--Anglo-African Magazine, October, 1859.
B.
COMMUNICATION FROM THE NEW YORK SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF EDUCATION
AMONG COLORED CHILDREN.
To the Honorable the Commissioners for examining into the condition of
Common Schools in the City and County of New York.
The following statement in relation to the colored schools in said
city and county is respectfully presented by the New York Society for
the Promotion of Education among Colored Children:
1. The number of colored children in the city and county of
New York (estimated in 1855, from the census of 1850), between
the ages of 4 and 17 years 3,000
a. Average attendance of colored children at public
schools in 1855 913
Average attendance of colored children in
corporate schools supported by school funds
(Colored Orphan Asylum) 240
---- 1,153
b. Proportion of average attendance in public
schools of colored children to whole number
of same is as 1 to 2.60.
2. The number of white children in the city of New
York in 1855 (estimated as above), between the ages of
4 and 17 years 159,000
a.
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