|---|---|
| White property |
$332,978,471.00 |
76.8% |
| Colored property |
$14,852,811.00 |
3.4% |
| Railroads, etc. |
$85,856,527.00 |
19.8% |
| Total |
$433,687,809.50 |
100.0% |
| 1870 | 1880 | 1890 | 1900 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Population |
1,071,361 |
1,399,750 | 1,617,947 | 1,893,810 |
| White |
687,470 |
867,242 | 1,055,382 | 1,263,603 |
| Colored |
392,891 |
532,508 | 562,565 | 630,207 |
| Percent total population, white |
63.33% |
61.69% | 65.23% | 66.7% |
| Percent total population, colored |
36.67% |
38.04% | 34.77% | 33.3% |
| Rural | City | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colored school population |
192,720 |
34,256 | 226,976 |
| School enrollment |
132,363 |
16,458 | 148,821 |
| Average daily attendance |
73,958 |
9,432 | 83,390 |
| Percentage of enrollment in daily attendance |
56% |
57% | 56% |
| Percentage of school population enrolled |
68% |
48% | 55% |
| Average number of children enrolled with each teacher |
54 |
61 | 55 |
| Teachers employed |
2,413 |
269 | 2,682 |
| Percentage of teachers women |
60.9% |
72.9% | 62.1% |
| School term in days |
80 |
159 | 82 |
| Average monthly salary of teachers |
$22.20 |
$31.40 | $25.62 |
| Average annual amount paid each teacher |
$89.08 |
$248.85 | $105.10 |
| Salary per school day |
$1.11 |
$1.57 | $1.28 |
| Salary per week while employed |
$5.55 |
$7.85 | $6.41 |
| Salary per week (52 weeks) |
$2.41 |
$6.57 | $2.85 |
| Total amount paid teachers |
$214,951.91 |
$66,940.69 | $281,892.60 |
| Total amount spent for buildings |
$17,825.64 |
$4,677.58 | $22,503.22 |
| Total expenditures for colored schools |
$232,777.55 |
$71,618.27 | $304,395.82 |
| Percentage of total expenditures spent for colored schools |
16.3% |
13.5% | 15.5% |
| Percentage of total school population colored |
31.7% |
38.3% | 32.5% |
| Spent for each child enrolled |
$1.76 |
$4.35 | $2.05 |
| Spent for each child in daily attendance |
$3.14 |
$7.59 | $3.65 |
| Number of schools |
2,284 |
52 | 2,336 |
| Schools having only one teacher |
2,168 |
2 | 2,170 |
| Schools having two or more teachers |
116 |
50 | 166 |
|
Average area covered by each rural school |
----- | ----- | 21.3 sq. m. |
| School-houses |
2,198 |
63 | 2,261 |
| Log houses |
293 |
----- | 293 |
| Value of school property |
$273,368.00 |
$197,438.00 | $470,806.00 |
| Average value of each house |
$124.37 |
$3,133.93 | $208.23 |
|
Year |
Total Assessed Value of all Property | Railroads, Telegraph, etc | White Property | Colored Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1891 |
$262,796,816 | $16,668,802 | $234,109,568 | $8,018,446 |
|
1901 |
$342,222,009 | $58,780,200 | $271,981,493 | $11,460,316 |
|
Increase ten years |
$79,425,193 | $42,111,398 | $37,871,925 | $3,441,870 |
|
Percentage increase ten years |
30.2% | 252.6% | 16.1% | 42.9% |
|
1904 |
$442,418,677 | $87,022,746 | $339,969,769 | $15,426,162 |
|
Increase three years |
$100,196,668 | $28,242,546 | $67,988,276 | $3,965,846 |
|
Percentage increase three years |
29.2% | 48.0% | 24.9% | 34.6% |
|
1903 |
$433,687,809 | $85,856,527 | $332,978,471 | $14,852,811 |
|
Increase one year |
$8,730,868 | $1,166,219 | $6,991,298 | $573,351 |
|
Percentage increase one year |
2.0% | 1.3% | 2.1% | 3.8% |
Primary Source Citation:
Second Annual Catalogue of the North Carolina State Colored Normal Schools for 1905-'06 with Announcements for 1906-'07. Raleigh: E.M. Uzzell & Co., State Printers and Binders, 1906. Joyner Library Special Collections, East Carolina University, Greenville, N.C. http://digital.lib.ecu.edu/13579