Table 219.10.

High school graduates, by sex and control of school: Selected years, 1869-70 through 2023-24

School year	High school graduates										Averaged freshman graduation rate for public schools3	Population 17 years old4	Graduates as a ratio of 17-year-old population
	Total1	Sex		Control
		Males	Females	Public2					Private
				Total	Males		Females		Total
1	2	3	4	5	6		7		8		9	10	11
1869-70	16,000	7,064	8,936	—	—		—		—		—	815,000	2.0
1879-80	23,634	10,605	13,029	—	—		—		—		—	946,026	2.5
1889-90	43,731	18,549	25,182	21,882	—		—		21,849	5	—	1,259,177	3.5
1899-1900	94,883	38,075	56,808	61,737	—		—		33,146	5	—	1,489,146	6.4
1909-10	156,429	63,676	92,753	111,363	—		—		45,066	5	—	1,786,240	8.8
1919-20	311,266	123,684	187,582	230,902	—		—		80,364	5	—	1,855,173	16.8
1929-30	666,904	300,376	366,528	591,719	—		—		75,185	5	—	2,295,822	29.0
1939-40	1,221,475	578,718	642,757	1,143,246	538,273		604,973		78,229	5	—	2,403,074	50.8
1949-50	1,199,700	570,700	629,000	1,063,444	505,394		558,050		136,256	5	—	2,034,450	59.0
1959-60	1,858,023	895,000	963,000	1,627,050	791,426		835,624		230,973		—	2,672,000	69.5
1969-70	2,888,639	1,430,000	1,459,000	2,588,639	1,285,895		1,302,744		300,000	5	78.7	3,757,000	76.9
1974-75	3,132,502	1,542,000	1,591,000	2,822,502	1,391,519		1,430,983		310,000	5	74.9	4,256,000	73.6
1975-76	3,142,120	1,552,000	1,590,000	2,837,129	1,401,064		1,436,065		304,991		74.9	4,272,000	73.6
1976-77	3,139,536	1,551,000	1,589,000	2,837,340	—		—		302,196		74.4	4,272,000	73.5
1977-78	3,128,824	1,546,000	1,583,000	2,824,636	—		—		304,188		73.2	4,286,000	73.0
1978-79	3,101,152	1,532,000	1,569,000	2,801,152	—		—		300,000	5	71.9	4,327,000	71.7
1979-80	3,042,214	1,503,000	1,539,000	2,747,678	—		—		294,536		71.5	4,262,000	71.4
1980-81	3,020,285	1,492,000	1,528,000	2,725,285	—		—		295,000	5	72.2	4,212,000	71.7
1981-82	2,994,758	1,479,000	1,515,000	2,704,758	—		—		290,000	5	72.9	4,134,000	72.4
1982-83	2,887,604	1,426,000	1,461,000	2,597,604	—		—		290,000	5	73.8	3,962,000	72.9
1983-84	2,766,797	—	—	2,494,797	—		—		272,000	5	74.5	3,784,000	73.1
1984-85	2,676,917	—	—	2,413,917	—		—		263,000	5	74.2	3,699,000	72.4
1985-86	2,642,616	—	—	2,382,616	—		—		260,000	5	74.3	3,670,000	72.0
1986-87	2,693,803	—	—	2,428,803	—		—		265,000	5	74.3	3,754,000	71.8
1987-88	2,773,020	—	—	2,500,020	—		—		273,000	5	74.2	3,849,000	72.0
1988-89	2,743,743	—	—	2,458,800	—		—		284,943		73.4	3,842,000	71.4
1989-906	2,574,162	—	—	2,320,337	—		—		253,825	7	73.6	3,505,000	73.4
1990-91	2,492,988	—	—	2,234,893	—		—		258,095		73.7	3,417,913	72.9
1991-92	2,480,399	—	—	2,226,016	—		—		254,383	7	74.2	3,398,884	73.0
1992-93	2,480,519	—	—	2,233,241	—		—		247,278		73.8	3,449,143	71.9
1993-94	2,463,849	—	—	2,220,849	—		—		243,000	5	73.1	3,442,521	71.6
1994-95	2,519,084	—	—	2,273,541	—		—		245,543		71.8	3,635,803	69.3
1995-96	2,518,109	—	—	2,273,109	—		—		245,000	5	71.0	3,640,132	69.2
1996-97	2,611,988	—	—	2,358,403	—		—		253,585		71.3	3,792,207	68.9
1997-98	2,704,050	—	—	2,439,050	1,187,647		1,251,403		265,000	5	71.3	4,008,416	67.5
1998-99	2,758,655	—	—	2,485,630	1,212,924		1,272,706		273,025		71.1	3,917,885	70.4
1999-2000	2,832,844	—	—	2,553,844	1,241,631		1,312,213		279,000	5	71.7	4,056,639	69.8
2000-01	2,847,973	—	—	2,569,200	1,251,931		1,317,269		278,773		71.7	4,023,686	70.8
2001-02	2,906,534	—	—	2,621,534	1,275,813		1,345,721		285,000	5	72.6	4,023,968	72.2
2002-03	3,015,735	—	—	2,719,947	1,330,973		1,388,974		295,788		73.9	4,125,087	73.1
2003-046,8	3,054,438	—	—	2,753,438	1,347,800		1,405,638		301,000	5	74.3	4,113,074	74.3
2004-05	3,106,499	—	—	2,799,250	1,369,749		1,429,501		307,249		74.7	4,120,073	75.4
2005-066	3,122,544	—	—	2,815,544	1,376,458		1,439,086		307,000	5	73.4	4,200,554	74.3
2006-07	3,199,650	—	—	2,893,045	1,414,069		1,478,976		306,605		73.9	4,297,239	74.5
2007-08	3,312,337	—	—	3,001,337	1,467,180		1,534,157		311,000	5	74.7	4,436,955	74.7
2008-096	3,347,828	—	—	3,039,015	1,490,317		1,548,698		308,813		75.5	4,336,950	77.2
2009-10	3,440,185	—	—	3,128,022	1,542,684	9	1,585,338	9	312,163	5	78.2	4,311,831	79.8
2010-11	3,449,719	—	—	3,143,879	—		—		305,840		79.6	4,366,292	79.0
2011-12	3,452,470	—	—	3,147,790	—		—		304,680	5	80.8	4,291,741	80.4
2012-1310	3,408,600	—	—	3,110,150	—		—		298,450		—	—	—
2013-1410	3,365,560	—	—	3,070,440	—		—		295,120		—	—	—
2014-1510	3,322,780	—	—	3,031,450	—		—		291,320		—	—	—
2015-1610	3,322,620	—	—	3,047,830	—		—		274,800		—	—	—
2016-1710	3,328,710	—	—	3,066,350	—		—		262,370		—	—	—
2017-1810	3,366,070	—	—	3,105,970	—		—		260,100		—	—	—
2018-1910	3,348,610	—	—	3,100,900	—		—		247,710		—	—	—
2019-2010	3,326,590	—	—	3,085,600	—		—		240,980		—	—	—
2020-2110	3,352,680	—	—	3,115,140	—		—		237,540		—	—	—
2021-2210	3,360,180	—	—	3,130,360	—		—		229,820		—	—	—
2022-2310	3,369,380	—	—	3,146,530	—		—		222,850		—	—	—
2023-2410	3,388,680	—	—	3,164,540	—		—		224,140		—	—	—

