Twenty-Seventh Annual Report of the Controllers of the public Schools, of the City and County of Philadelphia, Composing the First School District of Pennsylvania, for the Year Ending June 30, 1845: With their Accounts. Philadelphia: Published by Order of the Board of Controllers, Crissy & Markley, 1846.
Total Student 36,665
Expenditures:
Tenth Section:
Real Estate School Furniture School Expenses & Salaries Total
$313.32 $196.79 $13,543.36 $14,053.47
Summary of Schools, Scholars, Teachers
Tenth Section: 4 Grammar Schools
1 Secondary School
11 Primary Schools
16 Total Schools
Teachers: 3 Male
50 Female
53 Total
Scholars: 1951 Male
1914 Female
3865 Total
Controllers: 2
Directors: 12
Names of the Professors and Teachers, with the Salaries and Average Attendance:
Tenth Section: Palmer Street Schools, Palmer Street above Duke
Boys’ Grammar School, Total Attendance 230, average at 200.
Name: Salary
Joshua Rhoads, Principal, $900
Susan m. Statzell, 1st Assistant, $200
Lydia A. Wetherill, 2d do. $200
Caroline Braddock, 3d do. $200
Lucy Deal, 4th do. $125
Girls’ Grammar School, Total Attendance 262, average at 232.
Mary H. Turner, Principal, $450
Jane W. Vallance, 1st Assistant $200
Elizabeth M. Watson, 2d do. $200
Chloe D. Vallance, 3d do. $200
Tenth Section: Master Street Schools, near Second and Master Streets
Boys’ Grammar School, Total Attendance 291, average at 274
James McClune, Principal $900
Elizabeth T. Brown, 1st Assistant $225
Gweeney Rowland, 2d do. $200
Sarah J. Lodor, 3d do. $200
Martha A. Brown, 4th do. $175
Girls Grammar School, Total Attendance 290, average at 252
Louisa Bedford, Principal, $450
Deborah P. Shaw, 1st assistant $200
Mary E. Gibbons, 2d do. $200
Francis E. Thompson, 3d do. $200
Mary A. Brady, 4th do. $200
Secondary School, Marlborough Street
Boys 97, Girls 100, Total Attendance 197, Average 162
Margaret A. Deacon, Principal $250
Hannah H. Dickinson, 1st Assistant $200
Eliza Eyre, 2nd do. $125
Primary Schools
No. 1, Palmer Street
Boys 183, Girls 177, total 360, Average at 324
Ellen Foulke, Principal, Principal $250
Anna Martin, 1st Assistant, $200
Jane L. Wilson, 2d do. $125
Mary P. Hammitt, 3d do. $125
No. 2, Corner Second and Master
Boys 167, Girls 177, total 360, Average at 324
Margaretta T. Burrows, Principal, $250
Rachel A. Winner, 1st Assistant, $200
Emily Rushworth, 2d do. $125
Louisa B. Aitken, 3d do. $125
No. 3, Marborough Street
Boys 115, Girls 122, Total 237, Average at 213
Henry W. Chadwick, Principal $250
Elizabeth W. Dolby, 1st Assistant $200
Ellen Ginnings, 2d do. $125
No. 4. Palmer Street above Queen,
Boys 80, Girls 60, Total 140, Average 130
Mary Ann Miller, Principal $250
Caroline E. Smith, Assistant, $125
No. 5. Dunton Street, above Otter.
Boys 75, Girls 105, Total 180, Average 150
Mary J. W. Maxwell, Principal, $250
Almira Test, Assistant, $125
No. 6. Marlborough Street, below Queen
Boys 61, Girls 79, Total 140, Average 131
E. W. Beechy, Principal, $250
Jane Hughes, Assistant $125
No. 7. Queen Street
Boys 226, Girls 104, Total 330, Average 300
Mary T. Kennard, Principal $250
Margaret M. Simon, 1st Assistant $200
Jane Wilkinson, 2d do. $125
Mary Louisa Dolby, 3d do. $125
Mary W. Millard, 4th do. $125
No. 8. – St. John Street
Boys, total 229, Average 209
Tacy W. Blakey, Principal $250
Mary E. Woodward, 1st Assistant $200
Sarah A. Bower, 2d do. $125
No. 9. St. John Street
Girls, total 221, Average 200
Mary S. Truman, Principal, $250
Margaretta Hall, 1st Assistant, $200
Mary E. Warner, 2d do. $125
No. 10. – Germantown Road and Fifth Street
Boys 43, Girls 43, Total 86, Average 76
Rosanna M. Brady, Teacher, $250
No. 11. School Street
Boys 54, Girls 80, Total Attendance 134, Average 126
Catharine Donaldson, Principal, $250
Caroline Fisher, Assisstant $125
Increase of one primary school (No.11?) for this report.
