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Table 183. Graduation rates and postsecondary attendance rates of recent high school students, by selected high school characteristics: 1999-2000
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                             |                |                |      Average rate of attendance at   |
                             |                | 1999 graduation|      2- and 4-year colleges\2\       | Average rate of
                             |  Number of high|         rate of|______________________________________|   attendance at
Selected high school         |    schools with|       fall 1998|            |      4-year|      2-year|       technical
characteristic               |    12th-graders| 12th-graders\1\|       Total|institutions|institutions|      schools\3\
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1                            |               2|               3|           4|           5|           6|               7
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Public high schools          |                |                |            |            |            |
   Total ....................| 19,959  (232.0)|  91.5    (0.30)| 65.9 (0.38)| 41.9 (0.43)| 24.0 (0.31)|  8.1     (0.13)
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Percent minority students    |                |                |            |            |            |
  Less than 5 percent .......|  6,448  (163.7)|  95.1    (0.25)| 65.3 (0.64)| 44.9 (0.63)| 20.4 (0.50)|  9.1     (0.37)
  5 to 19 percent ...........|  4,524  (176.8)|  93.7    (0.35)| 68.0 (0.76)| 45.5 (0.84)| 22.6 (0.54)|  7.9     (0.27)
  20 to 49 percent ..........|  4,079  (168.6)|  91.2    (0.44)| 65.4 (0.86)| 40.9 (0.84)| 24.6 (0.65)|  7.8     (0.25)
  50 percent or more ........|  4,909  (153.5)|  86.9    (0.94)| 65.0 (0.77)| 37.4 (0.93)| 27.6 (0.81)|  7.7     (0.28)
Community type               |                |                |            |            |            |
  Central city ..............|  3,562  (145.3)|  87.7    (0.79)| 68.2 (0.72)| 42.8 (0.92)| 25.4 (0.77)|  7.5     (0.27)
  Suburban/large town .......|  7,864  (166.3)|  92.6    (0.35)| 68.2 (0.64)| 43.7 (0.62)| 24.5 (0.44)|  7.5     (0.19)
  Small town/rural ..........|  8,533  (176.0)|  93.3    (0.38)| 58.8 (0.51)| 37.4 (0.46)| 21.4 (0.45)| 10.1     (0.32)
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Private high schools         |                |                |            |            |            |
   Total ....................|  7,602  (241.7)|  99.2    (0.08)| 89.7 (0.58)| 76.9 (0.83)| 12.8 (0.50)|  3.3     (0.23)
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Percent minority students    |                |                |            |            |            |
  Less than 5 percent .......|  2,684  (153.3)|  98.8    (0.24)| 85.9 (1.10)| 71.0 (1.62)| 14.9 (1.15)|  4.3     (0.45)
  5 to 19 percent ...........|  2,448  (129.5)|  99.5    (0.08)| 92.0 (0.78)| 81.9 (0.99)| 10.1 (0.56)|  2.4     (0.20)
  20 to 49 percent ..........|  1,434   (97.7)|  99.0    (0.14)| 93.0 (0.84)| 79.9 (1.77)| 13.0 (1.57)|  2.4     (0.34)
  50 percent or more ........|  1,036  (111.2)|  99.2    (0.25)| 84.2 (2.87)| 67.4 (4.21)| 16.8 (1.87)|  5.6     (1.45)
Community type               |                |                |            |            |            |
  Central city ..............|  2,895  (154.0)|  99.3    (0.12)| 90.6 (0.80)| 78.0 (1.30)| 12.6 (0.73)|  3.5     (0.35)
  Suburban/large town .......|  2,908  (154.1)|  99.3    (0.08)| 90.2 (0.86)| 77.5 (1.31)| 12.7 (0.91)|  2.8     (0.42)
  Small town/rural ..........|  1,800  (141.3)|  98.2    (0.41)| 82.2 (2.10)| 67.9 (2.48)| 14.3 (1.57)|  3.6     (0.46)
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\1\Percentage of fall 1998 12th-graders who graduated in 1999 with a diploma.
\2\Percentage of 1999 graduates who went to 2-year or 4-year colleges.
\3\Percentage of 1999 graduates who went to technical or other specialized schools.
NOTE: Data are based on a sample survey and may not be strictly comparable with data reported elsewhere. Includes all schools, including combined schools, with students enrolled in the 12th grade. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Standard errors appear in parentheses.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), "Public School Questionnaire," 1999-2000; "Charter School Questionnaire," 1999-2000; and "Private School Questionnaire," 1999-2000. (This table was prepared August 2002.)


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