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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, the month of April 1869 No. of Day Schools....................................79 No. of Night schools...................................1 No. of Schools sustained by freedmen.................... No. of School buildings owned by Freedmen..............2 No. of School sustained in part by freedmen...........55 No. of Schools buildings furnished by bureau..........66 No. White teachers....................................85 No. Colored teachers..................................23 Whole number of teachers.............................108 No. Male pupils enrolled............................2406 No. Female pupils enrolled..........................3125 Total numbers of pupils.............................5531 No. pupils enrolled last report.....................4844 No. left school this month...........................007 No. new scholars this month..........................687 Average attendance..................................4357 No. pupils paying tuition............................449 No. white pupils.....................................100 No. always present..................................1768 No. always punctual.................................2276 No. over 16 years of age.............................728 No. in alphabet.....................................2048 No. spell and read easy lessons.....................2707 No. advanced readers................................1628 No. in Geography....................................1522 No. in Arithmetic...................................2616 No. in higher branches...............................554 No. in Writing......................................1470 No. in Needle Work....................................10 No. free before the war...............................49 No. Sabbath Schools...................................39 No. Teachers in Sabbath Schools......................214 No. pupils in Sabbath Schools.......................2933 Day and night schools not reported above..............19 No. pupils(estimated) in such schools...............2000 No. teachers white....1....colored....20................ 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.....$234.50 Amount of expenses for the above schools by the Bureau of the month......................................846.50 Amount of expenses for the support of the above schools by all parties...................................1081.00 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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