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[[stamp]] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES [[/stamp]]

Report
OF SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION,
for the month of March 1969

No. of Day Schools 58
No. of Night Schools 
No. of Schools sustained by freedman
No. of School buildings owned by Freedmen
No. of School sustained in part by freedmen 49
No. Schools buildings furnished by Bureau 53
No. White teachers 79
No. Colored teachers 21
Whole number of teachers 100
No. Male pupils enrolled 2050
No. Female pupils enrolled 2794
Total number of pupils 4844
No. pupils enrolled last report 3690
No. left school this month 0000
No. new scholars this month 1154
Average attendance 3867
No. pupils paying tuition 623
No. white pupils 6
No. always present 2591
No. always punctual 2533
No. over 16 years of age 722
No. in alphabet 1149
No. spell and read easy lessons 1977
No. advanced readers 1462
No. in Geography 1295
No. in Arithmetic 1684
No. in higher branches 253
No. in Writing 1601
No. in Needle Work 23
No. free before the war 56
No. Sabbath Schools 32
No. Teachers in Sabbath Schools 172
No. pupils in Sabbath Schools 3213

Day and night schools not reported above 10
No. pupils (estimated) in such schools 1500
No. teachers white 10 colored 5
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 452.70
Amount of expenses for the above schools by the Bureau for the month $594.50
Total expenses per month for the support of the above schools by all parties $1047.20
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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