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Tare 81: DistrisutioN oF One-TracHer Districts
ACCORDING TO THE AMOUNT OF AID! RECEIVED AT THE
$900 LeveL, SELECTED CouNTIES IN MISSOURI
Source: State Survey Commission, A Preliminary Report of the Survey of the
Public Schools of Missouri
Computed by National Industrial Conference Board

vatio of
Assessed
7aluation
to Sales
Value
Per Cent

Number of Districts Receiving
Aid of

Total
Num-|
ber
of
Disricts

Reelv-


Aid

Per Cent
of Total
Receiving

Group

Vlaxi- Minimum
 | mum

Jlore |
‘han
3770

$701-'
3770

2601-! £441
8700 £600

$440
or
Less

More | $600
than ' or
3600 Less
256,20.3 79.7
289|22.1 71.9
368( 64.4 35.6
238/91.6 8.4

Group I, five counties
Group II, five counties
Group III, five counties
Group IV, five counties |

I)
56
3]
45

3
1

A
Lz
114
gs

re)

86 a-TE


Groups I and II com- .
bined : [X]
Groups IIT and IV com- |
bined 51 | 31 | 147 |
Four groups combined | 75 | 31 11521
1 State, county, and township aids.

19° 92'219 2101 545]21.3178.7
143 | 165 | 101 | so] 60s}75.11249
162 1 257 | 320 1 260 11,151] 49.6 | 50.4

hand, of the districts receiving aid in the group IV counties,
91.69, would receive aid of more than $600. When the ten
counties with high ratios are combined, it is found that 21.3%,
of the districts would receive aid of more than $600, while in
the ten counties with low ratios 75.19, of the districts would
receive aid of more than $600.
It is not claimed that the difference in the distribution of
the districts is entirely the result of the differences in the
ratios. It is, however, an important factor affecting the dis-‘ribution.
 Differences in wealth are also important, and
this table is not intended to minimize such differences as
exist in this respect. It is presented primarily to show that
the counties with low rural ratios may obtain an advantage
in the distribution of the state aid funds to which they are
not entitled. This table should also serve the purpose of
indicating that assessments throughout the state lack the
degree of uniformity requisite for the adoption of the
minimum program.
Another phase of the problem relating to the uniform rate