Graduation rates and postsecondary participation rates of recent high school students, by selected high school characteristics: 1999-2000

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Table 184.

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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
_____________________________|________________|______________|_____________|_____________|_____________|________________
1                            |               2|             3|            4|            5|            6|               7
_____________________________|________________|______________|_____________|_____________|_____________|________________
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)
                             |________________|______________|_____________|_____________|_____________|________________
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)
                             |                |              |             |             |             |
                             |================|==============|=============|=============|=============|=================
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)
                             |________________|______________|_____________|_____________|_____________|_______________
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)
_____________________________|________________|______________|_____________|_____________|_____________|________________

NOTE: Data are based on a sample survey and may not be strictly comparable with data reported elsewhere. Includes all schools, including combined schools, with students enrolled in the 12th grade. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Standard errors appear in parentheses.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), "Public School Questionnaire," "Charter School Questionnaire," and "Private School Questionnaire," 1999-2000. (This table was prepared August 2002.)

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