1851 Census of Great Britain, Religious Worship and Education. Scotland. Report and Tables, Table O : " Number of Day and Sabbath Schools and Scholars in each County".

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DESCRIPTION OF SCHOOLS.	No. of Schools. [1]	Number of Scholars
		Belonging to the Schools			Attending on the day of the Census
		Total. [2]	Males. [3]	Females. [4]	Total. [5]	Males. [6]	Females. [7]
DAY SCHOOLS	285	23,145	12,582	10,563	20,046	10,903	9,143
PUBLIC DAY SCHOOLS	173	17,208	9,839	7,369	14,737	8,460	6,277
PRIVATE DAY SCHOOLS	112	5,937	2,743	3,194	5,309	2,443	2,866
Classification of Public Schools: CLASS I.-SUPPORTED BY GENERAL OR LOCAL TAXATION	59	5,597	3,625	1,972	4,846	3,178	1,668
CLASS II.-SUPPORTED BY ENDOWMENTS	19	3,324	1,902	1,422	2,979	1,678	1,301
CLASS III.-SUPPORTED BY RELIGIOUS BODIES	57	4,650	2,456	2,194	3,863	2,050	1,813
CLASS IV.-OTHER PUBLIC SCHOOLS	38	3,637	1,856	1,781	3,049	1,554	1,495
CLASS I: Burgh Schools	11	1,395	859	536	1,230	769	461
CLASS I: Parochial Schools	48	4,202	2,766	1,436	3,616	2,409	1,207
CLASS II: Endowed Schools	19	3,324	1,902	1,422	2,979	1,678	1,301
CLASS III: Established Church	25	1,520	581	939	1,296	498	798
CLASS III: United Presbyterian Church	4	459	285	174	378	237	141
CLASS III: Free Church	27	2,443	1,451	992	2,052	1,232	820
CLASS III: Episcopal Church	1	228	139	89	137	83	54
CLASS III: Independents or Congregationalists	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CLASS IV: Ragged Schools (exclusive of those supported by religious bodies)	1	43	24	19	38	21	17
CLASS IV: Factory School	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CLASS IV: Colliery Schools	3	354	192	162	273	149	124
CLASS IV: Iron Works School	1	43	27	16	35	19	16
CLASS IV: Industrial School	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CLASS IV: Other Subscription Schools, of no specific character	33	3,197	1,613	1,584	2,703	1,365	1,338
SABBATH SCHOOLS	183	14,753	6,371	8,382	11,818	5,053	6,765
Established Church	53	4,362	1,781	2,581	3,580	1,444	2,136
United Presbyterian Church	37	3,192	1,310	1,882	2,624	1,069	1,555
Free Church	47	3,925	1,676	2,249	2,972	1,273	1,699
Episcopal Church	4	220	109	111	149	64	85
Independents or Congregationalists	9	452	227	225	372	183	189
Baptists	2	90	45	45	74	37	37
Wesleyan Methodists	1	39	29	10	29	24	5
Independent Methodist	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Evangelical Union	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Isolated Congregations	30	2,473	1,194	1,279	2,018	959	1,059
Roman Catholics	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Comments:

1	The Scottish national totals presented here are totals computed from the county data.

Notes:

The following notes to the table appeared in the original report.

1

By the term 'School' is here meant a distinct Establishment. Thus a School for Boys and Girls, if under one general management and conducted in one range of Buildings, is regarded as only one School, although the tuition may be carried out in separate compartments of the Building under separate superintendence.

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