Vision of Ireland | 1851 Census: Religion and Education

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	33	2,096	1,115	981	1,709	911	798
PUBLIC DAY SCHOOLS	23	1,798	955	843	1,457	774	683
PRIVATE DAY SCHOOLS	10	298	160	138	252	137	115
Classification of Public Schools: CLASS I.-SUPPORTED BY GENERAL OR LOCAL TAXATION	9	762	438	324	606	347	259
CLASS II.-SUPPORTED BY ENDOWMENTS	4	347	170	177	248	122	126
CLASS III.-SUPPORTED BY RELIGIOUS BODIES	8	506	309	197	444	271	173
CLASS IV.-OTHER PUBLIC SCHOOLS	2	183	38	145	159	34	125
CLASS I: Burgh Schools	1	130	81	49	124	78	46
CLASS I: Parochial Schools	8	632	357	275	482	269	213
CLASS II: Endowed Schools	4	347	170	177	248	122	126
CLASS III: Established Church	3	145	88	57	139	84	55
CLASS III: Free Church	5	361	221	140	305	187	118
CLASS IV: Other Subscription Schools, of no specific character	2	183	38	145	159	34	125
SABBATH SCHOOLS	23	1,431	648	783	1,094	490	604
Established Church	8	549	257	292	453	212	241
Reformed Presbyterian Church	1	50	22	28	40	18	22
United Presbyterian Church	1	140	49	91	111	39	72
Free Church	11	596	287	309	419	195	224
Independents or Congregationalists	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Baptists	1	26	13	13	21	11	10
Evangelical Union	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Isolated Congregations	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Roman Catholics	1	70	20	50	50	15	35

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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.

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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