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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 February 1870 No. of Day Schools 41 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 17 No. White teachers 63 No. Colored teachers 16 Whole number of teachers 79 No. Male pupils enrolled 1466 No. Female pupils enrolled 2008 Total number of pupils 3474 No. pupils enrolled last report 3012 No. left school this month No. new scholars this month 462 Average attendance 2374 No. pupils paying tuition 265 No. white pupils 2 No. always present 1034 No. always punctual 928 No. over 16 years of age 350 No. in alphabet 481 No. spell and read easy lessons 1439 No. advanced readers 1117 No. in Geography 1060 No. in Arithmetic 1208 No. in higher branches 202 No. in Writing 1189 No. in Needle Work 16 No. free before the war 15 No. Sabbath Schools 7 No. Teachers in Sabbath Schools 23 No. pupils in Sabbath Schools 526 Day and night schools not reported above 120 No. pupils (estimated) in such schools 12000 No. teachers white 100 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 188.90 Amount of expenses for the above schools by the Bureau for the month 258.00 Total expenses per month for the support of the above schools by all parties $446.90 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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