1885-86 Normal Schools Dataset

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1885-86 Public Normal Schools

City	State	Institution	Date of organization	Principal	Appropriations for 1885-86	Number of instructors	Total students	Male normal students	Female normal students	Total normal students	Other male students	Other female students	Total other students	Is there a model school attached to the institution?	Whole number of normal graduates in 1886	Whole number of other graduates in 1886	Number of years in normal course	Number of weeks in scholastic year	Annual charge for tuition to residents	Annual charge for tuition to nonresidents	Number of volumes in library	Value of grounds, buildings, and apparatus	Notes
Florence	Alabama	State Normal School	1873	T.J. Mitchell	7,500	10	185	65	43		54	23		Yes	10		4	40	0	11	500	50,000	Tuition $11 more for students in other courses
Huntsville	Alabama	State Normal and Industrial School	1875	W.H. Councill	4,000	7	232	77	56		57	42		Yes	12		4	40			1,500	20,000
Jacksonville	Alabama	State Normal School	1883	Carleton B. Gibson, M.A.	2,500	4	210	7	33		70	100		Yes	7		3	40	5	5		8,000
Livingston	Alabama	Alabama Normal College for Girls	1883	James W.A. Wright	2,822	8	100		44			56			9		4	40	20	50	200	18,000	Tuition for residents and nonresidents listed as a range between $20 and $50
Marion	Alabama	State Normal School and University for the Colored Race	1873	William B. Paterson	6,000	12	404	106	138		78	82		Yes	12	8	4	40	0	0	500	15,000
Tuskegee	Alabama	Tuskegee Normal School	1881	Booker T. Washington	3,000	17	279	158	121					Yes	5		4	36			1,600	50,000
Pine Bluff	Arkansas	Branch Normal College of Arkansas	1876	Joseph C. Corbin	2,000	3	202	39	7		107	49		Yes	8		3	40	0	0	1,100	30,000
Los Angeles	California	Branch State Normal School	1882	Ira More	16,000	11	253	33	220		0	0		Yes	43	0	3	40	0	0	1,200	100,000
San Francisco	California	Normal Department of Girls' High School	1876	John Swett		2	76		76					No			1	42			0
San Jose	California	California State Normal School	1862	Charles H. Allen	38,000	18	497	71	426		0	0		Yes	100	0	3	40	0	0	2,000	300,000
New Britain	Connecticut	Connecticut Normal and Training School	1850	C.F. Carroll	18,180	14	278	6	260			12		Yes	43		2	40			3,000	150,000
Gainesville	Florida	East Florida Seminary	1853	Edwin P. Cater	3,500	6	75	6	2		54	13			3	7	2	35	40	40	1,000	25,000
Carbondale	Illinois	Southern Illinois Normal University	1874	Robert Allyn	22,360	14	390	86	89		122	93		Yes	14		3	39	1		8,200	175,000
Normal	Illinois	Illinois State Normal University	1857	Edwin C. Hewett, LL.D.	24,994	15	616	163	320		81	52		Yes	25	8	3	39	30		2,000	250,000
Normal Park	Illinois	Cook County Normal School	1869	Francis W. Parker	25,000	20	675	25	300		150	200		Yes	78	0	2	40	0	75	5,000	300,000
Indianapolis	Indiana	Indianapolis Normal School	1866	Miss M.E. Nicholson	2,000	1	22		22					Yes	22		1	38	0	0	200
Logansport	Indiana	American Normal College	1884	Charles E. Kircher		11	700	296	404					No	7		2	50	40	40	800	25,000
Terre Haute	Indiana	Indiana State Normal School	1870	William W. Parsons	30,500	21	909							Yes	30	0	3	39	0	0	3,000	175,000
Cedar Falls	Iowa	Iowa State Normal School	1876	H.H. Seerley	26,500	8	432	136	296					No	18	1	3	40	10	10	900	75,000
Davenport	Iowa	Normal Department of the High School	1873	F.E. Stratton, A.M.		8	225	0	14		80	131		Yes	14	33	1	40	0	30	200
Des Moines	Iowa	West Des Moines Training School	1882	Elizabeth K. Matthews	1,000	1	6		6					Yes	6		1	36			35
