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| Academic | Athletics | Cheerleading | Newspaper |Music, drama, | Vocational
Student characteristics | clubs | |and drill team | or yearbook | debate | clubs
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All seniors...................| 25.6 | 25.1 | 51.8 | 42.9 | 15.1 | 7.5 | 19.9 | 18.8 | 36.5 | 27.9 | 23.1 | 17.7
Male .......................| 20.3 | 22.8 | 64.0 | 55.3 | 4.5 | 2.0 | 15.4 | 14.0 | 28.4 | 23.0 | 19.1 | 14.7
Female .....................| 30.9 | 27.4 | 40.6 | 30.3 | 24.8 | 13.0 | 24.0 | 23.5 | 44.0 | 32.7 | 26.7 | 20.6
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Race/ethnicity | | | | | | | | | | | |
White ......................| 25.0 | 25.8 | 51.6 | 44.1 | 14.9 | 7.4 | 20.1 | 19.7 | 35.8 | 28.1 | 22.3 | 17.6
Black ......................| 33.1 | 20.6 | 54.4 | 41.4 | 17.6 | 10.6 | 17.8 | 14.3 | 43.2 | 32.2 | 30.1 | 22.5
Hispanic ...................| 24.2 | 22.6 | 49.4 | 35.3 | 12.3 | 6.6 | 15.8 | 16.8 | 31.1 | 22.3 | 27.3 | 16.4
Asian ......................| 26.6 | 32.3 | 48.8 | 45.2 | 14.6 | 5.1 | 21.4 | 18.9 | 36.6 | 25.8 | 9.6 | 8.8
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Test performance quartile | | | | | | | | | | | |
Lowest test quartile .......| 24.6 | 18.1 | 46.3 | 40.3 | 15.0 | 8.5 | 14.6 | 12.0 | 31.8 | 23.3 | 33.0 | 25.0
Middle 2 test quartiles ....| 24.3 | 23.3 | 49.4 | 42.3 | 16.0 | 7.6 | 18.7 | 17.1 | 35.6 | 26.5 | 24.2 | 20.0
Highest test quartile ......| 29.0 | 37.1 | 54.0 | 49.0 | 13.5 | 7.9 | 27.1 | 27.9 | 43.4 | 35.2 | 12.4 | 11.4
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Socioeconomic status\1\ | | | | | | | | | | | |
Low quartile ...............| 24.6 | 19.4 | 43.2 | 33.9 | 13.0 | 6.7 | 15.7 | 14.2 | 31.0 | 24.1 | 30.6 | 24.8
Middle 2 quartiles .........| 24.3 | 24.5 | 52.1 | 41.7 | 15.9 | 8.0 | 19.2 | 17.5 | 35.8 | 27.8 | 24.1 | 18.5
High quartile ..............| 29.0 | 31.7 | 61.7 | 53.9 | 15.6 | 7.7 | 25.3 | 25.5 | 43.8 | 31.6 | 13.4 | 9.3
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Region | | | | | | | | | | | |
Northwest...................| 19.6 | 23.1 | 54.5 | 48.6 | 11.5 | 6.9 | 24.6 | 28.3 | 34.5 | 28.4 | 10.6 | 8.1
Midwest.....................| 21.4 | 25.4 | 52.8 | 45.8 | 15.3 | 8.0 | 18.4 | 18.2 | 37.1 | 32.0 | 20.0 | 18.4
South.......................| 30.8 | 28.2 | 48.2 | 38.8 | 18.0 | 8.5 | 18.8 | 15.0 | 37.9 | 25.6 | 40.0 | 27.2
West....................... | 21.9 | 21.6 | 52.9 | 40.6 | 14.0 | 6.0 | 16.8 | 16.5 | 35.2 | 25.6 | 15.8 | 10.0
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High school program\2\ | | | | | | | | | | | |
General.....................| 19.6 | 18.3 | 49.9 | 37.8 | 14.0 | 7.1 | 16.7 | 14.6 | 34.5 | 26.3 | 22.6 | 16.7
Academic....................| 28.7 | 34.2 | 60.1 | 50.8 | 17.2 | 8.8 | 26.9 | 24.9 | 44.1 | 32.8 | 13.1 | 12.6
Vocational..................| 23.1 | 14.7 | 42.4 | 30.1 | 13.3 | 4.9 | 13.2 | 11.2 | 27.7 | 16.2 | 39.3 | 41.2
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