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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 December 1869 No. of Day Schools 23 No. of Night Schools No. of Schools sustained by freedmen No. of School buildings owned by Freedmen 6 No. of Schools buildings sustained in part by freedmen 5 No. of Schools buildings furnished by Bureau 16 No. White teachers 45 No. Colored teachers 4 Whole number of teachers 49 No. Male pupils enrolled 958 No. Female pupils enrolled 1089 Total number of pupils 2027 No. pupils enrolled last report 2110 No. left school this month 83 No. new scholars this month 00 Average attendance 1460 No. pupils paying tuition 236 No. white pupils 1 No. always present 538 No. always punctual 541 No. over 16 years of age 167 No. in alphabet 217 No. spell and read easy lessons 815 No. advanced readers 855 No. in Geography 795 No. in Arithmetic 841 No. in higher branches 76 No. in Writing 560 No. in Needle Work No. free before the war 12 No. Sabbath Schools 6 No. Teachers is Sabbath Schools 55 No pupils in Sabbath Schools 818 Day and night schools not reported above 150 No. pupils (estimated) in such schools 13000 No. teachers white 160 colored 40 No. Sabbath Schools not reported above No. pupils (estimated) in such schools No. teachers white colored Industrial Schools No. pupils in all Amount of tuition paid by the freedmen during the month 521.30 Amount of expenses for the above schools by the Bureau for the month 233.25 Total expenses per month for the support of the above schools by all parties 754.55 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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