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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1926
Page
2
The School Facts report issued today compares 1924-25 and 1925-26 school efficiency across state rural and city systems. It shows overall state index rising from 56.9 to 59.5, rural scores up to 53.1, city scores to 83.9, and New Hanover, Currituck, Pamlico, and Durham counties ranking high among rural districts.
Senator Smith trails Ernest M. Dupre and D. R. Starkie with 10,864 and 1,415 votes as McMillan and Stevenson lead in their districts. Brown attacks Smith’s ratification of the world court while Smith defends the 1924 League endorsement. Butler leads Sheppard narrowly for lieutenant governor. Shealy wins agri culture renomination. other state officers seek renomination.
Raleigh dispatch reports ongoing moves by major publishers to set North Carolina textbook prices at Tennessee levels. If adopted, past refunds or claims would be dropped, and litigation risk would lessen. The piece notes potential shifts to state distribution and a cost plus handling depository, with existing buy‑off options and rent or free book policies already in play, highlighting New Hanover as the sole county offering free books.
Greensboro led North Carolina’s eight principal cities in 1924-25 in academic and financial efficiency of its school system with an average of 93.1, rising to the top for the second straight year. The grading covers academic factors like attendance, term length, teacher quality, and enrollment mix, plus financial measures such as salaries and per capita costs of instruction and current expenses.
The state table ranks cities by per capita value of school property and current expense for 1924 25, noting Durham in second for three years with 90.9, Wilmington up to third at 88.7, Winston Salem down to fourth at 87.2, Raleigh fifth at 87.1, Asheville sixth, and Charlotte rising to 80.0 while High Point falls to 76.3. Salisbury leads smaller cities with 88.0, New Bern drops to fourth at 88.8.
The report lists city school averages across divisions. It notes Durham and Raleigh area cities maintaining high scores, while Wilson and Goldsboro slide in rank. Roanoke Rapids leads the smallest-city division with 90.1, Mooresville at 69.9, and other cities like Hickory Reidsville Greenville Burlington Lexington Fayetteville Mount Airy Tarboro Shelby Dunn Smithfield Morganton also tabulated with their respective averages.
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