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                             |  Number of  |  1999     |   Average rate of attendance at   | Average
                             |high schools |graduation |    colleges and universities      | rate of
                             |   with      | rate of   |___________ ___________ ___________|attendance
    Selected high school     |   12th-     |fall 1988  |   Total   |  4 year   |  2 year   |   at
       characteristics       |  graders    |  12th-    |           |  insti-   |  insti-   |technical
                             |             | graders   |           | tutions   | tutions   | schools
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     Public high schools     |             |           |           |           |           |
                             |             |           |           |           |           |
   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 high schools     |             |           |           |           |           |
                             |             |           |           |           |           |
   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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