The State Superintendent of Education shall make a report, through the Governor, to the General Assembly at each regular session thereof, showing:
- (1) The whole number of pupils registered and the number enrolled as defined in Section 59-63-450 in the free common schools of this State during the year ending the thirtieth day of the last preceding June and the number in each county registered and the number enrolled as defined in said section during the same period;
- (2) The number of whites and the number of colored, of each sex, attending the schools;
- (3) The number of free schools in the State;
- (4) The number of pupils studying each of the branches taught;
- (5) The average wages paid to teachers of each sex, and to the principals of schools and departments in the schools;
- (6) The number of schoolhouses erected during the year and the location, material and cost thereof;
- (7) The number previously erected, the material of their construction, their condition and value and the number with the grounds enclosed;
- (8) The counties in which teachers' institutes were held, and the number attending the institutes in each county; and
(9) Such other statistical information as he may deem important, together with such plans as he may have matured and the State Board of Education may have recommended for the management and improvement of the school fund and for the more perfect organization and efficiency of the free public schools.
All State institutions of higher learning shall make an annual report on or before the first day of September of each year to the State Superintendent of Education, embracing a detailed account of the operations of such institutions, including the expenditure of the public moneys for the current scholastic year. The State Superintendent of Education shall include such reports in his annual report to the General Assembly.