Emporia	Kansas	Kansas State Normal School	1865	A.R. Taylor	3,500	11	431	150	281					Yes	33	1	3	40			2,000	80,000
Natchitoches	Louisiana	Louisiana State Normal School	1885	Dr. E.E. Sheit, A.M., Ph.D.	6,000	4	75	22	53					Yes	3		3	28			500	75,000
New Orleans	Louisiana	City Normal School	1885	Mrs. Mary Stamps	900	4	100	0	100					No	52		2	28	0	0
Castine	Maine	Eastern State Normal School	1867	Roliston Woodbury	6,583	7	228	87	141					Yes	18		2	38			900	25,000
Farmington	Maine	State Normal and Training School	1864	George C. Purington	6,500	8	221	51	170					Yes	31		2	38	0	0	1,695	25,000
Gorham	Maine	State Normal School at Gorham	1879	William J. Corthell	6,333	8	132	19	113		0	0		Yes	39	28	2	40	0	0	1,791	40,000
Grand Isle and Fort Kent	Maine	Madawaska Training School	1879	Vetal Cyr	13,000	2	101	24	77					No	7		4	40	0	10	200	2,000
Portland	Maine	Normal Training and Practice Class	1878	Sarah M. Taylor		3	223	0	9		154	60		Yes	9	34	1	38	0	0
Baltimore	Maryland	Baltimore Normal School for Colored Teachers	1864	John Core	2,000	5	194	9	23		50	112		No			4	41	9		1,200		From Report of the Commissioner of Education for year 1884-85.
Baltimore	Maryland	Maryland State Normal School	1866	M.A. Newell	10,500	11	272	17	255					Yes	52	2	2	40		50	2,575	140,000
Boston	Massachusetts	Boston Normal School	1852	Larkin Dunton		7	159		159		0	0		Yes	83	0	1	40	0	90
Boston (Washington Street)	Massachusetts	Massachusetts State Normal Art School	1873	George H. Bartlett	16,000	9	143	26	117						7		4	42	10	100	325
Bridgewater	Massachusetts	State Normal School	1840	Albert G. Boyden, A.M.	14,960	10	214	52	162		0	0		Yes	47	0	2	38		15	4,000	123,000
Framingham	Massachusetts	State Normal School	1839	Ellen Hyde	12,500	12	120		120					Yes	35		2	40			2,000	75,000
Haverhill	Massachusetts	Haverhill Training School	1881	Mary E. Trask	0	2	15	0	15		0	0		Yes	7	0	1	40	0	0	70
Salem	Massachusetts	State Normal School	1854	Daniel B. Hagar, Ph.D.	14,000	13	280		280					No	70		2	40	0	60	8,000	50,000
Westfield	Massachusetts	Westfield State Normal School	1839	Joseph G. Scott	11,250	8	156	8	148					No	44	0	2	20		30	4,000	100,000
Worcester	Massachusetts	State Normal School at Worcester	1874	E. Harlow Russell	117,706	8	228	4	211		0	13		No	26	0	2	40	0	0	3,500	110,000
Fall River	Massachusetts	Fall River Training School	1881	Ariadne J. Borden	2,520	4	30	0	30					Yes	26	0	1	40	0	0	300	32,000
Lawrence	Massachusetts	Lawrence Training School	1869	Lilly P. Shipard	4,200	2	29	0	29		0	0		Yes	12		1	40	0	0	170	24,000
Ypsilanti	Michigan	State Normal School	1852	J.M.Z. Sill	38,545	20	628	227	401		0	0		Yes	87		3	40	10	10	7,500	124,418
Mankato	Minnesota	State Normal School	1865	Edward Scaring	15,000	13	335	131	204		0	0		Yes	17	0	3	38	19	19	1,200	90,000
St. Cloud	Minnesota	State Normal School at St. Cloud	1869	Thomas J. Gray, president	15,000	12	375	80	178		74	43		Yes	23		3	38	0	0	4,000	140,000
Winona	Minnesota	State Normal School at Winona	1869	Irwin Shepard	18,000	14	378	75	223		30	50		Yes	58	0	3	39	0	0	5,000	200,000
Tougaloo	Mississippi	Tougaloo University	1869	George P. Armstrong	3,000	3	62	15	9		22	16		Yes	7	0	4	32	8	8	500	50,000
Cape Girardeau	Missouri	Missouri State Normal School, third district	1873	Richard C. Norton	14,000	9	278	157	121					No	7		4	40	12	12	2,000	60,000
Jefferson City	Missouri	Lincoln Institute	1866	Inman E. Page	8,000	7	157	25	21				111	Yes	2		4	36	0	0	800	66,000
