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| Table 101. | High school graduates, by sex and control of school: Selected years, 1869-70 through 2004-05 |
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| High school graduates
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School year | Total\1\| Males| Females| Public\2\|Private\3\
______________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________
1 | 2| 3| 4| 5| 6
______________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________
1869-70 ......| 16| 7| 9| --- | ---
1879-80 ......| 24| 11| 13| --- | ---
1889-90 ......| 44| 19| 25| 22| 22
1899-1900 ....| 95| 38| 57| 62| 33
1909-10 ......| 156| 64| 93| 111| 45
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1919-20 ......| 311| 124| 188| 231| 80
1929-30 ......| 667| 300| 367| 592| 75
1939-40 ......| 1,221| 579| 643| 1,143| 78
1947-48 ......| 1,190| 563| 627| 1,073| 117
1949-50 ......| 1,200| 571| 629| 1,063| 136
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1951-52 ......| 1,197| 569| 627| 1,056| 141
1953-54 ......| 1,276| 613| 664| 1,129| 147
1955-56 ......| 1,415| 680| 735| 1,252| 163
1956-57 ......| 1,434| 690| 744| 1,270| 164
1957-58 ......| 1,506| 725| 781| 1,332| 174
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1958-59 ......| 1,627| 784| 843| 1,435| 192
1959-60 ......| 1,858| 895| 963| 1,627| 231
1960-61 ......| 1,964| 955| 1,009| 1,725| 239
1961-62 ......| 1,918| 938| 980| 1,678| 240
1962-63 ......| 1,943| 956| 987| 1,710| 233
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1963-64 ......| 2,283| 1,120| 1,163| 2,008| 275
1964-65 ......| 2,658| 1,311| 1,347| 2,360| 298
1965-66 ......| 2,665| 1,323| 1,342| 2,367| 298
1966-67 ......| 2,672| 1,328| 1,344| 2,374| 298
1967-68 ......| 2,695| 1,338| 1,357| 2,395| 300
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1968-69 ......| 2,822| 1,399| 1,423| 2,522| 300
1969-70 ......| 2,889| 1,430| 1,459| 2,589| 300
1970-71 ......| 2,938| 1,454| 1,484| 2,638| 300
1971-72 ......| 3,002| 1,487| 1,515| 2,700| 302
1972-73 ......| 3,035| 1,500| 1,535| 2,729| 306
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1973-74 ......| 3,073| 1,512| 1,561| 2,763| 310
1974-75 ......| 3,133| 1,542| 1,591| 2,823| 310
1975-76 ......| 3,148| 1,552| 1,596| 2,837| 311
1976-77 ......| 3,152| 1,548| 1,604| 2,837| 315
1977-78 ......| 3,127| 1,531| 1,596| 2,825| 302
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1978-79 ......| 3,101| 1,517| 1,584| 2,801| 300
1979-80 ......| 3,043| 1,491| 1,552| 2,748| 295
1980-81 ......| 3,020| 1,483| 1,537| 2,725| 295
1981-82 ......| 2,995| 1,471| 1,524| 2,705| 290
1982-83 ......| 2,888| 1,437| 1,451| 2,598| 290
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1983-84 ......| 2,767| --- | --- | 2,495| 272
1984-85 ......| 2,677| --- | --- | 2,414| 263
1985-86 ......| 2,643| --- | --- | 2,383| 260
1986-87 ......| 2,694| --- | --- | 2,429| 265
1987-88 ......| 2,773| --- | --- | 2,500| 273
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1988-89 ......| 2,744| --- | --- | 2,459| 285
1989-90 ......| 2,589| --- | --- | 2,320| 269
1990-91 ......| 2,493| --- | --- | 2,235| 258
1991-92 ......| 2,478| --- | --- | 2,226| 252
1992-93 ......| 2,480| --- | --- | 2,233| 247
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1993-94 ......| 2,464| --- | --- | 2,221| 243
1994-95 ......| 2,520| --- | --- | 2,274| 246
1995-96 ......| 2,518| --- | --- | 2,273| 245
1996-97 ......| 2,612| --- | --- | 2,358| 254
1997-98 ......| 2,704| --- | --- | 2,439| 265
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1998-99 ......| 2,759| --- | --- | 2,486| 273
1999-2000 ....| 2,833| --- | --- | 2,554| 279
2000-01 ......| 2,848| --- | --- | 2,569| 279
2001-02 ......| 2,908| --- | --- | 2,622| 286
2002-03 ......| 3,021| --- | --- | 2,720| 301
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2003-04\4\ ...| 3,063| --- | --- | 2,758| 305
2004-05\4\ ...| 3,089| --- | --- | 2,780| 309
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---Not available. \1\Includes graduates of public and private schools. \2\Data for 1929-30 and preceding years are from Statistics of Public High Schools and exclude graduates from high schools that failed to report to the Office of Education. \3\For most years, private school data have been estimated based on periodic private school surveys. \4\Projected. NOTE: Includes graduates of regular day school programs. Excludes graduates of other programs, when separately reported, and recipients of high school equivalency certificates. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Annual Report of the Commissioner of Education, 1870 through 1910; Biennial Survey of Education in the United States, 1919-20 through 1949-50; Statistics of State School Systems, 1951-52 through 1957-58; Statistics of Public Elementary and Secondary School Systems, 1958-59 through 1980-81; Statistics of Nonpublic Elementary and Secondary Schools, 1959 through 1980; The NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 1981-82 through 2003-04; Private School Universe Survey (PSS), 1989 through 2001; and Projections of Education Statistics to 2014. (This table was prepared January 2006.)
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