A History of the Nome, Alaska Public Schools:1899 to 1958 From the Gold Rush To Statehood
A Thesis by John Poling

Table No. 15: Nome School Total Annual Budgets
and Territorial Refunds,
1918-1947.
1

Current Operating Cost
Nome School Budget
Territorial Refund
% Paid by Territory
Average Daily Attendance
Per Capita Costs, ADA
1917-1918:
$13,204.97
$9,881.80
74.83
1272
$103.903
1918-1919:
13,479.23
10,064.86
74.67
1054
128.375
1919-1920:
16,242.47
12,106.99
74.54
74.69
217.57
1920-1921:
16,409.68
12,276.05
74.81
59.46
234.42
1921-1922:
14,030.15
9,595.17
68.39
50.32
250.54
1922-1923:
13,926.22
10,178.43
72.37
57.33
242.58
1923-1924:
13,542.71
10,099.04
74.64
75.11
178.77
1924-1925:
15,898.43
9,975.62
69.04
80.39
168.48
1925-1926:
13,222.53
9,684.48
73.24
84.10
157.22
1926-1927:
12,981.09
9,540.81
73.49
83.77
154.96
1927-1928:
13,657.22
10,812.93
79.17
77.44
176.36
1928-1929:
12,845.98
10,876.43
84.60
73.18
175.54
1929-1930:
13,722.10
10,838.59
74.20
73.67
186.28
1930-1931:
13,281.11
10,571.76
79.60
73.16
181.53
1931-1932:
13,505.00
/ /
/ /
83.19
162.33
1932-1933:
17,165.45
/ /
/ /
113.05
151.84
1933-1934:
16,910.82
/ /
/ /
105.40
160.70
1934-1935:
17,109.90
13,195.88
77.53
107.95
158.49
1935-1936:
18,419.81
14,489.246
78.68
134.68
137.07
1936-1937:
21,784.15
16,072.43
73.78
138.02
157.83
1937-1938:
21,725.72
14,144.42
65.10
121.86
178.28
1938-1939:
22,412.54
17,125.33
76.41
118.20
189.62
1939-1940:
25,282.74
18,808.00
74.39
129.96
194.54
1940-1941:
27,196.40
19,125.30
70.32
145.81
186.66
1941-1942:
27,316.51
19,448.00
71.20
143.42
190.47
1942-1943:
25,145.45
18,056.00
71.81
98.08
256.38
1943-1944:
28,111.47
21,943.42
78.05
117.04
240.18
1944-1945:
30,212.53
22,881.62
75.73
129.25
233.75
1945-1946:
36,981.82
28,096.00
75.99
158.77
232.93
1946-1947:
45,162.37
35,115.14
77.75
208.01
217.12

1Sources: NSR and RSE for current years. Computations made personally when not given on annual reports, when data was sufficient. Enclosures / / indicate unavailable data.

2Total enrollment - not ADA.

3Computed from total enrollment.

4Total enrollment.

5Computed from total enrollment.

6Additional $5000 emergency fund appropriated by Legislature, 1933, not included.

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