Public high school graduates, by state or jurisdication: Selected years, 1969-70 to 2002-03

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padding-left:4px" >____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | |Projected|Projected| Percent | | | | | | | |2001-02, |2002-03, | change, | 1969-70 | 1979-80 | 1980-81 | 1985-86 | 1990-91 | 1995-96 |1999-2000| 2000-01 |graduates|graduates|1990-91 to | | | | | | /1/ | | | | 2002-03 ____________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|___________ | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 ____________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|___________ 2,588,639|2,747,678|2,725,285|2,382,616|2,234,893|2,273,109|2,553,844|2,568,956|2,630,130|2,684,920| 20.1 |____________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|___________ 45,286| 45,190| 44,894| 39,620| 39,042| 35,043| 37,819| 37,082| 37,260| 36,850| -5.6 3,297| 5,223| 5,343| 5,464| 5,458| 5,945| 6,615| 6,812| 6,790| 7,160| 31.2 22,040| 28,633| 28,416| 27,533| 31,282| 30,008| 38,304| 46,773| 44,830| 47,610| 52.2 26,068| 29,052| 29,577| 26,227| 25,668| 25,094| 27,335| 27,100| 26,890| 27,410| 6.8 260,908| 249,217| 242,172| 229,026| 234,164| 259,071| 309,866| 315,189| 326,140| 331,730| 41.7 | | | | | | | | | | 30,312| 36,804| 35,897| 32,621| 31,293| 32,608| 38,924| 39,241| 41,160| 41,650| 33.1 34,755| 37,683| 38,369| 33,571| 27,290| 26,319| 31,562| 30,388| 32,610| 32,980| 20.9 6,985| 7,582| 7,349| 5,791| 5,223| 5,609| 6,108| 6,614| 6,600| 6,770| 29.6 4,980| 4,959| 4,848| 3,875| 3,369| 2,696| 2,695| 2,808| 2,760| 2,560| -24.0 70,478| 87,324| 88,755| 83,029| 87,419| 89,242| 106,708| 111,112| 120,050| 120,340| 37.7 | | | | | | | | | | 56,859| 61,621| 62,963| 59,082| 60,088| 56,271| 62,563| 62,499| 65,520| 67,100| 11.7 10,407| 11,493| 11,472| 9,958| 8,974| 9,387| 10,437| 10,102| 10,140| 10,000| 11.4 12,296| 13,187| 12,679| 12,059| 11,961| 14,667| 16,170| 15,941| 16,090| 15,940| 33.3 126,864| 135,579| 136,795| 114,319| 103,329| 104,626| 111,835| 110,624| 117,430| 120,570| 16.7 69,984| 73,143| 73,381| 59,817| 57,892| 56,330| 57,012| 56,172| 56,350| 56,460| -2.5 | | | | | | | | | | 44,063| 43,445| 42,635| 34,279| 28,593| 31,689| 33,926| 33,774| 33,580| 34,290| 19.9 33,394| 30,890| 29,397| 25,587| 24,414| 25,786| 29,102| 29,360| 29,840| 29,850| 22.3 37,473| 41,203| 41,714| 37,288| 35,835| 36,641| 36,830| 36,957| 34,890| 34,360| -4.1 43,641| 46,297| 46,199| 39,965| 33,489| 36,467| 38,430| 38,314| 37,910| 37,710| 12.6 14,003| 15,445| 15,554| 13,006| 13,151| 11,795| 12,211| 12,654| 12,620| 12,950| -1.5 | | | | | | | | | | 46,462| 54,270| 54,050| 46,700| 39,014| 41,785| 47,849| 49,222| 50,490| 51,520| 32.1 63,865| 73,802| 74,831| 60,360| 50,216| 47,993| 52,950| 54,393| 55,590| 55,250| 10.0 121,000| 124,316| 124,372| 101,042| 88,234| 85,530| 97,679| 96,515| 104,550| 110,610| 25.4 60,480| 64,908| 64,166| 51,988| 46,474| 50,481| 57,372| 56,581| 59,090| 59,980| 29.1 29,653| 27,586| 28,083| 25,134| 23,665| 23,032| 24,232| 23,748| 23,510| 23,380| -1.2 | | | | | | | | | | 55,315| 62,265| 60,359| 49,204| 46,928| 49,011| 52,848| 54,138| 54,050| 54,890| 17.0 11,520| 12,135| 11,634| 9,761| 9,013| 10,139| 10,903| 10,628| 10,640| 10,740| 19.2 21,280| 22,410| 21,411| 17,845| 16,500| 18,014| 20,149| 19,658| 20,330| 20,250| 22.7 5,449| 8,473| 9,069| 8,784| 9,370| 10,374| 14,551| 15,127| 15,800| 12,940| 38.1 8,516| 11,722| 