High-School Costs in Texas in 1924

Abstract

The main problem of this study has been to determine the costs of instruction in the different subjects taught in the high schools of Texas during the school year 1923-24. These costs are presented in terms of cost per credit hour for each pupil in each subject. The credit-hour costs for each subject have been determined separately for 390 senior high schools and twelve junior high schools. The 390 senior high schools have been divided into seven groups according to enrolment, and tables have been prepared showing the costs in each of the seven groups. In addition to the major problem, certain minor problems have been raised, as follows: (i) to determine as many as possible of the factors involved in the varying costs of the different subjects in the different high schools; (2) to compare the costs of the various subjects in junior high schools in certain cities with the costs of similar subjects in senior high schools in similar cities. With few exceptions, this study does not attempt to compare its findings with the findings resulting from like studies made in other states. This policy was fixed upon deliberately, because school costs have changed so rapidly in the last few years that the standards set up in the previous studies are not in vogue even where they were made.