"...in '79 Elk county alone numbered 74 organized school districts with an enrollment of 2,181, requiring the employment of 88 teachers."
Grenola Chief, October 7, 1892
When my Granddad was a first grader at the Busby school there were either 106 or 110 kids in that school. That would have been around 1896-7
Sarge, that's alot of kids for a one room school. My goodness.
Yes it is. Grandad said kids had to sit in the window sills.