7-1.
Increase high school completion.
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7-1. | |
Increase high school completion. |
Target: 90 percent.
Baseline: 85 percent of persons aged 18 to 24 years had completed high school in 1998.
Target setting method: Consistent with National Education Goals Panel—Goals 2000.
Data source: Current Population Survey, U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census.
|
Persons Aged 18 to 24
Years, 1998 |
Completed
|
|
Percent |
|
|
TOTAL |
85 |
|
Race and ethnicity |
|
|
American Indian or Alaska Native |
85 |
|
Asian or Pacific Islander |
94 |
|
Asian |
94 |
|
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander |
DSU |
|
Black or African American |
81 |
|
White |
85 |
|
|
|
|
Hispanic or Latino |
63 |
|
Not Hispanic or Latino |
DNA |
|
Black or African American |
81 |
|
White |
90 |
|
Gender |
|
|
Female |
87 |
|
Male |
83 |
|
Family income level |
|
|
Poor |
DNA |
|
Near Poor |
DNA |
|
Middle/high income |
DNA |
|
Disability status |
|
|
Persons with disabilities |
79 (1995) |
|
Persons without disabilities |
86 (1995) |
DNA = Data have not been analyzed. DNC = Data are not collected. DSU = Data are statistically unreliable.