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STATE 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 be reported as one School. [[image]] To be forwarded as soon as possible after the 1st of each month. [[stamp]] The National Archives of the United States [[/stamp]] [[image]] This Report is incomplete unless each blank is filled by a number, or cypher. [[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. 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 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 5 | 2 | Huntsville, Ala. | 1866 Oct. 1st | Pittsb'g. S. A. Commission | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 398 | 349 | 688 | 47 | 56 | 581 | 14 | 0 | 376 | 319 | 152 | 91 | 140 | 466 | 66 | 358 | 16 | 315 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 665 | | 6 | 1 | Montgomery | Oct. 1st | Freed'm U. Com'n. Cleveland | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 261 | 342 | 431 | 0 | 172 | 494 | 41 | 0 | 271 | 363 | 63 | 171 | 283 | 144 | 137 | 127 | 0 | 219 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 600 | | 3 | 1 | Selma | Decr. | A.M.A. Bureau & Freedmen | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 116 | 181 | 293 | 2 | 6 | 229 | 134 | 0 | 124 | 95 | 59 | 51 | 162 | 84 | 49 | 65 | 12 | 137 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 200 | | 2 | 0 | Greenville | May | R.R. F. and A.L. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 88 | 90 | 174 | 2 | 6 | 87 | 30 | 0 | 80 | 53 | 12 | 6 | 160 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 180 | | 1 | 0 | Talladega | Octr. | Cleveland Freed'n U. Com'n. | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 80 | 100 | 170 | 30 | 40 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 60 | 38 | 90 | 52 | 18 | 23 | 10 | 60 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 100 | | 3 | 1 | Demopolis | May | Bureau | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 90 | 116 | 160 | 0 | 46 | 179 | 17 | 0 | 81 | 76 | 20 | 25 | 133 | 48 | 24 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 125 | | 2 | 0 | Opelika | June | Bureau | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 90 | 100 | 185 | 0 | 5 | 143 | 0 | 0 | 128 | 120 | 35 | 17 | 95 | 78 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 160 | | 9 | 4 | Montgomery Dist. | June | Bureau | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 249 | 329 | 578 | 51 | 51 | 343 | 90 | 0 | 414 | 413 | 42 | 120 | 285 | 173 | 36 | 104 | 9 | 166 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 720 | | 10 | 10 | Mobile | June | A.M.S. & Bureau | 5 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 234 | 370 | 538 | 36 | 102 | 469 | 448 | 15 | 377 | 218 | 2 | 139 | 329 | 136 | 75 | 147 | 33 | 189 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 470 | | 4 | 0 | Tuscaloosa | June | Bureau | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 74 | 116 | 187 | 0 | 3 | 130 | 38 | 0 | 75 | 85 | 12 | 39 | 91 | 60 | 40 | 111 | 0 | 98 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 210 | | 2 | 0 | Marion | June | Bureau | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 60 | 90 | 120 | 0 | 30 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 70 | 0 | 50 | 70 | 30 | 25 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 150 | | 2 | 0 | Gainesville | June | Bureau | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 45 | 70 | 115 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 70 | 0 | 20 | 60 | 30 | 15 | 20 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 85 | | TOTALS 49 | 19 √ 68 | | | | 7 | 18 | 6 | 14 | 24 | 74 √ | 57 √ | 17 √ | 1735 | 2253 3988 √ | 3639 | 168 | 517 | 3730 √ | 852 | 15 √ | 1961 √ | 1972 √ | 457 | 767 √ | 1898 √ | 1323 √ | 488 √ | 1007 √ | 81 √ | 1356 √ | 0 | 52 | 90 √ | 3665 √ | [[image]] To these questions give exact, or approximate, answers. 1. How many of the above Schools are graded? How many grades? 2. How many Day or Night Schools, within your knowledge, not reported above? None Whole No. of pupils (estimated) in all such Schools? None No. Teachers in all, none White, none Colored, none 3. How many Sabbath-Schools within your knowledge, not reported above? Whole number 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, $842.00 6. Whole amount of cost of transportation furnished by the Bureau for the month, none this month 7. Grand total of expense per month for support of above schools by all parties, $1265.00 8. Whole No. of High or Normal schools, Two How many pupils in all? 150 9. Remarks. The attendance for the past month has been irregular owing to the unsettled condition of the Freedmen during the Holidays C. W. Buckley Superintendent Education
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