Louisiana Education, General Correspondence, Letters and Telegrams Sent, Vol. 1 (38), Apr. 1864–Dec. 1865, Part 2 page: NMAAHC-007675786_00431

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Report of Schools under the direction of the Board of Education for Freedman 
February 1865

[[11 columned table]]
|   |No. of child. [[5?]] to 12 Estimated|Dist. Parishes.|Schools in Parish|Dist.without Schools.|Teachers.|Scholars in School.|No. Attend.|No. Not Yet in School|Av [[?]]to a Teacher|Av attend to Teachers|

|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|--|
|N. Orleans|6000|20|18|2|[[?]]|[[?]]|2473|2586|63.8|45|
|Orleans|600|4|4|0||8|426|342|144|53.2|42.7|
|Jefferson|1250|12|9|3|19|982|663|368|57.7|35|
|Plaquemines|506|7|6|1|6|333|271|173|55.5|45.1|
|St Bernard|1000|9|5|4|5|257|189|749|50.2|37.8|
|St Charles|800|9|7|2|10|667|549|131|66.7|54.9|
|St John|840|10|8|2|9|720|484|87|80|53|
|St David|1173|16|6|10|4|327|215|846|34.5|34.1|
|Ascension|808|10|3|7|4|235|194|550|44.5|48.5|
|Iberville|572|12|1|11|3|297|233|203|99|77.3|
|Baton Rouge|1430|12|4|8|11||882|554|558|89.4|55.2|
|Terrebonne|1730|20|6|14|9|59.5|541|1135|66.1|60|
|Lafourche|786|10|7|3|9|608|492|178||69.5|54.6|
|Assumption|1175|18|7|11|8|551|379|629|69|47.3|
|St Mary|450|4|4|0|6|322|274|128|53.6|45.6|
|[[?]]|   |   |1|-|1|88|60| |88|60|
|   |18,735|174|96|78|169|10721|792|[[8388]]|63.4|46.5|

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Can't figure out the last Parish. I have looked at the whole list and nothing matches, and looked at cities.

Reopened - needed more space in empty cells. Fixed several mistakes in numbers.

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