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STATE SUPERINTENDENT'S MONTHLY SCHOOL-REPORT. for August 1868 
TO BUREAU OF REFUGEES, FREEDMEN AND ABANDONED LANDS.
☛ To be forwarded as soon as possible after the 1st of the month.
☛ This report is incomplete unless each blank is filled by a number or cypher.

[[36 columned table]]
| No. of Sub-District | No. of Day-Schools | No. of Night-Schools | LOCATION, OR THE NAME OF SCHOOL | When opened | SOCIETIES, &c., PATRONS | No. of 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. Col'd | NO. OF PUPILS ENROLLED. Male. | NO. OF PUPILS ENROLLED. Female. | No. pupils enrolled last report | No. left school this month | No. new scholars this month | Average attendance | No. of 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 | 
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |

| 3 | 2 | 0 | Galveston. | Jany 66. |  | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 32 | 80 | 20 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 40 | 0 | 10 | 30 | 20 | 10 | 40 | 10 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 200 | 

| 4 | 1 | 1 | Chance Prarie | July 68. |  | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 34 | 59 | 0 | 21 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 70 | 31 | 23 | 33 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 80 | 

| 4 | 1 | 0 | Brazoria. | May 68. |  | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 16 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 38 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 

| 5 | 1 | 0 | Wharton. | May 66. |  | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 17 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 28 | 0 | 28 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 

| 72 | 1 | 1 |Victoria | April 66. |  | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 42 | 127 | 58 | 4 | 62 | 73 | 0 | 63 | 62 | 19 | 0 | 37 | 36 | 22 | 49 | 22 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 125 | 

| 12 | 1 | 0 | Richmond. | Feby 67 |  | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 34 | 71 | 6 | 7 | 67 | 68 | 0 | 59 | 59 | 3 | 7 | 33 | 20 | 30 | 49 | 20 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 71 |  

| 14 | 1 | 0 | Columbus. | Mar 66. |  | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 47 | 70 | 6 | 26 | 84 | 75 | 0 | 83 | 83 | 12 | 0 | 52 | 20 | 47 | 51 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 1 |110  |  

| 14 | 1 | 0 | Jones Bend | Mar 68. |  |0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 13 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 24 | 0 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 16 | 25 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |   

| 14 | 1 | 0 | Lagrange. | Mar 66. |  | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 16 | 61 | 30 | 0 | 25 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 |  |  

| 14 | 1 | 0 | Alleyton | Jany 67. |  | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 25 | 60 | 15 | 0 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 35 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 60 |  

| 15 | 1 | 0 |Hallettsville | Mar 67. |  | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 34 | 71 | 5 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 25 | 9 | 9 | 25 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 79 |  

| 19 | 0 | 0 | Huntsville | Jany 68. |  | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 

| 20 | 1 | 1 | Anderson. | May 67 |  | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 20 | 17 | 0 | 18 | 25 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 20 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 50 |  

| 20 | 0 | 0 | Millican | April 66. |  | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

| 20 | 0 | 0 |Navasota | May 66. |  | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

| 20 | 1 | 0 |Bryan. | Jany 66. |  | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 35 | 20 | 0 | 30 | 25 | 0 | 5 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 50 |

| 21 | 3 | 0 | Brenham | Mar 66. |  | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 70 | 72 | 9 | 38 | 95 | 48 | 0 | 77 | 77 | 12 | 11 | 57 | 19 | 28 | 43 | 19 | 53 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 110 |

| 21 | 1 | 0 | Washington | Aug 68 |  | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 45 | 58 | 0 | 45 | 40 | 33 | 5 | 50 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 56 |

| 22 | 1 | 0 |Bastrop.  | May 67. |  | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 29 | 44 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 45 |

| 22 | 1 | 0 | Walnut Creek | Aug 68. |  | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 24 | 28 | 0 | 28 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

| 23 | 1 | 0 | Lockhart. | June 68. |  | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 24 | 68 | 26 | 0 | 22 | 20 | 0 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 45 |

| 23 | 1 | 0 | Prarie Lea. | Aug 68. |  | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 50 | 20 | 0 | 50 | 50 | 22 | 10 | 30 | 10 | 27 | 28 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 |  1| 90 |

| 23 | 1 | 0 | Tenney Creek. | Aug 68. |  | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 22 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

| 25 | 1 | 0 | San Antonio | May 66. |  | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 25 | 51 | 8 | 0 | 32 | 41 | 0 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 12 | 13 | 33 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 70 |

| 29 | 2 | 0 | Austin | Jany 66. |  | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 42 | 40 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 68 | 0 | 59 | 57 | 3 | 1 | 42 | 39 | 37 | 39 | 4 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 175 |

| 29 | 1 | 0 | Georgetown. | May 68. |  | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 22 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 25 | 25 | 13 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30 |

| Totals | 27 | 3 |  |  |  | 17 | 15 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 29 | 16 | 13 | 576 | 660 | 1144 | 260 | 352 | 996 | 696 | 0 | 913 | 863 | 174 | 108 | 650 | 257 | 301 | 578 | 79 | 658 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 1486 |


☛ To these questions give exact or approximate answers.
1. How many of above Schools are graded?    
How many grades? 
2. How many Day or Night Schools, within your knowledge, not reported above?    
Whole No. of pupils (estimated) in all such Schools?     No. Teachers in all,     
White,   
Colored, 
3. How many Sabbath-Schools, within your knowledge, not reported above?    
Whole No. of pupils (estimated) in all such schools?     
No. Teachers in all,     
White,     
Colored, 
4. How many Industrial Schools?   
Whole No. pupils in all?    
State the kind of work done. 
5. Whole amount of tuition paid by the Freedmen during the month? 
6. Whole amount of cost of transportation furnished by the Bureau for the month? 
7. Grand total of expense per month for support of above schools by all parties? 
8. Whole No. of High or Normal Schools,     
How many pupils in all? 
9. Remarks.

☛ A school under the district control of one Teacher, or a Teacher with one Assistant, is to be reported as one School.

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