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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 May 1869 No. of Day Schools 45 NO. of Night Schools No. of Schools sustained by freedmen 0 No. of school buildings owned by Freedmen No of School Sustained in part by freedmen 30 No. Schools buildings furnished by Bureau 35 No. White teachers 65 No. Colored teachers 6 Whole number of teachers 71 No. Male pupils enrolled 1776 No. Female pupils enrolled 2312 Total number of pupils 4088 No. pupils enrolled last report 5531 No. left school this month 2063 No. new scholars this month 620 Average attendance 2934 No. pupils paying tuition 555 No. white pupils 17 NO. always present 1965 No. always punctual 1782 No. year 16 years of age 436 No. in alphabet 832 No. spell and read easy lessons 1853 No. advanced readers 1425 No. in Geography 1221 No. in Arithmetic 1418 No. in higher branches 255 No. in Writing 1355 No. in Needle Work No. free before the war 20 No. Sabbath Schools 32 No. Teachers in Sabbath Schools 129 No. pupils in Sabbath Schools 2826 Day and night schools not reported above 60 No. pupils (estimated) in such schools 6000 NO. teachers white 55 colored 20 No. Sabbath Schools not reported above 10 No. pupils (estimated) in such schools 2000 No. teachers white 20 colored 10 Industrial Schools No. pupils in all Amount of tuition paid by the freedmen during the month $187.00 Amount of expenses for the above schools by the Bureau for the month $383.75 Total expenses per month for the support of the above schools by all parties $ 570.75 No. places now destitute where schools might be organized No. pupils (estimates) who would attend such schools 34 Schools were discontinued last month. Edwin Beecher Supt. of Education.
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