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[Ed. Form, No. 3.]
TEACHER'S MONTHLY SCHOOL REPORT
For the Month of February, 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?  No. 1 Colored School 
Location (town, county, or district)? Pine Bluff, Ark. 
Is it a Day or Night-School?  Day
Of what grade? Primary, Grammar, High and Normal
When did your present session commence?  Nov 4 1870
When to close? Probably in June
Is your School supported by an Educational Society?  
What Society? 00
Is your School supported wholly by local School Board?*  Yes
Name of Board or Com.?  Pine Bluff
Am't pd. this month? 130
Is your School supported in part by local School Board?* 00 
Name of Board or Com.?   Pine Bluff
Am't pd. this month? 00
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?†  185
Male?  90
Female? 95
Number enrolled last report? 160
{Number enrolled last report, by adding new scholars and subtracting those left school, must equal the present total enrolment.}
Number left school this month? 3
Number new Scholars this month? 28
What is the average attendance? 140

{Schools are to 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? 20
{Give reasons for deficiency of time, (if any)in teaching.}

Number of Pupils for whom tuition is paid? 20
Number of White Pupils? 00
Number always present?  115
Number always punctual? 90
Number over 16 years of age? 45
Number in Alphabet?  6         
Number who spell, and read easy lessons? 35 
Number in advanced readers? 75
Number in Geography? in books 100. The rest oral and on globe.
Number in Arithmetic? in books 100. The rest oral.
Number in higher branches? 00
Number in Writing? 90
Number in Needle-work? 00
Number free before the war? 00
Have you a Sabbath-School? Yes
How many Teachers? 10  
How many Pupils? 175
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, The public merely acquiesces, If the old rebs had the power they would all be stopped very soon.
6. How many pupils in your School are members of a Temperance Society?175
Name of the Society? Band of Hope
Remarks. We are getting some of the parents to sign the pledge.

(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.