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Table 219.10. | High school graduates, by sex and control of school: Selected years, 1869-70 through 2025-26 |
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 |
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Total1 | Sex | Control | |||||||||||
Males | Females | Public2 | Private, total | ||||||||||
Total | Males | Females | |||||||||||
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 | ||
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 | |||
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 | 3,439,102 | — | — | 3,128,022 | 1,542,684 | 9 | 1,585,338 | 9 | 311,080 | 5 | 78.2 | 4,311,831 | 79.8 |
2010-11 | 3,449,940 | — | — | 3,144,100 | 1,552,981 | 1,591,113 | 305,840 | 79.6 | 4,368,154 | 79.0 | |||
2011-12 | 3,455,405 | — | — | 3,149,185 | 1,558,489 | 1,590,694 | 306,220 | 5 | 80.8 | 4,294,956 | 80.5 | ||
2012-13 | 3,478,027 | — | — | 3,169,257 | 1,569,675 | 1,599,579 | 308,770 | 81.9 | 4,257,599 | 81.7 | |||
2013-1410 | 3,480,130 | — | — | 3,168,650 | — | — | 311,480 | — | 4,187,691 | 83.1 | |||
2014-1510 | 3,477,620 | — | — | 3,166,260 | — | — | 311,360 | — | 4,172,212 | 83.4 | |||
2015-1610 | 3,505,920 | — | — | 3,192,220 | — | — | 313,700 | — | — | — | |||
2016-1710 | 3,510,330 | — | — | 3,195,630 | — | — | 314,700 | — | — | — | |||
2017-1810 | 3,558,100 | — | — | 3,242,620 | — | — | 315,480 | — | — | — | |||
2018-1910 | 3,549,010 | — | — | 3,242,630 | — | — | 306,380 | — | — | — | |||
2019-2010 | 3,509,360 | — | — | 3,208,110 | — | — | 301,250 | — | — | — | |||
2020-2110 | 3,535,980 | — | — | 3,233,840 | — | — | 302,140 | — | — | — | |||
2021-2210 | 3,543,910 | — | — | 3,248,980 | — | — | 294,930 | — | — | — | |||
2022-2310 | 3,558,600 | — | — | 3,272,620 | — | — | 285,980 | — | — | — | |||
2023-2410 | 3,604,410 | — | — | 3,326,230 | — | — | 278,180 | — | — | — | |||
2024-2510 | 3,658,340 | — | — | 3,378,810 | — | — | 279,530 | — | — | — | |||
2025-2610 | 3,650,620 | — | — | 3,371,680 | — | — | 278,940 | — | — | — |
—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 and adjustments to protect student privacy. | |||||||||||||
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 2012-13; Public School Graduates and Dropouts from the Common Core of Data, 2007-08 and 2008-09; Private School Universe Survey (PSS), 1989 through 2013; and National High School Graduates Projection Model, 1972-73 through 2025-26. U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Population Estimates, retrieved August 11, 2011, from http://www.census.gov/popest/data/national/asrh/2009/2009-nat-res.html and Population Estimates, retrieved December 18, 2015, from http://www.census.gov/popest/data/national/asrh/2014/2014-nat-res.html. (This table was prepared January 2016.) |