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Tabular Statement of Private Schools for Colored Children in Norfolk and Portsmouth Va. March 1866.

[[11 columned table]]
| Location | Teacher | Teacher Born | School how long taught | No of Pupils | Grade | Monthly Rate of Tuition | How Many Pay | Appearance of School | Discipline | Remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Norfolk |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Bute St. | Miss Skinner | N. Car. | 2 mo's | 31 | Mostly Girls [[?]] Mixed | .60 cts | 2/3 | Good | Good | Compares favorably with schools of white teachers. |

| Foy St. | Miss Cooke | Slavery | 3 Years | 20 | Primary mixed | .50 cts | ½ | Very Poor | Poor } | Teachers miserably Incompetent.

| Queen St. | Miss Williams | Slavery | 3 Years | 30 | Primary mixed | .50 cts | 2/3 | Very Poor | Poor } | Teachers miserably Incompetent. |

| Turner St. | Miss McKee | Slavery | 6 mos | 44 | Primary mixed | .50 | All | Good | Good | Worthy of Encouragement |

|   | Miss Stith |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | heard of such a school but could not find its locality. | 

| James St. | Miss Willey | Slavery | 3 mo's. | 25 | Primary mixed | .50 | 2/3 | Room good | Very Poor | Tolerable appearance, but teachers language very ungrammatical |

| Portsmouth |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Crabb St. | Miss Scott | New Jersey | 2 Years | 36 | Primary Mixed | 75 | ½ | Poor | Indifferent | } Appearance of Teachers not above average of laboring women in the South. language "Gumbo". |

| King St. | Miss Walke | Slavery | 3 Years | 20 | Primary Mixed | 75 | ½ | Indif. | Good | } Appearance of Teachers not above average of laboring women in the South. language "Gumbo". |

Summary
No of Schools Norfolk  5.
No of Schools Portsmouth  2.
Average pupils to Teacher  30.

With the exception of Miss Skinner's, none of the schools are furnished with desks for teaching writing and the benches are rude & unsuitable. The extreme poverty of the teachers prevents better accomodations.

Chas. A. Raymond
Chapl U.S.A. Inspct. Schools State of Va.