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Table 4.- High school graduates compared with population 17 years of age: 1869-70 to 1993-94

[Numbers in thousands]

_____________________________________________________________________________                                       |          |         High school graduates          |                         |Population|----------------------------------------| Graduates as School year| 17 years |       |     Sex     |     Control      | a percent of            |   old*1  |       | ------------|------------------| 17-year-olds            |          |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 ...|  1,706   |  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      1949-50 ...|  2,034   | 1,200 |  571 |  629 |  1,063 |    136  |    59.0      1959-60 ...|  2,672   | 1,858 |  895 |  963 |  1,627 |    231  |    69.5                 |          |       |      |      |        |         |              1969-70 ...|  3,757   | 2,889 |1,430 |1,459 |  2,589 |    300  |    76.9      1979-80 ...|  4,262   | 3,043 |1,491 |1,552 |  2,748 |    295  |    71.4      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   | 2,503 | - - -| - - -|  2,235 |    268  |    73.2      1991-92 ...|  3,381   | 2,471 | - - -| - - -|  2,212 |    259  |    73.1      1992-93*5..|  3,430   | 2,512 | - - -| - - -|  2,255 |    257  |    73.2      1993-94*5..|  3,440   | 2,513 | - - -| - - -|  2,255 |    258  |    73.1      ___________|__________|_______|______|______|________|_________|_____________ 

*1Derived from Current Population Reports, Series P-25. 17- year-old population adjusted to reflect October 17-year-old population.

*2Includes graduates of public and private schools.

*3Data for 1929-30 and preceding years are from Statistics of Public High Schools and exclude graduates of high schools which failed to report to the Office of Education.

*4For most years, private school data have been estimated based on periodic private school surveys. For years through 1957-58, private includes data for subcollegiate departments of institutions of higher education and residential schools for exceptional children.

*5Public high school graduates based on state estimates. ---Data not available.

NOTE. - Includes graduates of regular day school programs. Excludes graduates of other programs, when separately reported, and recipients of high school equivalency certificates. Because of rounding, details may not add to totals.

SOURCE: U.S. Department or Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Digest of Eduacation Statistics, 1994.

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