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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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