Board of Controllers of Public Schools, for 1845-46
(elected by and from the Sectional Boards)
Peter Rambo, Queen Street, above Frankford Road, served on Committee on Library, Committee on Property, & Committee on Grammar, Primary and Secondary Schools.
Samuel Grice, Beach Street, below Shackamaxon, served on Committee on Finance, Committee on High School, and Committee on Grammar, Primary and Secondary Schools.
Names of Controllers and Directors, Tenth Section: Kensington.
(elected by the Commissioners of Kensington)
President – Samuel H. Gillingham
Secretary – Peter Rambo
Isaac Kline, MD, No. 182 Germantown
William F. Small, Front Street, below Otter
John S. Painter, No. 125 Germantown
Samuel H. Gillingham, Beach below Shackamaxon
Hugh J. Worrell, Hanover above Duke
Samuel Grice, Beach below Shackamaxon
Thomas Harrison, Frankford above Hanover
William T. McNeeley, Germantown Road, Above Franklin St.
Thomas T. Vaughan, Queen, below Crown Street
George W. Vaughan, corner of Queen and Shackamaxon Sts.
George C. Bower, corner of Phoenix Street and Germantown Road
Peter Rambo, Queen above Frankford
Report of the Central High School Ending July 15th, 1845:
391 students
Result of Examination of Applicants for January 1845:
Master Street: 0
Palmer Street: 0
Result of Examination of Applicants for July 1845:
Master Street School: 8 admitted, 2 rejected, 10 total
Grammar 6, Reading & Defining 6.1, Writing & Orthography 6.5, Arithmetic 6.5, Geography 6.1, General Average 6.3. Of those schools with at least 10 applicants, Master Street was tied for second with a general average of 6.3, the leader was Zane Street with 6.5.
Palmer Street School: 7 admitted, 0 rejections, 7 total. While having less then 10 applicants, Palmer street had a 7.2 General Average, putting them in near the top. Palmer Street had excellent mathematic score of 9.5, with writing score of 7.8, grammar 6.7, reading 5.7, geography 6.9.
List of Pupils Admitted to the Central High School, July 14th, 1845:
Name of Student, School, [age?], Parent & Their Occupation, Address, [ ?].
Robert Aitken, Palmer St., 13.3, Joseph Aitken, Cordwainer, Front, above Otter, 8/12/1838, 4th.
John Clouds, Palmer St., 13.1, John Clouds, Combmaker, Marlborough, above Franklin, 2/7/1839,4th.
Wm. M. Cramp, Palmer st., 13.5, William Cramp, Shipwright, corner Queen and Palmer, 4/23/39, 4th.
Conrad B. Day, Palmer St., 13.0, William Day, cordwainer, Queen, below Vienna, 3/15/1837, 4th.
John H. Faunce, Palmer St., 12.11, Henry Faunce, Glass Blower, Wood, bet. Frank. & Duke, 4/1839, 4th.
Chas. H. Hollaway, Master St., 13.11, John T. Hollaway, Capmaker, 6th above Popular, 10/3/1844, 1st.
Andrew McCabe, Master St, 14.1, Catherine McCabe, (widow), Germ. Road, above Master, 11/4/1844, 1st.
Joseph Mills, Palmer St., 13.4, John Mills, Manufacturer, Marl. Bet. Frank. & Bedford, 1/11/1839, 4th.
James Mitchell, Master St, 13.6, James Mitchell, Manufacturer, 649 N. 2d, ab. Phoenix., 1/28/1839, 4th.
Isaac Mulock, Master St., 13.7, George Mulock, Currier, corner 3d & German. Road, 5/12/1839, 4th.
James Simpson, Master St., 13.5, William Simpson, Weaver, Otter, near School, 9/22/1839, 4th.
Owen L. Smith, Master St., 14.10, Joseph Smith, Carpenter, Frankford Road, bel. Master,
1/16/1837, 4th.
Robert C. Tees, Palmer St., 14.6, Samuel Tees, Shipwright, Queen ab. Marlborough, 10/30/1837, 4th.
Alex. Walkinshaw, Master St, 15.1, Elizabeth mcCay, Innkeeper, 85 Germantown Road 7 Rose, 3/9/1841, 4th.
William B. Wright, Master St., 12.2, Charles Wright, Baker, Germantown Road, op 4th St., 4/12/1840, 4th.