The state institution for the education of the deaf and dumb (1854) and the state institution for the blind (1848) are at Jackson.
There are also many flourishing charities, including an excellent hospital and a school for the deaf and dumb.
The charitable institutions include the county hospital, district asylum, a deaf and dumb home, the Kyle combination poorhouse, St John's refuge and industrial schools for boys and girls.
The state also makes annual appropriations for the care and education of blind and deaf and dumb persons in institutions outside of the state.
Among the educational establishments are a gymnasium, and Realschule, the Sophienstift (a large school for girls of the better class, founded by the grand-duchess Sophia), the grand-ducal school of art, geographical institutes, a technical school, commercial school, music school, teachers' seminaries, and deaf and dumb and blind asylums. An English church was opened in 1899.
