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[[/stamp]]THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES[[/stamp]] Report OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION, BUREAU R., F., & A. L., STATE OF ALABAMA, for the month of April 1870 No. of Day Schools 30 No. of Night Schools No. Schools sustained by freedmen No. School buildings owned by Freedmen No. School sustained in part by freedmen No. Schools buildings furnished by Bureau 19 No. White teachers 45 No. Colored teachers 11 Whole number of teachers 56 No. male pupils enrolled 1245 No. female pupils enrolled 1476 Total number of pupils 2721 No. pupils enrolled last report 2800 No. left school this month 306 No. new scholars this month 227 Average attendance 2042 No. pupils paying tuition 310 No. white pupils No. always present 889 No. always punctual 950 No. over 16 years of age 273 No. in alphabet 193 No. spell and read easy lessons 1194 No. advanced readers 964 No. in Geography 912 No. in Arithmetic 1105 No. higher branches 104 No. in Writing 925 No. in Needle Work 72 No. free before the war 6 No. Sabbath Schools 2 No. Teachers in Sabbath Schools 21 No. pupils in Sabbath schools 280 Day and night schools not reported above 100 No. pupils (estimated) in such schools 10000 No. teachers white 100 colored 25 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 Amount of expenses for the above schools by the Bureau for the month 248 Total expenses per month for the support of the above schools by all parties $436 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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