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Sharon Schools in the early 20th century

The schools of Sharon have advanced even more rapidly than other departments of the city, especially as regards buildings and equipment. On an assessed valuation of nearly six million dollars, while the borough tax is thirteen and a half mills, a nine-mill tax is levied for school funds. The receipts from all sources for school purposes aggregated, in 1907, $54,105.64, and for the year ending in June, 1908, they were $59,538.72.

During the present century [19th century] a practically new set of school buildings have taken the place of the older ones elsewhere described. The South Ward school was remodeled in 1902, and since then four new buildings have been completed and two more are now in course of erection. In 1903 the estimated value of school property in Sharon was $125,000, and in 1907 it was $255,000. In 1904 the Central and Prospect Heights buildings were completed, and in 1905 the splendid high school, a building of buff brick and stone, which overlooks the river at the Chestnut street bridge.

During the term of the present superintendent, S. H. Hadley, who began his work in October, 1902 a notable increase in enrollment has occurred. The total enrollment in all the schools at the beginning of his term of office was 1,653. The enrollment in October, 1908, was 2,242. The attendance at the high school has grown from 65 in 1902 to 313 in 1908 Sixty-one teachers are now employed, as compared with thirty-eight in 1902. At the present time the financial condition of the school corporation is good, the receipts exceeding the expenditures, and while the amount of outstanding bonds issued to pay for the new buildings is $160,000, the total assets are estimated at more than $270,000.

Twentieth Century History of Mercer County, 1909, Vol. I, page 105

Sharon High School built in 1904

 

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One of the Sharon public school buildings in 1910

 

                      

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