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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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