Kirksville	Missouri	Missouri State Normal School, first district	1871	J.P. Blanton	10,000	11	539	221	192		59	67		Yes	26	40	4	40	20	20	1,000	150,000
St. Louis	Missouri	St. Louis Normal School	1857	F. Louis Soldan, LL.D.	7,579	9	138	0	138		0	0		Yes	35	0	2	40	0	0	400	2,000
Warrensburg	Missouri	State Normal School, second district	1871	George L. Osborne, LL.D.	10,000	10	480	203	277		0	0		Yes	49	0	2	40	20	20	7,000	200,000
Bloomington	Nebraska	Bloomington Normal School	1882	Frank M. Vancil	4,473	2	170	25	35		60	50		No			3	36	15	15	100	7,000	From Report of the Commissioner of Education for year 1884-85.
Peru	Nebraska	Nebraska State Normal School	1867	George L. Farnham	41,100	10	476	84	164		94	134			58		2	38	6		2,500	100,000
Manchester	New Hampshire	Manchester Training School	1869	Miss O. Adele Evers	2,000	1	12		12					Yes	6		1	36	0		30
Plymouth	New Hampshire	New Hampshire State Normal School	1871	Charles E. Rounds, M.S., Ph.D.	6,800	7	88	5	45		13	25		Yes	4	14	2	38	0	0	400
Newark	New Jersey	Newark City Normal School	1879	Jane E. Johnson	2,541	4	41		41					Yes	41		1	42			50
Paterson	New Jersey	Normal Training Class	1880	J.A. Reinhart, Ph.D.		2	369	0	19		150	200		No	25	33	1	40	0	0	1,500
Trenton	New Jersey	New Jersey State Normal School	1854	Washington Hasbrouck	20,000	12	128	30	98					Yes	44		2	38			500	500,000
Albany	New York	State Normal School	1844	Edward P. Waterbury	25,000	16	715			484			231	Yes	97	14	2	40	0	0	1,000	202,000
Brockport	New York	State Normal and Training School	1867	C.D. McLean	18,000	18	435	106	219		56	54		Yes	12	12	2	40	16	32	7,000	156,000
Buffalo	New York	State Normal and Training School	1871	James M. Cassety	21,170	16	175	16	153		6	0		Yes	21	3	3	40	40	40		127,380
Cortland	New York	State Normal and Training School	1869	James H. Hoose	24,598	13	386	119	232		20	15		Yes	58	2	4	40	0	0	2,175	109,616
Fredonia	New York	State Normal and Training School	1867	Francis B. Palmer	18,000	16	293	41	170		42	40		Yes	25	7	2	40	0	20	2,000	120,000
Geneseo	New York	State Normal and Training School	1871	William J. Milne, Ph.D., LL.D.	18,000	17	542			425			117	Yes	58	13	2	40	0	0	11,000	145,700
New Paltz	New York	State Normal and Training School	1885	Eugene Bonton	9,000	6	61	18	21		13	9		Yes	0	0	2	40	4	4	519	42,500
New York	New York	Female Normal College	1870	Thomas Hunter, Ph.D.	106,000	39	1,665	0	1,665		0	0		Yes	249	0	4	40	0		750	1,000,000
Oswego	New York	State Normal and Training School	1861	Edward A. Sheldon	20,000	15	325	50	275					Yes	56	4	2	40	0	0	1,500	100,000
Potsdam	New York	State Normal and Training School	1869	E.H. Cook	18,000	15	564			364			200	Yes	31		2	40	24	24		147,700
Syracuse	New York	Syracuse Training School	1879	Edward Smith	150	3	67		19			48		Yes	19	18	3	40	0	34
Fayetteville	North Carolina	State Colored Normal School	1877	E.E. Smith	2,000	3	109	63	46					No	13		4	36			927	5,400
Franklinton	North Carolina	State Colored Normal School (Albion Academy)	1881	S.A. Waugh	595	3	150	75	30		28	17		Yes	0	0	4	28	0	0		6,000
New Berne	North Carolina	New Berne State Normal School	1884	Rev. L.C. Vass, A.M., chairman board of directors	700	10	138	71	67					Yes				10	0	0	200
Plymouth	North Carolina	Plymouth State Colored Normal School	1881	John W. Pope	500	3	84	42	42					No	0	0	3	20	0	0	0	200
Salisbury	North Carolina	State Colored Normal School	1881	Rev. J.O. Crosby	622	2	144			123			21				3	30
