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                             |       Number of|          1999|      Average rate of attendance at      |        Average
                             |    high schools|    graduation|        colleges and universities        |        rate of
Selected high school         |            with|       rate of|_________________________________________|     attendance
characteristic               |           12th-|     fall 1998|       Total |      4 year |      2 year |             at
                             |         graders|         12th-|             |      insti- |      insti- |      technical
                             |                |       graders|             |     tutions |     tutions |        schools
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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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