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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 June 1870 No. of Day Schools....................................21 No. of Night Schools.................................... No. Schools sustained by freedmen......................4 No. School buildings owned by Freedmen.................. No. School sustained in part by freedmen................ No. Schools buildings furnished by Bureau.............19 No. White teachers....................................35 No. Colored teachers...................................5 Whole number of teachers..............................40 No. male pupils enrolled...........................700 No. female pupils enrolled.........................711 Total number of pupils..............................1411 No. pupils enrolled last report.....................2475 No. left school this month..........................1094 No. new scholars this month...........................30 Average attendance..................................1099 No. pupils paying tuition............................190 No. white pupils.......................................1 No. always present...................................719 No. always punctual..................................682 No. over 16 years of age.............................184 No. in alphabet......................................103 No. spell and read easy lessons......................601 No. advanced readers.................................651 No. in Geography.....................................661 No. in Arithmetic....................................581 No. higher branches...................................70 No. in Writing.......................................653 No. in Needle Work...................................... No. free before the war................................7 No. Sabbath Schools....................................9 No. Teachers in Sabbath Schools.......................33 No. pupils in Sabbath schools........................732 Day and night schools not reported above..............10 No. pupils (estimated) in such schools..............1500 No. teachers white....10....colored....5................ No. Sabbath Schools not reported above.................. No. pupils (estimated) in such schools.................. No. teachers white..........colored..................... Industrial Schools...................................... No. pupils in all....................................... Amout of tuition payed by the freedmen during this month....$40.00.... Amount of expenses for the above schools by the Bureau of the month.....................................$215.00 Total expenses per month for the support of the above schools by all parties...........................$255.00 No. places now destitute where schools might be organized.... No. Pupils (estimated)who would attend such schools....
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