Canfield	Ohio	Northeastern Ohio Normal School	1880	Rev. E.B. Webster, A.M.	1,250	11	260			260					3		2	42		31	1,000	25,000
Cincinnati	Ohio	Cincinnati Normal School	1868	Mrs. Carrie N. Lathrop		5	61	0	61		0	0		Yes	47	0	1	40	0	60	100
Cleveland (72 Prospect Street)	Ohio	Cleveland Training School	1874	Ellen G. Reveley		9	90	0	90		0	0		Yes	59		1	40		40
Dayton	Ohio	Dayton Normal School	1869	Mary F. Hall	1,500	3	26		26					Yes	17		1	40		60	243
Geneva	Ohio	Geneva Normal School	1868	J.S. Lowe, A.M.	8,650	10	112	52	60					No	1		4	38	25		600	60,000	From Report of the Commissioner of Education for year 1884-85.
Monmouth	Oregon	Oregon State Normal School	1882	D.T. Stanley, A.A.	6,324	7											3	40	20			14,000
Bloomsburgh	Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania State Normal School	1869	D.J. Waller, jr.	5,000	14	341	78	116		69	78		Yes	63	2	2	42	53	53	1,000	150,000
California	Pennsylvania	Southwestern State Normal School	1874	Theo. B. Noss	5,000	14	358	150	208					Yes	23		2	42	53	53	700	125,000
Edinburgh	Pennsylvania	State Normal School	1859	J.A. Cooper	5,000	15	542	260	282					Yes	68		2	42	48	48	6,250	125,000
Indiana	Pennsylvania	State Normal School at Indiana	1875	L.H. Durling	5,000	14	527	135	250		72	70		Yes	54		3	42	50	50	1,300	198,000
Kutztown	Pennsylvania	Keystone State Normal School	1866	Rev. Nathan C. Schaeffer	5,000	18	613	366	109		85	55		Yes	43	0	2	42	40	40	2,946	130,000
Lock Haven	Pennsylvania	Central State Normal School	1877	George P. Beard	5,000	10	216	85	75		28	28		Yes	36	1	2	42	50	50	1,000	125,000
Mansfield	Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania State Normal School, fifth district	1862	D.C. Thomas	10,000	15	450	230	220					Yes	54	3	3	42	189		5,000	110,000
Millersville	Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania State Normal School, second district	1859	B.F. Shaub	5,000	22	581	280	195		57	49		Yes	42		2	42	60		5,050	229,000
Philadelphia (n.e. corner 17th and Spring Garden streets)	Pennsylvania	Philadelphia Normal School for Girls	1848	George W. Fetter	32,296	30	1,797		1,218		290	289		Yes	237		4	40			1,600	310,000
Shippensburgh	Pennsylvania	Cumberland Valley State Normal school	1873	John F. McCreary	5,000	12	238	99	68		44	27		Yes	35		3	42	63	63	1,500	170,600
West Chester	Pennsylvania	West Chester State Normal School	1881	George Morris Phillips	5,000	20	506	169	162		100	75		Yes	16		3	42	205	65	3,700	200,000
Providence	Rhode Island	Rhode Island State Normal School	1871	Thomas J. Morgan	12,000	6	153	6	147					No	25		3	39			1,200	75,000
Charleston	South Carolina	Saturday Normal School	1872	Henry P. Archer		6	105	3	102					No			5	42
Nashville	Tennessee	State Normal College, University of Nashville	1875	Eben S. Stearns	10,000	13	154	46	108					No	51	0	3	32	0	0	10,000	300,000
Huntsville	Texas	Sam Houston State Normal School	1879	J. Baldwin	18,000	7	215	86	129		0	0		No	147	0	3	40	0	0	4,000	50,000
Castleton	Vermont	State Normal School	1867	Abel E. Leavenworth	4,573	5	185								21
Johnston	Vermont	Johnson State Normal School	1867	A.H. Campbell	2,616	8	102	36	66		0	0		Yes	26	0	2	40	24	24	1,500	5,700
Randolph	Vermont	State Normal School	1867	Edward Conants	2,664	5	89	9	80		0	0		No	30	0	3	40	12	12	1,100	18,850
Farmville	Virginia	State Normal School of Virginia	1884	William H. Ruffner	25,240	7	97	0	97		0	0		Yes	8		2	35	0	30	500	50,000	Resident students are state students for the purposes of tuition
