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[[stamp]] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES [[/stamp]] Report of Superintendent of Education, Bureau R., F. & A.L., State of Alabama, For the month of February 1869 No. of Day Schools 40 No. of Night Schools No. of Schools sustained by freedmen No. of School buildings owned by Freedmen 4 No. of School sustained in part by freemen 32 No. Schools buildings furnished by Bureau 32 No. White teachers 61 No. Colored teachers 16 Whole number of teachers 77 No. Male pupils enrolled 1630 No. Female pupils enrolled 2060 Total number of pupils 3690 No. pupils enrolled last report 2575 No. left school this month 1115 No. new scholars this month Average attendance 2904 No. pupils paying tuition 355 No. while pupils 2 No. always present 1637 No. always punctual 1591 No. over 16 years of age 498 No. in alphabet 576 No. spell and read easy lessons 1851 No. advanced readers 1026 No.in Geography 1063 No. in Arithmetic 1431 No. in higher branches 212 No. in writing 1298 No. in [[crossed out]] Needs Work[[/crossed out]] Grammar 61 No. free before the war 25 No. Sabbath Schools 22 No. Teachers in Sabbath Schools 95 No. pupils in Sabbath Schools 1802 Day and night schools not reported above 15 No. pupils (estimated)in such schools 3000 No. teachers white 25 colored 9 No. Sabbath Schools not reported above No. pupils (estimated) in such schools No. teachers white colored Industrial Schools No. pupils in all Amount of tuition paid by the freedmen during the month $104.00 Amount of expenses for the above schools by the Bureau for the month $460.00 Total expense per month for the support of the above schools by all parties $564.00 No. places now destitute where schools might be organized No. pupils (estimated) who would attend such schools Edwin Beecher Supt. of Education.
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