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| | 1999 graduation| 2- and 4-year colleges\2\ | Average rate of
| Number of high| rate of|______________________________________| attendance at
Selected high school | schools with| fall 1998| | 4-year| 2-year| technical
characteristic | 12th-graders| 12th-graders\1\| Total|institutions|institutions| schools\3\
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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