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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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