11,552| 10,648| 10,059| 10,094| 11,829| 12,294| 12,480| 12,950| 28.7 | | | | | | | | | | 86,498| 94,564| 93,168| 78,781| 67,003| 67,704| 74,420| 76,130| 78,290| 82,320| 22.9 16,060| 18,424| 17,915| 15,468| 15,157| 15,402| 18,031| 18,199| 17,580| 17,650| 16.4 190,000| 204,064| 198,465| 162,165| 133,562| 134,401| 141,731| 141,884| 144,820| 146,030| 9.3 68,886| 70,862| 69,395| 65,865| 62,792| 57,014| 62,140| 63,288| 66,100| 68,310| 8.8 11,150| 9,928| 9,924| 7,610| 7,573| 8,027| 8,606| 8,445| 8,060| 8,030| 6.0 | | | | | | | | | | 142,248| 144,169| 143,503| 119,561| 107,484| 102,098| 111,668| 111,281| 109,220| 113,610| 5.7 36,293| 39,305| 38,875| 34,452| 33,007| 33,060| 37,646| 37,458| 36,510| 36,280| 9.9 32,236| 29,939| 28,729| 26,286| 24,597| 26,570| 30,151| 29,939| 31,140| 31,630| 28.6 151,014| 146,458| 144,645| 122,871| 104,770| 105,981| 113,959| 114,436| 116,150| 118,980| 13.6 10,146| 10,864| 10,719| 8,908| 7,744| 7,689| 8,477| 8,603| 8,900| 9,080| 17.3 | | | | | | | | | | 34,940| 38,697| 38,347| 34,500| 32,999| 30,182| 31,617| 29,742| 31,450| 33,140| 0.4 11,757| 10,689| 10,385| 7,870| 7,127| 8,532| 9,278| 8,881| 8,950| 8,800| 23.5 49,000| 49,845| 50,648| 43,263| 44,847| 43,792| 41,568| 40,642| 42,240| 43,580| -2.8 139,046| 171,449| 171,665| 161,150| 174,306| 171,844| 212,925| 215,316| 219,340| 228,510| 31.1 18,395| 20,035| 19,886| 19,774| 22,219| 26,293| 32,501| 31,036| 30,720| 30,280| 36.3 | | | | | | | | | | 6,095| 6,733| 6,424| 5,794| 5,212| 5,867| 6,675| 6,856| 7,040| 6,820| 30.9 58,562| 66,621| 67,126| 63,113| 58,441| 58,166| 65,596| 66,067| 66,630| 71,620| 22.6 50,425| 50,402| 50,046| 45,805| 42,514| 49,862| 57,597| 55,081| 57,470| 58,490| 37.6 26,139| 23,369| 23,580| 21,870| 21,064| 20,335| 19,437| 18,440| 17,110| 17,230| -18.2 66,753| 69,332| 67,743| 58,340| 49,340| 52,651| 58,545| 59,341| 60,260| 61,730| 25.1 5,363| 6,072| 6,161| 5,587| 5,728| 5,892| 6,462| 6,071| 6,160| 6,000| 4.7 |____________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|___________ | | | | | | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 2,674| 2,642| 2,621| --- | --- | --- --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 560| 568| --- | --- | --- |============|=========|=========|=========|=========|=========|=========|=========|=========|=========|=========== | | | | | | | | | | 367| ---| ---| 608| 597| 719| 698| 722| --- | --- | --- 972| ---| ---| 840| 1,014| 987| 1,406| 1,371| --- | --- | --- ---| ---| ---| ---| 273| 325| 360| 361| --- | --- | --- 24,917| ---| ---| 31,597| 29,329| 29,499| 30,856| 30,154| --- | --- | --- 432| ---| ---| 1,044| 981| 937| 1,060| 966| --- | --- | --- ____________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|___________

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\1\Revised from previously published data.
\2\Beginning in 1985-86, graduates from adult programs are excluded.
\3\Data are for 1970-71.

NOTE: Data include graduates of regular day school programs, but exclude graduates of other programs and persons receiving high school equivalency certificates. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Statistics of Public Elementary and Secondary Schools, various years, and The NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 1986-87 through 2001-02, and Projections of Education Statistics to 2013. (This table was prepared July 2003.)

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