In the Southern United States they were established to educate African Americans at elementary and secondary levels, especially as teachers; and in the Northern United States they existed as educational reformatory schools.
The southern training schools were supported by northern philanthropists, roughly from 1910 to 1930.
[6] In the south they often served African American students from a large area and were often named county training schools.
They had an agricultural and industrial training ethos and required support and cooperation from local officials.
Listed by southern or northern status, by state, and in alphabetical order by name