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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 November 1869

No. of Day Schools 23
No. of Night Schools 4
No. of Schools sustained by freedmen 2
No. of School buildings owned by Freedmen
No. of School sustained in part by freedmen
No. Schools buildings furnished by Bureau 17
No. White teachers 47
No. Colored teachers 10
Whole number of teachers 57
No. Male pupils enrolled 901
No. Female pupils enrolled 1209
Total number of pupils 2110
No. pupils enrolled last report 1083
No. left school this month
No. new scholars this month 1027
Average attendance 1663
No. pupils paying tuition 364
No. white pupils 1
No. always present 732
No. always punctual 578
No. over 16 years of age 162
No. in alphabet 351
No. spell and read easy lessons 847
No. advanced readers 901
No. in Geography 865
No. in Arithmetic 978
No. in higher branches 75
No. in Writing 750
No. in Needle Work
No. free before the war 14
No. Sabbath Schools 13
No. Teachers in Sabbath Schools 76
No. pupils in Sabbath Schools 1393

Day and night schools not reported above 100
No. pupils (estimated) in such schools 5000
No. teachers white 75
colored 50
No. Sabbath Schools not reported above
No. pupils (estimated) in such schools
No. teacher white
colored
Industrial Schools 1
No. pupils in all 50
Amount of tuition paid by the freedmen during the month $268 70
Amount of expenses for the above schools by the Bureau for the month $251 25
Total expenses per month for the support of the above schools by all parties $519 95
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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