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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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