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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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