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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 October 1869 No. of Day Schools 15 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 2 No. Schools buildings furnished by Bureau 10 No. White teachers 25 No. Colored teachers 2 Whole number of teachers 27 No. Male pupils enrolled 464 No. Female pupils enrolled 619 Total number of pupils 1083 No. pupils enrolled last report 909 No. left school this month 720 No. new scholars this month 546 Average attendance 808 No. pupils paying tuition 161 No. white pupils _ No. always present 469 No. always punctual 417 No. over 16 years of age 107 No. in alphabet 119 No. spell and read easy lessons 442 No. advanced readers 468 No. in Geography 363 No. in Arithmetic 236 No. in higher branches 176 No. in Writing 314 No. in Needle Work _ No. free before the war 7 No. Sabbath Schools 2 No. Teachers in Sabbath Schools 36 No. pupils in Sabbath Schools 438 Day and night schools not reported above 200 No. of pupils (estimated) in such 10000 No. teacher white 200 colored 100 No. Sabbath School not reported above _ No. pupils (estimated) in such schools _ No. teachers white _ colored _ Industrial Schools _ No. pupils in all _ Amount of tuition paid by freedmen during the month $171.00 Amount of expenses for the above schools by the Bureau for the month $225.00 Total expenses per month for the support of the above schools by all parties $395.00 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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