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| Number of | 1999 | Average rate of attendance at |
| schools | graduation | colleges and universities |
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Selected school | 12th- | fall | Total | 4 year | 2 year |of attendance
characteristics | graders | 1998 | |institutions |institutions | at
| | 12th- | | | | technical
| | graders | | | | schools
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7
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| Public schools
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Total......................| 19,959 (232)| 91.5 (0.3)| 65.9 (0.4)| 41.9 (0.4)| 24.0 (0.3)| 8.1 (0.1)
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Percent minority students | | | | | |
Less than 5 percent........| 6,448 (164)| 95.1 (0.2)| 65.3 (0.6)| 44.9 (0.6)| 20.4 (0.5)| 9.1 (0.4)
5 to 19 percent............| 4,524 (177)| 93.7 (0.3)| 68.0 (0.8)| 45.5 (0.8)| 22.6 (0.5)| 7.9 (0.3)
20 to 49 percent...........| 4,079 (169)| 91.2 (0.4)| 65.4 (0.9)| 40.9 (0.8)| 24.6 (0.7)| 7.8 (0.3)
50 percent or more.........| 4,909 (154)| 86.9 (0.9)| 65.0 (0.8)| 37.4 (0.9)| 27.6 (0.8)| 7.7 (0.3)
Community type | | | | | |
Central city...............| 3,562 (145)| 87.7 (0.8)| 68.2 (0.7)| 42.8 (0.9)| 25.4 (0.8)| 7.5 (0.3)
Suburban/large town........| 7,864 (166)| 92.6 (0.4)| 68.2 (0.6)| 43.7 (0.6)| 24.5 (0.4)| 7.5 (0.2)
Small town/rural...........| 8,533 (176)| 93.3 (0.4)| 58.8 (0.5)| 37.4 (0.5)| 21.4 (0.5)| 10.1 (0.3)
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| Private schools
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Total......................| 7,602 (242)| 99.2 (0.1)| 89.7 (0.6)| 76.9 (0.8)| 12.8 (0.5)| 3.3 (0.2)
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Percent minority students | | | | | |
Less than 5 percent........| 2,684 (153)| 98.8 (0.2)| 85.9 (1.1)| 71.0 (1.6)| 14.9 (1.1)| 4.3 (0.5)
5 to 19 percent............| 2,448 (130)| 99.5 (0.1)| 92.0 (0.8)| 81.9 (1.0)| 10.1 (0.6)| 2.4 (0.2)
20 to 49 percent...........| 1,434 (98)| 99.0 (0.1)| 93.0 (0.8)| 79.9 (1.8)| 13.0 (1.6)| 2.4 (0.3)
50 percent or more.........| 1,036 (111)| 99.2 (0.3)| 84.2 (2.9)| 67.4 (4.2)| 16.8 (1.9)| 5.6 (1.4)
Community type | | | | | |
Central city...............| 2,895 (154)| 99.3 (0.1)| 90.6 (0.8)| 78.0 (1.3)| 12.6 (0.7)| 3.5 (0.3)
Suburban/large town........| 2,908 (154)| 99.3 (0.1)| 90.2 (0.9)| 77.5 (1.3)| 12.7 (0.9)| 2.8 (0.4)
Small town/rural...........| 1,800 (141)| 98.2 (0.4)| 82.2 (2.1)| 67.9 (2.5)| 14.3 (1.6)| 3.6 (0.5)
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