Hampton	Virginia	Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute	1868	Samuel C. Armstrong	10,000		569	196	153		148	72		Yes	15		3	37			4,000	300,000	Appropriation received annually from the State, being one-third of the income in this State from the Congressional grant of land to agricultural colleges.
Petersburgh	Virginia	Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute	1883	John Mercer Langston	20,000	10	137	29	28		38	42		Yes	9	7	3	36	60	10	1,000	200,000	Annual charge for resident tuition includes board.
Richmond	Virginia	Colored High and Normal School	1866	S.T. Beach	7,000	11	350	100	250					No	32		3	38		40	350	20,000
Fairmont	West Virginia	Fairmont State Normal School	1869	Conrad A. Sipe	2,000	3	201	117	80		1	3		No	10		3	40	21	21	850	12,000
Glenville	West Virginia	Glenville State Normal School	1873	S.B. Brown	2,000	4	90	53	46					No	4		3	40			600	6,000
Harper's Ferry	West Virginia	Storer College	1867	N.C. Brackett, Ph.D.	630	7	166	80	71		10	5		Yes	13		3	32	6	12	2,000	50,000
Huntington	West Virginia	Marshall College, State Normal School	1867	Thomas E. Hodges	2,000	3	135	56	79					No	15	0	3	40	20	20	500	50,000
Shepherdstown	West Virginia	Shepherd College State Normal School	1872	T.J. Woofter	2,000	3	71	31	33		4	3		No	3	0	3	40	20	20		11,000
West Liberty	West Virginia	West Liberty State Normal School	1872	R.A. Armstrong	2,000	3	56	28	28					No	4		3	40	20	20
Milwaukee	Wisconsin	Wisconsin State Normal School	1885	J.J. Mapel	10,000	8	46	2	44					Yes	15		2	40	0	0	500	60,000
Oshkosh	Wisconsin	State Normal School	1871	George S. Alber	17,918	20	494	140	245		38	71		Yes	23	0	2	40			7,065	87,000
Platteville	Wisconsin	Wisconsin State Normal School	1866	Duncan McGregor	20,000	13	284	104	180					Yes	21		4	40	0	16	12,200
River Falls	Wisconsin	State Normal School	1875	W.D. Parker	14,992	12	229	46	92		41	50		Yes	17	0	4	40	0	20	2,000	70,000
Whitewater	Wisconsin	State Normal School	1868	Albert Salisbury	18,215	15	350	106	226		9	9		Yes	22		2	40		16	1,750	90,000
Madison	Dakota	Dakota Normal School	1883	C.S. Richardson, A.M.	39,000	8	216	69	102		16	29		Yes	4		3	40	0		355	65,000
Spearfish	Dakota	Dakota Territorial Normal School	1884	F.L. Cook	2,500	2	70	25	45		0	0		Yes	0	0	3	38	0	0	700	20,000
Washington DC (17th and Sampson Street)	District of Columbia	Miner Normal School	1879	Lucy E. Moten	1,500	3	20	0	20		0	0		Yes	20		1	40	0	0	300	14,000
Washington DC	District of Columbia	Washington Normal School	1873	Emma S. Atkinson		4	30		30					Yes	30		1	38			400
City	State	Institution	Date of organization	Principal	Appropriations for 1885-86	Number of instructors	Total students	Male normal students	Female normal students	Total normal students	Other male students	Other female students	Total other students	Is there a model school attached to the institution?	Whole number of normal graduates in 1886	Whole number of other graduates in 1886	Number of years in normal course	Number of weeks in scholastic year	Annual charge for tuition to residents	Annual charge for tuition to nonresidents	Number of volumes in library	Value of grounds, buildings, and apparatus	Notes

Source: “Table 18.—Statistics of public normal schools for 1885-86; from replies to inquiries by the United States Bureau of Education,” United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Education, Report of the Commissioner of Education for the Year 1885–86 (Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1887), 322 – 327.

