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Report
OF SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION,
BUREAU R., F. & A. L., STATE OF ALABAMA,
for the month of July 1869
{{Stamp}} The National Archives of the United States {{ stamp}}
No. of Day Schools    ....29
No. of Night Schools   .....
No. of Schools sustained by freedmen .......1
No. of School buildings owned by Freedmen  ...1
No. of School sustained in part by freedmen ...4
No. Schools buildings furnished by Bureau .....28
No. White teachers.....26
No. Colored teachers ...11
Whole number of teachers ....37
No. Male pupils enrolled  ....653
No. Female pupils enrolled ...866
Total number of pupils  ....1519
No. pupils enrolled last report ....3115
No. left school this month ....1739
No. new scholars this month ...243
Average attendance ....1110
No. pupils paying tuition ....450
No. white pupils .....12
No. always present  ...721
No always punctual ....663 
No. over 16 years of age ....106
No. in Alphabet .....213
No. spell and read easy lessons .....850
No. advanced readers.....316
No. in Geography.....138
No. in Arithmetic ....318
No. in higher branches ....48
No. in Writing ......319
No. in Needle Work ....5
No. free before the war  ....12
No. Sabbath Schools   ....12
No. Teachers in Sabbath Schools....80
No. pupils in Sabbath Schools   ....1291

Day and night schools not reported above ....300
No. pupils (estimated in such schools  ......9000
No. teachers white   200  colored  125
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    $157
Amount of expenses for the above schools by the Bureau for the month  $255.25
Total expenses per month for the support of the above schools by all parties   $412.25
No. places now destitute where schools might be organized
No. pupils (estimated) who would attend such schools
Edwin Beecher
Supt. of Education