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Circa 1935

Florida State Institutions of Higher Learning are the State University at Gainesville, enrollment, 2,848; the State College for Women at Tallahassee, enrollment, 1,700; and the Agricultural and Mechanical College for Negroes at Tallahassee, enrollment, 670.

Other State educational institutions are the School for the Deaf and Blind, the Industrial School for Boys (delinquent), and the Industrial School for Girls (delinquent).

Private Universities and Colleges Enrollment
Stetson University, DeLand	671
Miami University, Miami	1,098
Tampa University, Tampa	534
Southern College, Lakeland	513
Rollins College, Winter Park	510

For the year ending June 30, 1934
Number of White Elementary Schools	1,164	Enrollment	! 180,377	Grades 1-6
Number of Colored Elementary Schools	884	Enrollment	90,730	Grades 1-6
Number of White Secondary Schools	510	Enrollment	97,252	Grades 7-12
Number of Colored Secondary Schools	105	Enrollment	14,151	Grades 7-12
Number of White Teachers	*8,578
Number of Colored Teachers	**2,660
Cost of occupied school lands	$12,446,553.43
Cost of school buildings	53,037,819.21
Cost of equipment	6,102,485.29

* Including 11 Supervisors and 285 principals.

** Including 2 Supervisors and 49 principals.

! Includes 1,403 enrolled in Kindergarten.

Source:
Excerpt from "Education" Know Florida, Issued by the State Department of Agriculture, Tallahassee, Circa 1935.

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