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7-19. South Carolina High School Enrollment, Dropouts, Graduates, and
Percent Graduates Entering Postsecondary Education 1/ or Gainful
Employment 2/ by County: 1993-94
GRADUATES, SPRING 1994 3/
1993-94 DROPOUTS % ENTERING % ENTERING
1993-94 GRADES 9-12 POSTSECOND GAINFUL
ENROLLMENT EDUCATION EMPLOYMENT
COUNTY GRADES 9-12 NUMBER PERCENT NUMBER FALL 1994 FALL 1994
Abbeville 1,061 36 3.4 216 53.2 31.9
Aiken 7,012 267 3.8 1,246 65.2 24.5
Allendale 633 5 0.8 118 55.1 38.1
Anderson 7,553 255 3.4 1,324 66.0 25.8
Bamberg 842 22 2.6 183 73.2 19.7
Barnwell 1,430 48 3.4 262 50.4 20.6
Beaufort 3,701 68 1.8 570 62.5 29.6
Berkeley 7,450 225 3.0 1,452 60.7 24.5
Calhoun 603 13 2.2 93 48.4 40.9
Charleston 10,502 257 2.4 1,612 61.0 32.4
Cherokee 2,326 30 1.3 395 54.2 41.5
Chester 1,831 98 5.4 339 56.3 31.6
Chesterfield 2,233 97 4.3 438 57.3 30.6
Clarendon 1,702 41 2.4 294 50.3 42.5
Colleton 1,964 105 5.3 350 42.3 25.1
Darlington 3,690 178 4.8 653 53.0 28.0
Dillon 1,920 63 3.3 384 45.6 47.7
Dorchester 4,600 98 2.1 813 55.0 25.7
Edgefield 1,004 38 3.8 175 58.3 20.0
Fairfield 1,130 51 4.5 185 42.2 42.7
Florence 6,730 275 4.1 1,206 70.6 21.4
Georgetown 3,160 94 3.0 546 57.0 34.6
Greenville 14,934 181 1.2 2,772 69.6 21.5
Greenwood 3,049 181 5.9 525 67.0 22.3
Hampton 1,203 23 1.9 234 50.0 38.9
Horry 7,198 193 2.7 1,357 59.4 27.9
Jasper 723 33 4.6 116 47.4 9.5
Kershaw 2,735 116 4.2 524 50.8 23.7
Lancaster 2,915 47 1.6 569 49.7 26.0
Laurens 2,245 87 3.9 447 57.0 34.7
Lee 1,000 65 6.5 164 57.3 27.4
Lexington 10,976 233 2.1 2,133 74.2 20.5
McCormick 384 8 2.1 47 74.5 21.3
Marion 2,267 32 1.4 447 50.6 26.0
Marlboro 1,708 49 2.9 288 41.0 41.0
Newberry 1,721 68 4.0 343 61.2 27.1
Oconee 2,976 92 3.1 578 51.0 39.3
Orangeburg 4,513 130 2.9 868 56.2 32.3
Pickens 4,180 141 3.4 773 53.7 33.9
Richland 11,832 357 3.0 2,129 66.1 21.8
Saluda 639 13 2.0 132 71.2 24.2
Spartanburg 10,290 447 4.3 1,872 60.8 25.7
Sumter 5,113 125 2.4 818 53.1 27.5
Union 1,553 7 0.5 309 60.5 28.5
Williamsburg 2,011 61 3.0 335 43.6 31.3
York 6,697 303 4.5 1,246 55.4 28.5
TOTAL 175,939 5,356 3.0 31,880 60.5 27.1
1/: Includes two- and four-year colleges/universities, technical and
trade schools, business/commercial schools, beauty/barber colleges, and
other schools offering educational programs beyond the high school level.
2/: Includes the armed services.
3/: Includes high school diploma and certificate recipients.
Source: S.C. Department of Education, Rankings of the Counties and School
Districts of South Carolina, 1993-94, 1995 ed. and Summary of all 1993-94
S.C. High School Completers Enrolled in 1994-95 College Freshman Classes
in S.C. and Other States.
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