1 Average rates for each locale type are based on average rates across disticts within each locale type weighted by each district's enrollment base of first-time freshmen.
NOTE: Mid-size City: Territory inside an urbanized area and inside a principal city with a population of 100,000 to 250,000. Small City: Territory inside an urbanized area and inside a principal city with population of less than 100,000. Large Suburb: Territory outside a principal city and inside an urbanized area with population of 250,000 or more. Mid-size Suburb: Territory outside a principal city and inside an urbanized area with a population of 100,000 to 250,000. Small Suburb: Territory outside a principal city and inside an urbanized area with population less than 100,000. Fringe Town: Territory inside an urban cluster that is less than 10 miles from an urbanized area. Distant Town: Territory inside an urban cluster that is more than 10 miles and less than 35 miles from an urbanized area. Remote Town: Territory inside an urban cluster that is more than 35 miles outside of an urbanized area. Fringe Rural: Census-defined rural territory that is less than 5 miles from an urbanized area, as well as rural territory that is less than or equal to 2.5 miles from an urban cluster. Distant Rural: Census-defined rural territory that is more than 5 miles but less than or equal to 25 miles from an urbanized area, as well as rural territory that is more than 2.5 miles but less 10 miles from an urban cluster. Remote Rural: Census-defined rural territory that is more than 25 miles from an urbanized area and is also more than 10 miles from an urban cluster.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Local Education Agency (School District) Universe Survey", 2008-09 v.1a, 2009-10 v.1a; "Local Education Agency (School District) Universe Survey Dropout and Completion Data", 2008-09 v.1a
