High school graduates compared with population 17 years of age, by sex of graduates and control of school: Selected years, 1869-70 to 2002-03

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High school graduates compared with population 17 years of age, by sex of graduates and control of school: Selected years, 1869-70 to 2002-03 [Numbers in thousands] cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" align="center">

padding-left:4px" >___________________________________________________________________________________ High school graduates |Graduates as years |_____________________________________________| a ratio of | Sex | Control |17-year-old | |_____________|_____________________| population |Total\2\ | Male |Female|Public\3\ |Private\4\| _________|______|______|__________|__________|____________ | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 _________|______|______|__________|__________|____________ 16| 7| 9| ---| ---| 2.0 24| 11| 13| ---| ---| 2.5 44| 19| 25| 22| 22| 3.5 95| 38| 57| 62| 33| 6.4 156| 64| 93| 111| 45| 8.8 | | | | | | 311| 124| 188| 231| 80| 16.8 667| 300| 367| 592| 75| 29.0 2,403| 1,221| 579| 643| 1,143| 78| 50.8 2,261| 1,190| 563| 627| 1,073| 117| 52.6 2,034| 1,200| 571| 629| 1,063| 136| 59.0 | | | | | | 2,086| 1,197| 569| 627| 1,056| 141| 57.4 2,135| 1,276| 613| 664| 1,129| 147| 59.8 2,242| 1,415| 680| 735| 1,252| 163| 63.1 2,272| 1,434| 690| 744| 1,270| 164| 63.1 2,325| 1,506| 725| 781| 1,332| 174| 64.8 | | | | | | 2,458| 1,627| 784| 843| 1,435| 192| 66.2 2,672| 1,858| 895| 963| 1,627| 231| 69.5 2,892| 1,964| 955| 1,009| 1,725| 239| 67.9 2,768| 1,918| 938| 980| 1,678| 240| 69.3 2,740| 1,943| 956| 987| 1,710| 233| 70.9 | | | | | | 2,978| 2,283| 1,120| 1,163| 2,008| 275| 76.7 3,684| 2,658| 1,311| 1,347| 2,360| 298| 72.1 3,489| 2,665| 1,323| 1,342| 2,367| 298| 76.4 3,500| 2,672| 1,328| 1,344| 2,374| 298| 76.3 3,532| 2,695| 1,338| 1,357| 2,395| 300| 76.3 | | | | | | 3,659| 2,822| 1,399| 1,423| 2,522| 300| 77.1 3,757| 2,889| 1,430| 1,459| 2,589| 300| 76.9 3,872| 2,938| 1,454| 1,484| 2,638| 300| 75.9 3,973| 3,002| 1,487| 1,515| 2,700| 302| 75.6 4,049| 3,035| 1,500| 1,535| 2,729| 306| 75.0 | | | | | | 4,132| 3,073| 1,512| 1,561| 2,763| 310| 74.4 4,256| 3,133| 1,542| 1,591| 2,823| 310| 73.6 4,272| 3,148| 1,552| 1,596| 2,837| 311| 73.7 4,272| 3,152| 1,548| 1,604| 2,837| 315| 73.8 4,286| 3,127| 1,531| 1,596| 2,825| 302| 73.0 | | | | | | 4,327| 3,101| 1,517| 1,584| 2,801| 300| 71.7 4,262| 3,043| 1,491| 1,552| 2,748| 295| 71.4 4,212| 3,020| 1,483| 1,537| 2,725| 295| 71.7 4,134| 2,995| 1,471| 1,524| 2,705| 290| 72.4 3,962| 2,888| 1,437| 1,451| 2,598| 290| 72.9 | | | | | | 3,784| 2,767| ---| ---| 2,495| 272| 73.1 3,699| 2,677| ---| ---| 2,414| 263| 72.4 3,670| 2,643| ---| ---| 2,383| 260| 72.0 3,754| 2,694| ---| ---| 2,429| 265| 71.8 3,849| 2,773| ---| ---| 2,500| 273| 72.0 | | | | | | 3,842| 2,744| ---| ---| 2,459| 285| 71.4 3,505| 2,589| ---| ---| 2,320| 269| 73.9 3,418| 2,493| ---| ---| 2,235| 258| 72.9 3,399| 2,478| ---| ---| 2,226| 252| 72.9 3,449| 2,480| ---| ---| 2,233| 247| 71.9 | | | | | | 3,443| 2,464| ---| ---| 2,221| 243| 71.6 3,636| 2,520| ---| ---| 2,274| 246| 69.3 3,640| 2,518| ---| ---| 2,273| 245| 69.2 3,792| 2,612| ---| ---| 2,358| 254| 68.9 4,008| 2,704| ---| ---| 2,439| 265| 67.5 | | | | | | 3,918| 2,759| ---| ---| 2,486| 273| 70.4 4,057| 2,831| ---| ---| 2,554| 277| 69.8 4,006| 2,852| ---| ---| 2,569| 283| 71.2 4,052| 2,917| ---| ---| 2,630| 287| 72.0 ---| 2,986| ---| ---| 2,685| 301| --- _________|______|______|__________|__________|____________

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\1\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 estimates prepared by the Census Bureau.
\2\Includes graduates of public and private schools.
\3\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.
\4\For most years, private school data have been estimated based on periodic private school surveys.
\5\Public high school graduates based on state estimates.

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 due to rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Annual Reports 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, Statistics of Public Elementary and Secondary School Systems; Statistics of Nonpublic Elementary and Secondary Schools; 1959 through 1980, The NCES Common Core of Data (CCD); State Nonfiscal Survey, 1981 through 2001, and Projections of Education Statistics to 2013. (This table was prepared September 2003.)

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