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STATE SUPERINTENDENTS MONTHLY SCHOOL-REPORT
To Bureau R.F. & A.L., for the month of May, 1868,  District, State of Alabama

☞ A School under the distinct control of on Teacher, or a Teacher with one assistant, is to be reported as one School.
☞ To be forwarded as soon as possible after the 1st of each month.

☞ This Report is Incomplete unless each blank is filled by a number or cypher. 

[[stamp]] The National Archives of the United States [[/stamp]]

[[36 Columned Table]]
| No. of Day-Schools | No. of Night-Schools | LOCATION, AND 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. [BOTH DAY AND NIGHT SCHOOLS.] Male. | No. Pupils enrolled [Both Day and Night Schools. | Females. | 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 | 0 | Sub. Dist of Huntsville |   |   | AMA (1) Fr. A Com. O & U P. (2) M E Church (2) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 286 | 389 | 741 | 99 | 33 | 521 | 44 | 0 | 389 | 427 | 120 | 55 | 307 | 343 | 204 | 316 | 65 | 291 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 33 | 775 |
| 7 | 3 | Sub. Dist of Talladega |   |   | A.M.A.(1) Pupils (6) | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 121 | 135 | 234 | 26 | 48 | 223 | 188 | 0 | 195 | 197 | 56 | 4 | 104 | 72 | 12 | 95 | 0 | 122 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 48 | 498 |
| 1 | 1 | Sub. Dist of Tuscaloosa |   |   | A.M.A. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 29 | 39 | 0 | 10 | 34 | 31 | 0 | 16 | 36 | 11 | 30 | 48 | 30 | 48 | 48 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 225 |
| 2 | 1 | Sub. Dist of Demopolis |   |   | Pupils and Bureau | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 48 | 78 | 126 | 0 | 0 | 110 | 94 | 0 | 89 | 79 | 16 | 13 | 77 | 39 | 10 | 33 | 2 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 80 |
| 7 | 1 | Sub. Dist of Selma |   |   | A.M.A. (3) Pres 1 Pupils & Bu (4) | 1 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 188 | 239 | 430 | 58 | 55 | 361 | 312 | 0 | 258 | 252 | 90 | 14 | 226 | 188 | 207 | 286 | 79 | 271 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 19 | 864 |
| 15 | 1 | Sub. Dist of Montgomery |   |   | AMA (4), Pupils & Bu (12) | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 456 | 545 | 901 | 112 | 212 | 755 | 321 | 18 | 450 | 532 | 182 | 63 | 550 | 301 | 248 | 262 | 11 | 345 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 829 |
| 3 | 0 | Sub. Dist of Greenville |   |   | Pupils | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 44 | 82 | 126 | 25 | 25 | 104 | 89 | 0 | 43 | 84 | 18 | 11 | 67 | 48 | 15 | 38 | 0 | 58 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 324 |
| 11 |   | Sub. Dist of Mobile |   |   | AMA (1) Freedmen (10) | 10 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 364 | 392 | 762 | 140 | 134 | 650 | 514 | 0 | 460 | 399 | 23 | 147 | 259 | 393 | 254 | 536 | 70 | 256 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 15 | 523 |
| 6 | 0 | Sub. Dist of Opelika |   |   | Pupils & Bureau | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 126 | 145 | 290 | 66 | 47 | 229 | 125 | 0 | 211 | 219 | 75 | 46 | 133 | 72 | 32 | 51 | 10 | 99 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 226 |
| 2 |   | Sub. Dist of Eufaula |   |   | AM.A (1) Pupils (1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 89 | 83 | 140 | 3 | 35 | 160 | 95 | 0 | 146 | 146 | 20 | 5 | 61 | 106 | 54 | 106 | 0 | 106 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 314 |
TOTALS. | 59 | 7 / 66 |   |   |   |   | 22 | 36 | 7 | 13 | 36 | 67 | 24 / 91 | 1742 | 2117 / 3859 | 3789 | 529 | 599 | 3147 | 1813 | 18 | 2257 | 2371 | 611 | 390 | 1832 | 1592 | 1076 | 1771 | 237 | 1598 | 35 | 47 | 42 | 202 | 4658 |

☞ To these questions give exact, or approximate answers.  
1. How many of above Schools are graded? 17
How many grades? Form 2 to 4
2. How many Day or Night Schools, within your knowledge, not reported above? 6
Whole No. of pupils (estimated) in all such Schools? 220
No. Teachers in all 10
White, 10
Colored, 0
3. How many Sabbath-Schools, within your knowledge not reported above? Numerous
Whole No. of pupils (estimated) in all such Schools? 2500
No. Teachers in all, -
White -
Colored 0
4. How many Industrial Schools? 0
Whole No. pupils in all? 0
State the kind of work done, 0
5 Whole amount of tuition paid by Freedmen during the month, $895.70
6. Whole amount of cost of transportation furnished by the Bureau for the month, $440.66
7. Grand total of expenses per month for support of above schools by all parties, 1736.66
8. Whole No. of High or Normal schools, Three
How many pupils in all? 225
9. State the public sentiment towards Colored Schools, Indifferent generally, but the schools in Tuscaloosa were compelled to close on account of persecution to teachers.
10. Remarks. 

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