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	399	37,274	19,568	17,706	30,699	16,427	14,272
PUBLIC DAY SCHOOLS	232	29,258	15,465	13,793	23,659	12,851	10,808
PRIVATE DAY SCHOOLS	167	8,016	4,103	3,913	7,040	3,576	3,464
Classification of Public Schools: CLASS I.-SUPPORTED BY GENERAL OR LOCAL TAXATION	46	4,552	3,098	1,454	3,823	2,541	1,282
CLASS II.-SUPPORTED BY ENDOWMENTS	39	6,453	3,436	3,017	5,596	3,035	2,561
CLASS III.-SUPPORTED BY RELIGIOUS BODIES	108	14,692	7,283	7,409	11,178	5,862	5,316
CLASS IV.-OTHER PUBLIC SCHOOLS	39	3,561	1,648	1,913	3,062	1,413	1,649
CLASS I: Military Schools	5	212	136	76	179	111	68
CLASS I: Burgh Schools	8	1,313	966	347	1,131	834	297
CLASS I: Parochial Schools	29	2,560	1,655	905	2,216	1,409	807
CLASS I: Workhouse Schools	2	157	103	54	138	88	50
CLASS I: Prison School	1	143	71	72	119	59	60
CLASS I: Government School of Design	1	167	167	0	40	40	0
CLASS II: Endowed Schools	39	6,453	3,436	3,017	5,596	3,035	2,561
CLASS III: Established Church	38	3,551	1,721	1,830	2,971	1,448	1,523
CLASS III: United Presbyterian Church	10	1,338	664	674	1,067	551	516
CLASS III: Free Church	46	6,947	3,697	3,250	5,659	3,050	2,609
CLASS III: Episcopal Church	6	619	287	332	457	231	226
CLASS III: Independents or Congregationalists	2	151	62	89	122	52	70
CLASS III: Roman Catholics	6	2,086	852	1,234	902	530	372
CLASS IV: Ragged Schools (exclusive of those supported by religious bodies)	1	294	164	130	244	132	112
CLASS IV: Orphan School	1	90	45	45	74	37	37
CLASS IV: Blind School	1	24	13	11	23	12	11
CLASS IV: Deaf and Dumb School	1	85	59	26	71	49	22
CLASS IV: Colliery Schools	2	128	33	95	116	29	87
CLASS IV: School of Industry	1	78	20	58	78	20	58
CLASS IV: Trades School	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CLASS IV: House of Refuge	1	55	35	20	55	35	20
CLASS IV: Other Subscription Schools, of no specific character	31	2,807	1,279	1,528	2,401	1,099	1,302
SABBATH SCHOOLS	321	27,196	12,734	14,462	20,360	9,495	10,865
Established Church	69	6,262	2,906	3,356	4,702	2,188	2,514
Reformed Presbyterian Church	2	73	46	27	55	37	18
United Presbyterian Church	60	6,843	3,263	3,580	5,059	2,378	2,681
Free Church	80	6,246	2,807	3,439	4,824	2,188	2,636
Episcopal Church	5	327	152	175	236	104	132
Independents or Congregationalists	19	1,382	667	715	1,069	536	533
Baptists	6	540	221	319	399	153	246
Wesleyan Methodists	6	528	247	281	390	170	220
Isolated Congregations	66	3,907	1,941	1,966	2,735	1,365	1,370
Roman Catholics	7	1,074	479	595	879	372	507
Jews	1	14	5	9	12	4	8

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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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