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Scope and Content Note

These volumes contain annual reports submitted by private and parochial schools, formerly called academies. They summarize information on buildings, staff, and pupils. Each report provides information concerning: town and county where located; property (values of buildings, sites, equipment); library (number of volumes); principal (name and educational background); length of session; receipts and payments; teachers (names, colleges attended, license types, number of days and hours per day spent teaching, and salaries--beginning in 1955, only the number of teachers was reported); pupils (number registered, aggregate and average daily attendance); graduates (number graduating and attending institutions of higher education); and miscellaneous (instruction given in certain topics as required by the Education Law, religious affiliation of school, use of Regents exams). The format of these reports changes slightly during the period, and the amount of statistical information collected gradually decreases. All of the reports in this series predating 1911 are copies of the originals, acquired after a 1911 fire in the State Capitol destroyed the originals.