High School Statistics

High School Statistics

Data compiled in AXXS ’99: Achieving Xxcellence in Science (http://www4.od.nih.gov/axxs/)

Women make up 52 percent of the U.S. population and earned 51 to 52 percent of the more than two million high school diplomas awarded for the period, 1982 to 1994.

1982: 2.84 million high school diplomas were awarded, 52 percent earned by women

1990: 2.75 million high school diplomas were awarded, 52 percent earned by women

1994: 2.40 million high school diplomas were awarded, 51 percent earned by women

Reference: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Educational Statistics. The 1994 High School Transcript Study Tabulation: Comparative Data on Credits Earned and Demographics for 1994, 1990, 1987 and 1982 High School Graduates, Revised NCES 99-532, by Stanley Legum, Nancy Caldwell, Bryan Davis, Jacqueline Haynes, Telford J. Hill, Stephen Litavecz, Lou Rizzo, Keith Rust, and Ngoan Vo. Project Officer, Steven Gorman, Washington, D.C.: 1998. (http://nces.ed.gov/pubs98/98532.pdf)