2000 High School Transcript Study Tabulations Report

Table 1.Number and percentage distribution of high school graduates, unweighted, by selected school and student demographic characteristics: Selected years, 1982–2000

Characteristic	2000		1998		1994		1990		1987		1982
Characteristic	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total	20,272	100.0	24,206	100.0	25,082	100.0	21,143	100.0	25,470	100.0	12,258	100.0
Student gender
Male	9,661	47.7	11,401	47.1	12,149	48.4	10,119	47.9	12,681	49.8	5,909	48.2
Female	10,580	52.2	12,688	52.4	12,892	51.4	11,015	52.1	12,724	50.0	6,349	51.8
Not reported	31	0.2	117	0.5	41	0.2	9	#	65	0.3	—	—
Student race/ethnicity¹
White	11,602	57.2	14,358	59.3	15,598	62.2	15,000	70.9	16,693	65.5	7,538	61.5
Black	3,306	16.3	4,291	17.7	3,997	15.9	2,685	12.7	3,498	13.7	1,647	13.4
Hispanic	3,485	17.2	3,364	13.9	2,833	11.3	1,756	8.3	2,678	10.5	2,466	20.1
Asian/Pacific Islander	1,151	5.7	1,521	6.3	1,332	5.3	837	4.0	859	3.4	337	2.7
American Indian	163	0.8	206	0.9	192	0.8	130	0.6	299	1.2	168	1.4
Other	128	0.6	34	0.1	77	0.3	49	0.2	46	0.2	102	0.8
Not reported	437	2.2	432	1.8	1,053	4.2	686	3.2	1,397	5.5	—	—
Student program
Academic	14,170	69.9	16,946	70.0	17,337	69.1	14,729	69.7	13,944	54.7	5,845	47.7
Vocational	610	3.0	955	3.9	1,477	5.9	1,687	8.0	4,484	17.6	2,441	19.9
Both	4,325	21.3	4,878	20.2	4,901	19.5	3,188	15.1	3,612	14.2	1,004	8.2
Neither	1,167	5.8	1,427	5.9	1,367	5.5	1,539	7.3	3,430	13.5	2,968	24.2
Community type²
Urban	6,518	32.2	8,727	36.1	†	†	†	†	†	†	2,769	22.6
Suburban	9,341	46.1	9,651	39.9	†	†	†	†	†	†	6,353	51.8
Rural	4,413	21.8	5,828	24.1	†	†	†	†	†	†	3,136	25.6
Big city	†	†	†	†	5,618	22.4	4,192	19.8	5,029	19.7	†	†
Urban fringe	†	†	†	†	6,182	24.6	5,595	26.5	6,716	26.4	†	†
Medium city	†	†	†	†	3,990	15.9	2,726	12.9	4,572	18.0	†	†
Small place	†	†	†	†	9,292	37.0	8,630	40.8	9,153	35.9	†	†
School type
Public	19,089	94.2	23,121	95.5	23,679	94.4	16,485	78.0	23,200	91.1	9,282	75.7
Nonpublic	1,183	5.8	1,085	4.5	1,403	5.6	4,658	22.0	2,270	8.9	2,976	24.3
Region of the country³
Northeast	3,083	15.2	3,136	13.0	3,732	14.9	4,622	21.9	4,716	18.5	2,814	23.0
South	8,744	43.1	9,145	37.8	11,426	45.6	8,266	39.1	8,766	34.4	3,654	29.8
Midwest	3,586	17.7	5,056	20.9	5,089	20.3	4,343	20.5	6,597	25.9	3,473	28.3
West	4,859	24.0	6,869	28.4	4,835	19.3	3,912	18.5	5,391	21.2	2,317	18.9

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— Not available. Data were not collected.

† Not applicable. The community type definitions used in 1987, 1990, and 1994 differed from the definitions used in 1998 and 2000.

# Rounds to zero.

¹ American Indian includes Alaska Native, Black includes African American, Pacific Islander includes Native Hawaiian, and Hispanic includes Latino. Race categories exclude Hispanic origin unless specified.

² Although having similar names, the definitions for the 1982 high school graduates' community type subgroups are not compatible with the definitions for the 1998 and 2000 high school graduates' community type subgroups.

³ "Region of the country" refers to the Census-defined regions. For more information about Census-defined regions, see the U.S. Census Bureau online publication "Census Regions and Divisions of the United States" (http://www.census.gov/geo/www/us_regdiv.pdf [1.1M PDF]).

NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, High School Transcript Study (HSTS), Selected years 1987–2000; High School and Beyond (HS&B), 1982.

Last updated 2 December 2005 (HM)