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SUPERINTENDENT'S MONTHLY SCHOOL-REPORT.
TO BUREAU OF REFUGEES, FREEDMEN, AND ABANDONED LANDS
[[image] A School under the distinct control of one Teacher, or a Teacher with one assistant, is to reported as one School.
[[image]] To be forwarded as soon as possible after the 1st of each month.

[[35 columned table]]
| No. of Day-Schools | No. of Night-Schools | LOCATION, OR THE NAME OF SCHOOL | When opened | SOCIETIES, &C, PATRONS. | No. Schools sustained by freedmen | No. Schools sustained in part by freedmen | No. Teachers transported by Bureau | No. School buildings owned by freedmen | No. School buildings furnished by Bureau | TEACHERS. Whole No. | TEACHERS. White. | TEACHERS. Colored. | NO. PUPILS ENROLLED. Male. | NO. PUPILS ENROLLED Female | No. pupils enrolled last report | No. left school this month | No. new scholars this month | Average attendance | No. pupils paying tuition | No. of White pupils | No. always present | No. always punctual | No. over 16 years of age | No. in Alphabet | No. spell and read easy lessons | No. advanced readers | No. geography | No. arithmetic | No. higher branches | No. writing | No. needle work | No. free before the war | No. Sabbath Schools | No. pupils in Sabbath Schools | 

This report is incomplete unless each blank is filled by a number, or cypher.

[[row one]] 1866 [under heading When Opened]

[[row two]] 1 [under heading No. of Day Schools] | 1 [under heading No. of Night Schools] | Pine Bluff Ark [under heading LOCATION, OR THE NAME OF SCHOOL] | Oct [under heading When Opened] | 0-0 [under heading SOCIETIES, &C, PATRONS]  
| 2 [under heading No. Schools sustained in part by freedmen] | 0 [under heading No. Schools sustained in part by freedmen] | 0 [under heading No. Teachers transported by Bureau] | 1 [under heading No. School buildings owned by freedmen] | 0 [under heading No. School buildings furnished by Bureau] | 1 [under heading TEACHERS. Whole No.] | 1 [under heading TEACHERS. White.] | 0 [under heading TEACHERS. Colored.] | 44 [under heading NO. PUPILS ENROLLED. Male.] | 48 [under heading NO. PUPILS ENROLLED. Female.] | 11 [under heading No. pupils enrolled last report] | 17 [under heading No. left school this month] | 38 [under heading No. new scholars this month] | 62 [under heading Average attendance] | 22 [under heading No. pupils paying tuition] | 0 [under heading No. of White pupils] | 52 [under heading No. always present | 42 [under heading No. always punctual] | 26 [under heading No. over 16 years of age] | 2 [under heading No. in Alphabet] | 58 [under heading No. spell and read easy lessons] | 32 [under heading No. advanced readers] | 7 [under heading No. geography] | 18 [under heading No. arithmetic] | 0 [under heading No. higher branches] | 19 [under heading No. writing] | 0 [under heading No. needle-work] | 0 [under heading No. free before the war] | 1 [under heading No. Sabbath Schools] | 50 [under heading No. pupils in Sabbath Schools] |

[[row three]] 1 [under heading under heading No. of Day Schools] | 1 [under heading No. of Night Schools] | Pine Bluff Ark [under heading LOCATION, OR THE NAME OF SCHOOL] | Nov 14 [under heading When Opened] | A.M. Association [under heading SOCIETIES, &C, PATRONS] | 0 [under heading No. Schools sustained by freedmen] | 1 [under heading No. Schools sustained in part by freedmen] | 0 [under heading No. Teachers transported by Bureau] | 0 [under heading No. School buildings owned by freedmen] | 0 [under heading No. School buildings furnished by Bureau] | 2 [under heading TEACHERS. Whole No.] | 2 [under heading TEACHERS. White.] | 0 [under heading TEACHERS. Colored.] | 15 [under heading NO. PUPILS ENROLLED. Male.] | 28 [under heading NO. PUPILS ENROLLED. Female.] | 0 [under heading No. pupils enrolled last report] | 0 [under heading No. left school this month] | 43 [under heading No. new scholars this month] | 13 [under heading Average attendance] | 1 [under heading No. pupils paying tuition] | 0 [under heading No. of White pupils] | 15 [under heading No. always present | 0 [under heading No. always punctual] | 15 [under heading No. over 16 years of age] | 12 [under heading No. in Alphabet] | 20 [under heading No. spell and read easy lessons] | 11 [under heading No. advanced readers] | 2 [under heading No. geography] | 11 [under heading No. arithmetic] | 0 [under heading No. higher branches] | 11 [under heading No. writing] | 0 [under heading No. needle-work] | 0 [under heading No. free before the war] | 1 [under heading No. Sabbath Schools] | 25 [under heading No. pupils in Sabbath Schools] |

[[rows four through twelve, No Data]]

[[row thirteen]] Totals | 2 [under heading No. of Day Schools] | 2 [under heading No. of Night Schools] |4 [total schools | 2 [under heading No. Schools sustained by freedmen] | 1 [under heading No. Schools sustained in part by freedmen] | 0 [under heading No. Teachers transported by Bureau] | 1 [under heading No. School buildings owned by freedmen] | 0 [under heading No. School buildings furnished by Bureau] | 3 [under heading TEACHERS. Whole No.] | 3 [under heading TEACHERS. White.] | 0 [under heading TEACHERS. Colored.] | 59 [under heading NO. PUPILS ENROLLED. Male.] | 76 [under heading NO. PUPILS ENROLLED. Female.] [135 total]| 71 [under heading No. pupils enrolled last report] | 17  [under heading No. left school this month] | 81 [under heading No. new scholars this month] | 75 [under heading Average attendance] | 23 [under heading No. pupils paying tuition] | 0 [under heading No. of White pupils] | 67 [under heading No. always present | 42 [under heading No. always punctual] | 41 [under heading No. over 16 years of age] | 14 [under heading No. in Alphabet] | 78 [under heading No. spell and read easy lessons] | 43 [under heading No. advanced readers] | 9 [under heading No. geography] | 29 [under heading No. arithmetic] | 0 [under heading No. higher branches] | 30 [under heading No. writing] | 0 [under heading No. needle-work] | 0 [under heading No. free before the war] | 2 [under heading No. Sabbath Schools] | 75 [under heading No. pupils in Sabbath Schools] | 

To these questions give exact, or approximate answers. 
1. How many of above Schools are graded? 0-0 How many grades? 0-0    
2. " " Day or Night schools, within your knowledge, not reported above? 0-0 Whole No. of pupils (estimated) in all such Schools? 0-0 No. teachers in all, 0-0 White, 0-0 Colored, 0-0
3. " " Sabbath Schools " " " " " 0-0 " " " " " " 0-0 " " " 0-0 " 0-0 " 0-0 
4. " " Industrial Schools? 0-0 Whole No. pupils in all? 0-0 State the kind of work done, 0-0
5. Whole amount of tuition paid by the Freedmen during the month, $38.00
6. Whole amount of cost of transportation furnished by the Bureau for the month, 0-0
7. Grand total of expense per month for support of above schools by all parties, $116.50
8. Whole No. of High or Normal schools, 0-0 How many pupils in all? 0-0
9. Remarks. I have visited the Day Schools during the month & find a good state of discipline & the pupils studious.
MaJ Dawes. Ret Maj Acting Supt Jefferson Co.