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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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