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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: 1995-96
GRADUATES, SPRING 1996 3/
1995-96 DROPOUTS % ENTERING % ENTERING
1995-96 GRADES 9-12 POSTSECOND. GAINFUL
ENROLLMENT EDUCATION EMPLOYMENT
COUNTY GRADES 9-12 NUMBER PERCENT NUMBER FALL 1996 FALL 1996
Abbeville 1,058 26 2.5 215 61.4 38.1
Aiken 7,093 315 4.4 1,243 65.6 24.1
Allendale 629 8 1.3 99 62.6 37.4
Anderson 7,513 280 3.7 1,395 65.3 27.6
Bamberg 883 19 2.2 175 66.9 22.9
Barnwell 1,477 32 2.2 282 53.9 27.3
Beaufort 3,908 38 1.0 641 66.8 20.4
Berkeley 7,246 170 2.3 1,301 61.4 22.6
Calhoun 613 29 4.7 113 43.4 46.9
Charleston 10,870 202 1.9 1,606 61.0 29.8
Cherokee 2,295 90 3.9 439 46.0 45.8
Chester 1,792 95 5.3 355 58.0 36.3
Chesterfield 2,381 90 3.8 456 56.8 26.3
Clarendon 1,833 41 2.2 332 57.2 32.5
Colleton 1,967 56 2.8 323 51.4 30.3
Darlington 3,327 198 6.0 591 44.8 26.4
Dillon 1,819 59 3.2 358 42.5 46.1
Dorchester 5,162 131 2.5 895 51.1 30.1
Edgefield 1,048 29 2.8 197 49.7 50.3
Fairfield 1,056 31 2.9 176 44.3 51.1
Florence 6,938 271 3.9 1,290 65.5 22.4
Georgetown 3,260 87 2.7 621 55.1 38.6
Greenville 15,386 188 1.2 2,822 76.4 18.0
Greenwood 3,286 200 6.1 585 61.9 29.6
Hampton 1,230 42 3.4 230 42.6 37.8
Horry 7,589 200 2.6 1,320 64.8 24.7
Jasper 923 17 1.8 127 21.3 66.9
Kershaw 2,893 90 3.1 551 51.5 31.8
Lancaster 2,945 125 4.2 528 53.4 29.5
Laurens 2,319 73 3.1 377 49.1 33.4
Lee 940 50 5.3 191 49.7 29.3
Lexington 11,550 185 1.6 2,028 77.3 17.7
McCormick 417 16 3.8 64 65.6 28.1
Marion 2,242 56 2.5 449 47.4 27.6
Marlboro 1,591 73 4.6 284 41.2 44.4
Newberry 1,702 93 5.5 342 55.8 21.9
Oconee 3,037 102 3.4 575 59.5 34.6
Orangeburg 4,778 161 3.4 864 61.9 27.2
Pickens 4,336 163 3.8 731 55.3 30.6
Richland 12,413 297 2.4 2,123 68.2 23.4
Saluda 648 18 2.8 129 57.4 36.4
Spartanburg 10,792 311 2.9 1,948 65.6 21.9
Sumter 5,355 100 1.9 934 50.3 32.5
Union 1,556 75 4.8 290 56.2 20.3
Williamsburg 2,060 37 1.8 343 36.4 19.8
York 7,057 328 4.6 1,294 60.6 29.0
TOTAL 181,213 5,297 2.9 32,232 61.4 26.9
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, "Report on Student Dropout and Completion Rates" 1995-96, and "Summary of All 1995-96
S.C. High School Completers Enrolled in 1996-97 College Freshman Classes in S.C. and Other States."
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