1851 Census of Great Britain, Education. England and Wales. Report and Tables, Table 2 : " Number of Day and Sunday Schools in the 624 Districts or Unions, classified according to their sources of maintenance".

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DESCRIPTION OF SCHOOLS.	No. of Schools. [1]	Number of Scholars belonging to the Schools
		Total. [2]	Males. [3]	Females. [4]
DAY SCHOOLS	42,833	2,004,545	1,081,479	923,066
PUBLIC DAY SCHOOLS	14,450	1,336,273	752,152	584,121
PRIVATE DAY SCHOOLS	28,383	668,272	329,327	338,945
Classification of Public Schools: CLASS I.-SUPPORTED BY GENERAL OR LOCAL TAXATION	579	47,396	27,869	19,527
CLASS II.-SUPPORTED BY ENDOWMENTS	2,932	194,029	131,132	62,897
CLASS III.-SUPPORTED BY RELIGIOUS BODIES	9,949	994,861	538,928	455,933
CLASS IV.-OTHER PUBLIC SCHOOLS	990	99,987	54,223	45,764
CLASS I: Military Schools	37	3,583	2,748	835
CLASS I: Naval Schools	11	2,060	1,722	338
CLASS I: Woods and Forests Schools	1	259	135	124
CLASS I: Corporation Schools	3	2,394	1,364	1,030
CLASS I: Workhouse Schools	495	36,713	19,894	16,819
CLASS I: Prison Schools	32	2,387	2,006	381
CLASS II: Collegiate and Grammar Schools	544	34,792	31,369	3,423
CLASS II: Other Endowed Schools	2,388	159,237	99,763	59,474
CLASS III: Church of England	8,095	762,071	402,530	359,541
CLASS III: Free Church of England	3	251	29	222
CLASS III: Church of Scotland	5	946	652	294
CLASS III: United Presbyterians	3	217	148	69
CLASS III: Presbyterian Church In England	24	2,337	1,469	868
CLASS III: Scottish Presbyterians	1	345	195	150
CLASS III: Presbyterians (not otherwise defined)	8	1,431	830	601
CLASS III: Episcopal Church	2	18	14	4
CLASS III: Independents	399	45,472	25,107	20,365
CLASS III: Baptists	104	8,442	4,582	3,860
CLASS III: Society of Friends	23	2,247	1,237	1,010
CLASS III: Unitarians	29	3,711	1,946	1,765
CLASS III: Moravians	7	366	218	148
CLASS III: Wesleyan Methodists	374	40,207	24,660	15,547
CLASS III: Methodist New Connexion	13	1,815	1,068	747
CLASS III: Primitive Methodists	23	1,212	592	620
CLASS III: Bible Christians	8	367	197	170
CLASS III: Wesleyan Methodist Association	10	1,112	616	496
CLASS III: Calvinistic Methodists	3	399	225	174
CLASS III: Lady Huntingdon's Connexion	7	564	306	258
CLASS III: New Church	9	1,551	891	660
CLASS III: Brethren	2	108	62	46
CLASS III: Dissenters (not defined)	35	4,604	2,749	1,855
CLASS III: Lutherans	1	157	107	50
CLASS III: French Protestants	1	15	0	15
CLASS III: German Missionary Society	1	100	40	60
CLASS III: Roman Catholics	298	37,819	20,090	17,729
CLASS III: Jews	10	1,234	735	499
CLASS III: Undenominational	451	75,743	47,633	28,110
CLASS IV: Ragged Schools (exclusive of those supported by religious bodies)	122	22,113	12,640	9,473
CLASS IV: Orphan Schools	38	3,522	1,592	1,930
CLASS IV: Blind Schools	11	609	342	267
CLASS IV: Deaf and Dumb Schools	8	370	189	181
CLASS IV: Schools for Idiots	1	18	16	2
CLASS IV: Factory Schools	78	11,436	6,265	5,171
CLASS IV: Colliery Schools	39	3,388	1,945	1,443
CLASS IV: Chemical Works School	4	832	433	399
CLASS IV: Foundry Schools	1	103	55	48
CLASS IV: Mechanics' Institution Schools	5	1,564	1,223	341
CLASS IV: Industrial Schools	6	607	383	224
CLASS IV: Agricultural Schools	4	282	221	61
CLASS IV: Railway Schools	5	842	440	402
CLASS IV: Philanthropic Society's Farm School	1	96	96	0
CLASS IV: Other Subscription Schools of no specific character	667	54,205	28,383	25,822
SUNDAY SCHOOLS	20,071	2,070,885	1,014,246	1,056,639
Church of England	9,897	895,500	438,349	457,151
Church of Scotland	14	1,688	847	841
United Presbyterian Church	56	6,356	2,963	3,393
Presbyterian Church in England	63	8,184	3,989	4,195
Independents	1,903	275,076	130,337	144,739
Baptists	1,350	146,838	69,394	77,444
Society of Friends	35	3,212	2,026	1,186
Unitarians	130	14,241	7,635	7,069
Moravians	22	1,677	716	961
Wesleyan Methodists	5,721	606,346	300,373	305,510
Calvinistic Methodists	36	5,023	2,525	2,498
Lady Huntingdon's Connexion	54	8,361	3,840	4,521
New Church	27	3,484	1,711	1,773
Brethren	15	754	285	469
Undefined Protestant Congregations	508	60,780	32,541	28,239
German Protestant	1	20	15	5
Roman Catholics	223	32,634	16,371	16,263
Catholic and Apostolic Church	1	47	22	25
Latter Day Saints	15	664	307	357

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