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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 September 1869 No. of Day Schools 19 No. of Night Schools No. Schools sustained by freedmen 2 No. of School buildings owned by Freedmen No. of School sustained in part by freedmen 6 No. schools building furnished by Bureau 17 No. White teachers 17 No. Colored teachers 3 Whole number of teachers 20 No. Male pupils enrolled 398 No. Female pupils enrolled 511 Total number of pupils 909 No. pupils enrolled last report 1417 No. left school this month 508 No. new scholars this month Average attendance 684 No. pupils paying tuition 384 No. white pupils No. always present 513 No. always punctual 530 No. over 16 years of age 93 No. in alphabet 17 NO. spell and read easy lessons 578 No. advanced readers 284 No. in Geography 95 No. in Arithmetic 204 No. in higher branches 14 No. in Writing 295 No. in Needle Work 3 No. free before the war 6 No. Sabbath Schools 8 No. Teachers in Sabbath Schools 68 No. Pupil in Sabbath Schools 1068 Day and night schools not reported above 250 No. pupil (estimated) in such schools 13000 No. teachers white 225 colored 150 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 freemen during the month $159.25 Amount of expenses for the above schools by the Bureau for the month $169.25 Total expenses per month for the support of the above schools by all parties $329.50 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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