Table 98. | High school graduates compared with population 17 years of age: 1869-70 to 1994-95 |
_________________________________________________________________________________________ |Population| High school graduates |Graduates as | 17 years |___________________________________________________|a percent of | old\1\ | | Sex | Control |17-year-old School year | | |___________________|_____________________| population | |Total\2\ | Male | Female |Public\3\ |Private\4\| _____________|__________|_________|_________|_________|__________|__________|____________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 _____________|__________|_________|_________|_________|__________|__________|____________ 1869-70 ....| 815 | 16 | 7 | 9 | --- | --- | 2.0 1879-80 ....| 946 | 24 | 11 | 13 | --- | --- | 2.5 1889-90 ....| 1,259 | 44 | 19 | 25 | 22 | 22 | 3.5 1899-1900 ..| 1,489 | 95 | 38 | 57 | 62 | 33 | 6.4 1909-10 ....| 1,786 | 156 | 64 | 93 | 111 | 45 | 8.8 | | | | | | | 1919-20 ....| 1,855 | 311 | 124 | 188 | 231 | 80 | 16.8 1929-30 ....| 2,296 | 667 | 300 | 367 | 592 | 75 | 29.0 1939-40 ....| 2,403 | 1,221 | 579 | 643 | 1,143 | 78 | 50.8 1947-48 ....| 2,261 | 1,190 | 563 | 627 | 1,073 | 117 | 52.6 1949-50 ....| 2,034 | 1,200 | 571 | 629 | 1,063 | 136 | 59.0 | | | | | | | 1951-52 ....| 2,086 | 1,197 | 569 | 627 | 1,056 | 141 | 57.4 1953-54 ....| 2,135 | 1,276 | 613 | 664 | 1,129 | 147 | 59.8 1955-56 ....| 2,242 | 1,415 | 680 | 735 | 1,252 | 163 | 63.1 1956-57 ....| 2,272 | 1,434 | 690 | 744 | 1,270 | 164 | 63.1 1957-58 ....| 2,325 | 1,506 | 725 | 781 | 1,332 | 174 | 64.8 | | | | | | | 1958-59 ....| 2,458 | 1,627 | 784 | 843 | 1,435 | 192 | 66.2 1959-60 ....| 2,672 | 1,858 | 895 | 963 | 1,627 | 231 | 69.5 1960-61 ....| 2,892 | 1,964 | 955 | 1,009 | 1,725 | 239 | 67.9 1961-62 ....| 2,768 | 1,918 | 938 | 980 | 1,678 | 240 | 69.3 1962-63 ....| 2,740 | 1,943 | 956 | 987 | 1,710 | 233 | 70.9 | | | | | | | 1963-64 ....| 2,978 | 2,283 | 1,120 | 1,163 | 2,008 | 275 | 76.7 1964-65 ....| 3,684 | 2,658 | 1,311 | 1,347 | 2,360 | 298 | 72.1 1965-66 ....| 3,489 | 2,665 | 1,323 | 1,342 | 2,367 | 298 | 76.4 1966-67 ....| 3,500 | 2,672 | 1,328 | 1,344 | 2,374 | 298 | 76.3 1967-68 ....| 3,532 | 2,695 | 1,338 | 1,357 | 2,395 | 300 | 76.3 | | | | | | | 1968-69 ....| 3,659 | 2,822 | 1,399 | 1,423 | 2,522 | 300 | 77.1 1969-70 ....| 3,757 | 2,889 | 1,430 | 1,459 | 2,589 | 300 | 76.9 1970-71 ....| 3,872 | 2,938 | 1,454 | 1,484 | 2,638 | 300 | 75.9 1971-72 ....| 3,973 | 3,002 | 1,487 | 1,515 | 2,700 | 302 | 75.6 1972-73 ....| 4,049 | 3,035 | 1,500 | 1,535 | 2,729 | 306 | 75.0 | | | | | | | 1973-74 ....| 4,132 | 3,073 | 1,512 | 1,561 | 2,763 | 310 | 74.4 1974-75 ....| 4,256 | 3,133 | 1,542 | 1,591 | 2,823 | 310 | 73.6 1975-76 ....| 4,272 | 3,148 | 1,552 | 1,596 | 2,837 | 311 | 73.7 1976-77 ....| 4,272 | 3,152 | 1,548 | 1,604 | 2,837 | 315 | 73.8 1977-78 ....| 4,286 | 3,127 | 1,531 | 1,596 | 2,825 | 302 | 73.0 | | | | | | | 1978-79 ....| 4,327 | 3,101 | 1,517 | 1,584 | 2,801 | 300 | 71.7 1979-80 ....| 4,262 | 3,043 | 1,491 | 1,552 | 2,748 | 295 | 71.4 1980-81 ....| 4,212 | 3,020 | 1,483 | 1,537 | 2,725 | 295 | 71.7 1981-82 ....| 4,134 | 2,995 | 1,471 | 1,524 | 2,705 | 290 | 72.4 1982-83 ....| 3,962 | 2,888 | 1,437 | 1,451 | 2,598 | 290 | 72.9 | | | | | | | 1983-84 ....| 3,784 | 2,767 | --- | --- | 2,495 | 272 | 73.1 1984-85 ....| 3,699 | 2,677 | --- | --- | 2,414 | 263 | 72.4 1985-86 ....| 3,670 | 2,643 | --- | --- | 2,383 | 260 | 72.0 1986-87 ....| 3,754 | 2,694 | --- | --- | 2,429 | 265 | 71.8 1987-88 ....| 3,849 | 2,773 | --- | --- | 2,500 | 273 | 72.1 | | | | | | | 1988-89 ....| 3,842 | 2,727 | --- | --- | 2,459 | 268 | 71.0 1989-90 ....| 3,574 | 2,588 | --- | --- | 2,320 | 268 | 72.4 1990-91 ....| 3,417 | 2,493 | --- | --- | 2,235 | 258 | 73.0 1991-92 ....| 3,381 | 2,482 | --- | --- | 2,226 | 256 | 73.4 1992-93 ....| 3,430 | 2,481 | --- | --- | 2,233 | 247 | 72.3 1993-94\5\ .| 3,466 | 2,479 | --- | --- | 2,225 | 254 | 71.5 1994-95\5\ .| 3,477 | 2,553 | --- | --- | 2,300 | 253 | 73.4 _____________|__________|_________|_________|_________|__________|__________|____________ |
\1\Derived from Current Population Reports, Series P-25. 17-year-old population adjusted
to reflect October 17-year-old population. 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. Because of rounding, details may not add to totals. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Statistics of Public High Schools; Biennial Survey of Education in the United States; Statistics of State School Systems; Statistics of Nonpublic Elementary and Secondary Schools; Common Core of Data surveys; and U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Current Population Reports, Series P-25. (This table was prepared May 1995.) |