Private Normal Schools

1885-86 Private Normal Schools

City	State	Institution	Date of organization	Principal	Number of instructors	Total students	Male normal students	Female normal students	Total normal students	Other male students	Other female students	Total other students	Is there a model school attached to the institution?	Whole number of normal graduates in 1886	Whole number of other graduates in 1886	Whole number of all graduates	Number of years in normal course	Number of weeks in scholastic year	Annual charge to each student for tuition	Number of volumes in library	Value of grounds, buildings, and apparatus	Notes
Huntsville	Alabama	Rust Normal School	1870	A.W. Kinney	4	194			76			118	No	4			3	36		150	12,000
Mobile	Alabama	Emerson Institute	1873	Rev. M.E. Churchill	9	329			22			307									8,550	From Report of the Commissioner of Education for year 1884-85
Dixon	Illinois	Northern Illinois Normal School	1881	J.B. Dille, A.M.	17	403	204	199					No		25		4	40	32	1,750	100,000	From Report of the Commissioner of Education for year 1884-85
Oregon	Illinois	Wells' School for Teachers and School of Individual Instruction	1879	E.L. Wells	2	121			105			16							52	100	5,000
Angola	Indiana	Tri-State Normal College	1884	Littleton M. Sniff	11	362	210	152						5	5		1-3	48	38 2/5	600	15,000
Hope	Indiana	Normal Pedagogical Institute	1883	J.F.W. Gatch, president	5	302	160	120		10	12		Yes	14	3		1	50	40	1,000	30,000
Mitchell	Indiana	Southern Indiana Normal College	1883	W.E. Lugenbeel and E.F. Sutherland	8	501	250	200		35	26		Yes			52	4	47	38	1,000	15,000	From Report of the Commissioner of Education for year 1884-85
Richmond	Indiana	Richmond Normal School	1883	Cyrus W. Hodgin	6	278			232			46							40	250
Valparaiso	Indiana	Northern Indiana Normal School	1873	H.B. Brown	21	972			892			80				80	2-4	50	40	5,000	200,000	Value of grounds, buildings, and apparatus is value of buildings.
Columbus Junction	Iowa	Eastern Iowa Normal School	1874	Edwin R. Eldridge, president	10	220	85		92	23	20		No	7	1		4	46	36	500	30,000
Dexter	Iowa	Dexter Normal School	1879	W.H. Monroe	6	410	200	210								13	3	50	40		15,000	From Report of the Commissioner of Education for year 1884-85
Fort Scott	Kansas	Kansas Normal College and Business Institute	1879	D.E. Sanders, president	14	580	350	230					No			35	4	42	32	800	15,000	From Report of the Commissioner of Education for year 1884-85
New Orleans	Louisiana	Leland University	1874	Harvey R. Traver, A.M.	10	265	140	125									4	34	8	1,000	100,000	From Report of the Commissioner of Education for year 1884-85; Faculty and students reported are for all departments.
