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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 August 1869 No. of Day Schools 29 No. of Night Schools No. of Schools sustained by freedmen No. of School buildings owned by Freedmen No. of School sustained in part by freedmen 29 No. Schools buildings furnished by Bureau 28 No. White teachers 24 No. Colored teachers 6 Whole number of teachers 30 No. Male pupils enrolled 614 No. Female pupils enrolled 803 Total number of pupils 1417 No. pupils enrolled last report 1519 No. left school this month 331 No. new scholars this month 229 Average attendance 1184 No. pupils paying tuition 515 No. white pupils 30 No. always present 865 No. always punctual 896 No. over 16 years of age 43 No. in alphabet 255 No. spell and read easy lessons 694 No. advanced readers 313 No. in Geography 105 No. in Arithmetic 237 No. in higher branches 22 No. in Writing 393 No. in Needle Work No. free before the war No. Sabbath Schools 6 No. Teachers in Sabbath Schools 256 No. pupils in Sabbath Schools 694 Day and night schools not reported above 200 No. pupils (estimated) in such schools 10000 No. teachers white 200 colored 100 No. Sabbath Schools not reported above No. pupils (estimated) in such schools No. teachers white colored Industrial Schools 1 No. pupils in all 100 Amount of tuition paid by the freedmen during the month $201.05 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 $456.30 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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