1851 Census of Great Britain, Education. England and Wales. Report and Tables, Table 2 : " Number of Day and Sunday Schools in the 624 Districts or Unions, classified according to their sources of maintenance".

List top level	England and Wales Dep	England Dep Wales Dep

DESCRIPTION OF SCHOOLS.	No. of Schools. [1]	Number of Scholars belonging to the Schools
		Total. [2]	Males. [3]	Females. [4]
DAY SCHOOLS	44,853	2,108,592	1,139,324	969,268
PUBLIC DAY SCHOOLS	15,411	1,413,170	795,632	617,538
PRIVATE DAY SCHOOLS	29,442	695,422	343,692	351,730
Classification of Public Schools: CLASS I.-SUPPORTED BY GENERAL OR LOCAL TAXATION	610	48,826	28,708	20,118
CLASS II.-SUPPORTED BY ENDOWMENTS	3,125	206,279	138,495	67,784
CLASS III.-SUPPORTED BY RELIGIOUS BODIES	10,593	1,048,626	569,075	479,551
CLASS IV.-OTHER PUBLIC SCHOOLS	1,083	109,439	59,354	50,085
CLASS I: Military Schools	37	3,583	2,748	835
CLASS I: Naval Schools	12	2,113	1,775	338
CLASS I: Woods and Forests Schools	1	259	135	124
CLASS I: Corporation Schools	3	2,394	1,364	1,030
CLASS I: Workhouse Schools	523	38,067	20,660	17,407
CLASS I: Prison Schools	34	2,410	2,026	384
CLASS II: Collegiate and Grammar Schools	567	35,724	32,277	3,447
CLASS II: Other Endowed Schools	2,558	170,555	106,218	64,337
CLASS III: Church of England	8,557	800,656	423,230	377,426
CLASS III: Free Church of England	3	251	29	222
CLASS III: Church of Scotland	5	946	652	294
CLASS III: United Presbyterians	3	217	148	69
CLASS III: Presbyterian Church In England	24	2,337	1,469	868
CLASS III: Scottish Presbyterians	1	345	195	150
CLASS III: Presbyterians (not otherwise defined)	8	1,431	830	601
CLASS III: Episcopal Church	2	18	14	4
CLASS III: Independents	434	47,222	26,280	20,942
CLASS III: Baptists	116	9,030	4,976	4,054
CLASS III: Society of Friends	23	2,247	1,237	1,010
CLASS III: Unitarians	30	3,736	1,971	1,765
CLASS III: Moravians	7	366	218	148
CLASS III: Wesleyan Methodists	381	40,815	25,027	15,788
CLASS III: Methodist New Connexion	13	1,815	1,068	747
CLASS III: Primitive Methodists	24	1,297	623	674
CLASS III: Bible Christians	8	367	197	170
CLASS III: Wesleyan Methodist Association	10	1,112	616	496
CLASS III: Calvinistic Methodists	39	2,732	1,629	1,103
CLASS III: Lady Huntingdon's Connexion	8	644	306	338
CLASS III: New Church	9	1,551	891	660
CLASS III: Brethren	2	108	62	46
CLASS III: Dissenters (not defined)	45	5,472	3,309	2,163
CLASS III: Lutherans	1	157	107	50
CLASS III: French Protestants	1	15	0	15
CLASS III: German Missionary Society	1	100	40	60
CLASS III: Roman Catholics	310	38,667	20,534	18,133
CLASS III: Jews	10	1,234	735	499
CLASS III: Undenominational	518	83,738	52,682	31,056
CLASS IV: Ragged Schools (exclusive of those supported by religious bodies)	123	22,280	12,700	9,580
CLASS IV: Orphan Schools	38	3,522	1,592	1,930
CLASS IV: Blind Schools	11	609	342	267
CLASS IV: Deaf and Dumb Schools	9	392	202	190
CLASS IV: Schools for Idiots	1	18	16	2
CLASS IV: Factory Schools	115	17,834	9,724	8,110
CLASS IV: Colliery Schools	41	3,511	2,013	1,498
CLASS IV: Chemical Works School	4	832	433	399
CLASS IV: Foundry Schools	1	103	55	48
CLASS IV: Mechanics' Institution Schools	5	1,564	1,223	341
CLASS IV: Industrial Schools	6	607	383	224
CLASS IV: Agricultural Schools	4	282	221	61
CLASS IV: Railway Schools	5	842	440	402
CLASS IV: Philanthropic Society's Farm School	1	96	96	0
CLASS IV: Other Subscription Schools of no specific character	719	56,947	29,914	27,033
SUNDAY SCHOOLS	23,138	2,369,039	1,174,647	1,194,392
Church of England	10,427	935,892	458,387	477,505
Church of Scotland	14	1,688	847	841
United Presbyterian Church	58	6,590	3,079	3,511
Presbyterian Church in England	63	8,184	3,989	4,195
Independents	2,590	343,478	168,564	174,914
Baptists	1,766	186,510	91,143	95,367
Society of Friends	35	3,212	2,026	1,186
Unitarians	138	15,011	8,112	7,362
Moravians	24	1,775	763	1,012
Wesleyan Methodists	6,152	642,965	320,225	322,277
Calvinistic Methodists	969	113,246	60,285	52,961
Lady Huntingdon's Connexion	56	8,611	3,952	4,659
New Church	27	3,484	1,711	1,773
Brethren	15	754	285	469
Undefined Protestant Congregations	548	63,334	33,983	29,351
German Protestant	1	20	15	5
Roman Catholics	231	33,254	16,715	16,539
Catholic and Apostolic Church	1	47	22	25
Latter Day Saints	23	984	544	440

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