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                              |   Number of     |     1999        |           Average rate of attendance at   |
                              |  schools        |  graduation     |             colleges and universities     |
                              |    with         |   rate of       |_____________ ______________ ______________|Average rate 
       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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                              |                  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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