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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 May 1870 No. of Day Schools....................................28 No. of Night Schools.................................... No. Schools sustained by freedmen......................5 No. School buildings owned by Freedmen.................. No. School sustained in part by freedmen................ No. Schoolx buildings furnished by Bureau.............11 No. White teachers....................................43 No. Colored teachers...................................9 Whole number of teachers..............................54 No. male students enrolled..........................1119 No. female students enrolled........................1356 Total number of pupils..............................2475 No. pupils enrolled last report.....................2721 No. left school this month...........................246 No. new scholars this month............................. Average attendance..................................1860 No. pupils paying tuition............................245 No. white pupils........................................ No. always present..................................1013 No. always punctual..................................897 No. over 16 years of age.............................233 No. in alphabet......................................... No. spell and read easy lessons......................148 No. advanced readers................................1248 No. in Geography.....................................888 No. in Arithmetic....................................789 No. higher branches.................................1205 No. in Writing........................................69 No. in Needle Work..................................1050 No. free before the war................................5 No. Sabbath Schools....................................6 No. Teachers in Sabbath Schools.......................26 No. pupils in Sabbath schools........................581 Day and night schools not reported above..............50 No. pupils (estimated) in such schools..............8000 No. teachers white....40....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....$201.50 Amount of expenses for the above schools by the Bureau for the month....................................$399.23 Total expenses per month for the support of the above schools by all parties...........................$600.73 No. places now destitute where schools might be organized.... No. pupils (estimated) who would attend such schools.... Edwin Beecher Supt. of Education. in Alabam