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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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