—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. Includes estimates for jurisdictions not reporting counts of graduates by sex.

3 The averaged freshman graduation rate provides an estimate of the percentage of students who receive a regular diploma within 4 years of entering ninth grade. The rate uses aggregate student enrollment data to estimate the size of an incoming freshman class and aggregate counts of the number of diplomas awarded 4 years later. Averaged freshman graduation rates in this table are based on reported totals of enrollment by grade and high school graduates, rather than on details reported by race/ethnicity.

4 Derived from Current Population Reports, Series P-25. For years 1869-70 through 1989-90, 17-year-old population is an estimate of the October 17-year-old population based on July data. Data for 1990-91 and later years are October resident population estimates prepared by the Census Bureau.

5 Estimated.

6 Includes imputations for nonreporting states.

7 Projected by private schools responding to the Private School Universe Survey.

8 Includes estimates for public schools in New York and Wisconsin. Without estimates for these two states, the averaged freshman graduation rate for the remaining 48 states and the District of Columbia is 75.0 percent.

9 Includes estimate for Connecticut, which did not report graduates by sex.

10 Projected by NCES.

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; Common Core of Data (CCD), "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 1981-82 through 2009-10; "State Dropout and Completion Data File," 2005-06 through 2011-12; Public School Graduates and Dropouts from the Common Core of Data, 2007-08 and 2008-09; Private School Universe Survey (PSS), 1989 through 2011; and National High School Graduates Projection Model, 1972-73 through 2023-24. U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Population Estimates, retrieved August 11, 2011, from http://www.census.gov/popest/national/asrh/2009-nat-res.html and Population Estimates, retrieved April 8, 2014, from http://www.census.gov/popest/data/national/asrh/2012/2012-nat-res.html. (This table was prepared April 2014.)