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	107	6,569	3,781	2,788	5,651	3,264	2,387
PUBLIC DAY SCHOOLS	83	5,987	3,544	2,443	5,141	3,054	2,087
PRIVATE DAY SCHOOLS	24	582	237	345	510	210	300
Classification of Public Schools: CLASS I.-SUPPORTED BY GENERAL OR LOCAL TAXATION	41	3,297	2,037	1,260	2,862	1,790	1,072
CLASS II.-SUPPORTED BY ENDOWMENTS	8	677	423	254	521	320	201
CLASS III.-SUPPORTED BY RELIGIOUS BODIES	29	1,823	972	851	1,601	853	748
CLASS IV.-OTHER PUBLIC SCHOOLS	5	190	112	78	157	91	66
CLASS I: Burgh Schools	2	162	88	74	138	76	62
CLASS I: Parochial Schools	39	3,135	1,949	1,186	2,724	1,714	1,010
CLASS I: Government School of Design	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CLASS II: Endowed Schools	8	677	423	254	521	320	201
CLASS III: Established Church	15	733	332	401	639	287	352
CLASS III: United Presbyterian Church	1	66	49	17	56	42	14
CLASS III: Reformed Presbyterian Church	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CLASS III: Free Church	12	983	591	392	872	524	348
CLASS III: Episcopal Church	1	41	0	41	34	0	34
CLASS III: Independents or Congregationalists	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CLASS III: Baptists	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CLASS III: Roman Catholics	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CLASS IV: Ragged Schools (exclusive of those supported by religious bodies)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CLASS IV: Orphan School	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CLASS IV: Deaf and Dumb School	1	4	2	2	4	2	2
CLASS IV: Factory School	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CLASS IV: Colliery Schools	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CLASS IV: Iron Works School	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CLASS IV: Trades School	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CLASS IV: Friend Society's School	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CLASS IV: New Lanark Institution	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CLASS IV: Other Subscription Schools, of no specific character	4	186	110	76	153	89	64
CLASS IV: Seaman's Friend Society's School	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
SABBATH SCHOOLS	57	3,705	1,857	1,848	3,016	1,502	1,514
Established Church	30	1,727	905	822	1,409	729	680
Reformed Presbyterian Church	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
United Presbyterian Church	4	267	130	137	210	98	112
Free Church	21	1,560	746	814	1,280	613	667
Episcopal Church	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Independents or Congregationalists	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Old Scotch Independents	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Baptists	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Unitarians	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wesleyan Methodists	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Primitive Methodists	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wesleyan Reformers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Evangelical Union	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Isolated Congregations	2	151	76	75	117	62	55
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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