New Orleans	Louisiana	Peabody Normal Seminary	1870	Robert M. Lusher	3	12	0	12						6	5		2	47	54	750
Springfield	Maine	Springfield Normal School	1885	M.D. Barnes	4	90			90	0	0								8		6,000
Baltimore (corner Harlem and Arlington avenues)	Maryland	St. Catherine's Normal Institute	1874	Sister Ferdinand, superior		170																From Report of the Commissioner of Education for year 1884-85
Holmesville	Mississippi	Kavanaugh College	1884	Rev. H. Walter Featherston	6	125												40	30		1,000	From Report of the Commissioner of Education for year 1884-85
Iuka	Mississippi	Iuka Normal Institute	1882	H.A. Dean, A.M.	9	250	115	135					No			21	4	46	46	417	4,000
Jackson	Mississippi	Jackson College	1877	Rev. Charles Ayer	6	251			179			72						34	66-78		30,000
Republican City	Nebraska	McPherson Normal College	1884	H.T. Morton	4								Yes				3	39	50	2,000		From Report of the Commissioner of Education for year 1884-85
Newark (College Place)	New Jersey	First German and English Presbyterian School	1860	Gustav Fischer	6	270			270										12	150	10,000
Wilmington	North Carolina	Gregory Institute	1873	George A. Woodard	8	3	1	2					No			3	2-4	32	8	100	4,000	From Report of the Commissioner of Education for year 1884-85; Instructors reported are for all departments.
Wadsworth	Ohio	Wadsworth Normal School	1885	J.B. Eberly, A.M.	5	125	65	60					No				3	40	28	1,200	15,000
Huntington	Pennsylvania	Normal College	1876	J.H. Brumbaugh	9	229			139			90							42	1,545	25,000
Muncy	Pennsylvania	Lycoming County Normal School	1870	William R. Peoples	14	264	112	122		14	16		Yes	24			2 1/2	20	16	500	40,000
Aiken	South Carolina	The Schofield Normal and Industrial School	1868	William T. Rodenback	8	90	20	15		29	26		Yes			2	3	36	10	1,400	15,000
Chester	South Carolina	Brainerd Institute	1874	Rev. S. Loomes, A.M.	5	129			129				Yes				6	36	0	100	10,000	From Report of the Commissioner of Education for year 1884-85
Winnsborough	South Carolina	Fairfield Normal Institute	1869	Rev. Willard Richardson	5	360			112			248									5,800
Knoxville	Tennessee	Knoxville College	1875	Rev. J.S. McCulloch, D.D., president	13	327			52			275							55-64	1,220	46,000
Memphis	Tennessee	Le Moyne Normal Institute	1872	Andrew J. Steele	12	145	60	85					Yes	8			4	34	14	1,600	20,000
Murfreesborough	Tennessee	Eclectic Normal Institute	1884	James Waters	7	138	12	7		74	45		No			0	7	40	16-50	400		From Report of the Commissioner of Education for year 1884-85
Winchester	Tennessee	Winchester Normal	1878	James W. Terrell	3	350												40	50
Austin	Texas	Tillotson Collegiate and Normal Institute	1881	Rev. John Kershaw, president	11	113			13			100						35
Richland Springs	Texas	Normal School	1885	A.D. Wallace	2	28	16	12		0	0		Yes	0	0		3	44	22	196	500
Milwaukee	Wisconsin	National German-American Teachers' Seminary	1878	Dr. Herman Dorner	6	17	11	6					Yes				3	40	0	400	25,000	From Report of the Commissioner of Education for year 1884-85
St. Francis	Wisconsin	Catholic Normal School of the Holy Family	1870	Rev. Charles Fessler, rector	5	101	101									8	4	40	40	800	50,000	From Report of the Commissioner of Education for year 1884-85
City	State	Institution	Date of organization	Principal	Number of instructors	Total students	Male normal students	Female normal students	Total normal students	Other male students	Other female students	Total other students	Is there a model school attached to the institution?	Whole number of normal graduates in 1886	Whole number of other graduates in 1886	Whole number of all graduates	Number of years in normal course	Number of weeks in scholastic year	Annual charge to each student for tuition	Number of volumes in library	Value of grounds, buildings, and apparatus	Notes

Source: “Table 19.—Statistics of private normal schools for 1885-86; from replies to inquiries by the United States Bureau of Education,” United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Education, Report of the Commissioner of Education for the Year 1885–86 (Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1887), 328 – 329.