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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 March
No. of Day Schools  34
No. of Night Schools  0
No. of Schools sustained by freedmen  0
No. of School buildings owned by by Freedmen  5
No. of School sustained in part by freedmen   5
No. Schools buildings furnished by Bureau   22
No. White teachers   52
No. Colored teachers   9
Whole number of teachers   61
No. Male pupils enrolled   1305
No. Female pupils enrolled   1496
Total number of pupils   2800
No. pupils enrolled last report   3474
No. left school this month   674
No. new scholars this month   0
Average attendance  2070
No. pupils paying tuition   528
No. white pupils   0
No. always present   877
No. always punctual   841
No. over 16 years of age   323
No. in alphabet   402
No. spell and read easy lessons   1278
No. advanced readers   936
No. in Geography   1033
No. in Arithmetic   1099
No. in higher branches   176
No. in Writing   1190
No. in Needle Work  31
No. free before the war 9
No. Sabbath Schools  10
No. Teachers in Sabbath Schools  60
No. Pupils in Sabbath Schools  1319

Day and night schools not reported above 150
No. pupils(estimated)in such schools  15000
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 $144.65 
Amount of expenses for the above schools by the Bureau of the month  $248 65
Total expenses per month for the support of the above schools by all parties  $392.
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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