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[Ed. Form, No. 3.]
TEACHER'S MONTHLY SCHOOL REPORT
For the Month of January 1871.

☞ To contain one entire calendar month, and to be forwarded as soon as possible after the close of the month.
☞ A School under the distinct control of one Teacher, or a Teacher with one Assistant, is to be reported as one School.

[Answers placed here.]
Name of your School? Pine Bluff No 1 col.   
Location (town, county, or district)? Pine Bluff
Is it a Day or Night-School? day
Of what grade? Primary, Grammar, High and Normal
When did your present session commence? Nov 14
When to close? do not know, probably in June
Is your School supported by an Educational Society? No
What Society? 00
Is your School supported wholly by local School Board?* Yes
Name of Board or Com.? Pine Bluff 
Am't p’d. this month? 150
Is your School supported in part by local School Board?* 00
Name of Board or Com.? Pine Bluff  
Am't p’d. this month? 150
Is your School supported wholly by Freedmen? 00
Amount paid this month? 00
Is your School supported in part by Freedmen? 00
Amount paid this month? 00
Have you had Bureau transportation this term? 00
Who owns the School-building? School Board
Is rent paid by Freedmen's Bureau? 00
How much per month? 00
What number of Teachers and Assistants in your School? 2
White? 2
Colored? 00
Total enrolment for the month?† 160
Male? 78
Female? 82

{Number enrolled last report, by adding new scholars and subtracting those left school, must equal the present total enrolment.}

Number enrolled last report? Pay school in vacation
Number left school this month? 10
Number new Scholars this month? 50
What is the average attendance? 120

{Schools are to be kept five days per week and six hours each day.}

How many hours have you taught per day? 6
How many days have you taught this month? 22

{Give reasons for deficiency of time, (if any,) in teaching.}

Number of Pupils for whom tuition is paid? 15
Number of White Pupils? 00
Number always present? 100
Number always punctual? 80
Number over 16 years of age? 45
Number in Alphabet? 5
Number who spell, and read easy lessons? 30
Number in advanced readers? in 5th 20
Number in Geography? including oral 160
Number in Arithmetic? including oral 160
Number in higher branches? 00
Number in Writing? 85
Number in Needle-work? 00
Number free before the war? 00
Have you a Sabbath-School? yes
How many Teachers? 10
How many Pupils? 160
Have you an Industrial School? 00
How many Teachers? 00 
How many Pupils? 00
State the kind of work done? 00 

☞ To the following questions give exact or approximate answers, prefixing to the latter the word "about."
1. Do you know of any Schools for Refugees or Freedmen not reported to the State Superintendent? 00
How many? 00
2. Give (estimated) whole number of pupils in all such Schools? 00
No. of Teachers, 00
White, 00 
Colored, 00
3. Do you know of Sabbath Schools not reported to the State Superintendent? 00
How many? 00
4. Give (estimated) whole number of pupils in all such Schools? 00
No. of Teachers, 00
White, 00
Colored, 00
5. State the public sentiment towards Colored Schools, They tolerate them but if the majority could rule it would be opposition
6. How many pupils in your School are members of a Temperance Society? 140
Name of the Society? Band of Hope
Remarks. We have the best school in the city, according to Dr. Trimble, City Supt.

(Signed) M.W. Martin
Teacher.

* Or School Committee, either District, Town, City, County, or State?
† A pupil is not to be REPORTED as enrolled until after five days' attendance.

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