Table 9. Number and percentage of schools that had any 12th-grade students, graduation status and college participation, by school type and selected school characteristics: 2003

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Table 9. Number and percentage of schools that had any 12th-grade students, graduation status and college participation, by school type and selected school characteristics: 2003–04

			Among schools that had any 12th-grade students:
school characteristic	Number of schools with students enrolled in the 12th grade during the previous year (2002-03)	Percent of all schools with students enrolled in the 12th grade during the previous year (2002-03)	Percent of schools in which 90 percent or more of the 12th-grade students graduated with a diploma during the previous year (2002-03)	Percent of schools in which 50 percent or more of the graduates from the previous year (2002-03) attended a 4-year college	Percent of schools in which 50 percent or more of the graduates from the previous year (2002-03) attended a 2-year college	Percent of schools in which 50 percent or more of the graduates from the previous year (2002-03) attended either a 4- or 2-year college¹
All schools	30,761	26.4	77.4	38.3	14.0	74.4

All public schools	22,490	25.5	73.0	29.9	13.3	72.2

School classification
Traditional public	21,742	25.3	74.0	30.4	13.0	72.9
Charter school	748	34.3	46.1	17.1	20.1	52.6

Community type
Central city	4,388	20.0	55.0	26.7	12.9	63.4
Urban fringe/large town	9,429	22.3	73.2	32.4	13.7	73.6
Rural/small town	8,673	36.4	82.0	28.9	13.0	75.1

School level
Elementary	173	0.3	90.3	48.3	#	89.2
Secondary	16,749	84.2	73.8	30.6	12.7	76.0
Combined	5,569	83.7	70.1	27.4	15.4	60.3

Student enrollment
Less than 100	3,566	51.7	44.1	11.7	14.3	30.6
100–199	2,629	33.2	63.2	22.6	22.8	66.9
200–499	5,972	16.7	83.4	31.4	12.4	74.5
500–749	2,935	14.6	81.6	27.2	10.5	79.2
750–999	1,785	21.3	80.8	37.2	7.6	82.6
1,000 or more	5,603	61.9	78.0	42.4	12.3	91.7

All BIA schools	60	35.9	51.0	6.4	11.1	36.1

All private schools	8,211	28.9	89.7	61.4	15.9	80.8

School classification
Catholic	1,284	16.2	98.7	93.1	2.1	98.1
Other religious	4,622	33.8	90.8	54.3	21.6	79.6
Nonsectarian	2,304	33.9	82.5	58.1	12.1	73.7

Community type
Central city	2,542	26.1	87.8	67.5	12.8	83.1
Urban fringe/large town	3,991	28.3	89.9	60.1	16.7	80.8
Rural/small town	1,678	37.3	92.1	55.1	18.6	77.4

School level
Elementary	62	0.4	76.8	31.8	37.7	79.5
Secondary	2,421	91.1	93.1	76.8	9.6	88.4
Combined	5,728	68.2	88.4	55.2	18.3	77.6

Student enrollment
Less than 100	3,164	23.4	80.6	31.8	23.9	59.2
100–199	1,514	24.2	90.7	64.8	18.8	87.9
200–499	2,236	33.6	97.1	80.9	10.4	95.4
500–749	657	53.5	99.0	94.3	4.1	100.0
750 or more	640	84.9	97.2	97.9	0.9	100.0

# Rounds to zero.
¹The percent of schools in this column exceeds the sum of the previous two columns because it also includes schools in which the sum of students attending a 4- or 2-year college exceeds 50 percent.
NOTE: BIA school refers to schools funded by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) that are operated by the BIA, a tribe, or a private contractor and not by a regular school district.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey, 2003–04, Public School, BIA School, and Private School Data Files.

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