This transcription has been completed. Contact us with corrections.
[[stamp]] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES [[/stamp]] Report OF SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION for the month of January 1870 No. of Day Schools 35 No. of Night Schools No. of Schools sustained by freedmen No. of School buildings owned by Freedmen 5 No. of School sustained in part by freedmen 5 No. Schools buildings furnished by Bureau 26 No. White teachers 58 No. Colored teachers 12 Whole number of teachers 70 No. Male pupils enrolled 1245 No. Female pupils enrolled 1767 Total number of pupils 3012 No. pupils enrolled last report 2027 No. left school this month No. new scholars this month 985 Average attendance 2176 No. pupils paying tuition 229 No. white pupils 2 No. always present 1102 No. always punctual 945 No. over 16 years of age 342 No. in alphabet 475 No. spell and read easy lessons 1384 No. advanced readers 1064 No. in Geography 1003 No. in Arithmetic 1144 No. in higher branches 109 No. in Writing 1030 No. in Needle Work 20 No. free before the war 17 No. Sabbath Schools 21 No. Teachers in Sabbath Schools 122 No. pupils in Sabbath Schools 1978 Day and night schools not reported above 125 No. pupils (estimated) in such schools 12000 No. teachers white 150 colored 50 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 $138.25 Amount of expenses for the above schools by the Bureau for the month 121 Total expenses per month for the support of the above schools by all parties $259.25 No. places now destitute where schools might be organized No. pupils (estimated) who would attend such schools Edwin Beecher Supt. of Education.