These are highlights of the annual report that George W. Jones, superintendent of the schools for Marion County, filed with the State Superintendent for the year ending March 5, 1900.

General Statistics
Number of resident pupils enrolled	6,384
Average daily attendance	4,590
Number of male teachers	65
Number of female teachers	156
Estimated value of the school houses	$204,800
Estimated value of school furniture	$32,450
Estimated value of apparatus, including maps, globes and charts, school tablets, etc.	$6,720
Average monthly salary of paid male teachers	$34.25
Annual salary paid the superintendent	$1,000
Average number of months taught during year	7.1
Number of frame school houses built during year	4
Number of frame school houses in county	114
Number of log school houses in county	1
Number of school rooms furnished with       Webster's Unabridged Dictionaries	115
Financial Statement
Amount raised by district tax funds	$26,358
Amount from county school fund	$50,651
Amount from state school fund	$14,847
Amount paid in teachers' wages	$54,088
Amount paid for repairs on schools houses	$3,053
Amount paid out for purchase of school furniture	$1,503
Amount paid out for apparatus, including globes, maps, charts, school tablets, etc.	$1,049
Amount paid for building of school houses and outhouses during the year	$6,392