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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 June 1869

No. of Day Schools....................................42
No. of Night Schools....................................
No. of Schools sustained by freedmen....................
No. of School buildings owned by Freedmen..............1
No. of School sustained in part by freedmen...........17
No. Schools buildings furnished by Bureau.............37
No. of White teachers.................................55
No. Colored teachers...................................5
Whole number of teachers..............................60
No. Male pupils enrolled............................1397
No. female pupils enrolled..........................1718
Total number of pupils..............................3115
No. pupils enrolled last report.....................4088
No. left school this month..........................1866
No. new scholars this month..........................973
Average attendance..................................2315
No. pupils paying tuition............................305
No. white pupils.......................................2
No. always present..................................1229
No. always punctual.................................1040
No. over 16 years of age.............................221
No. in alphabet......................................552
No. spell and read easy lessons.....................1446
No. advanced readers.................................658
No. in Geography.....................................821
No. in Arithmetic....................................913
No. in higher branches...............................254
No. in Writing.......................................810
No. in Needle Work......................................
No. free before the war...............................14
No. Sabbath Schools...................................13
No. Teachers in Sabbath Schools.......................60
No. Pupils in Sabbath Schools.......................1340

Day and night schools not reported above..............25
No. pupils(estimated)in such schools................1000
No. teachers white....18....colored....13...............
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....$195.00
Amount of expenses per month for the above schools by the Bureau for the month..........................269.25
Amount of expenses per month for the support of the above schools by all parties.....................$464.25
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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