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Postsecondary Education/Training Intentions
Indicator: Percentage of high school graduates/seniors pursuing or intending to pursue
postsecondary education/training, reported for all students and by gender. (Data will be reported
by race/ethnicity and by disability at such time when all school districts are participating in the
Department’s electronic data interchange initiative.)
Figure 96
PERCENT OF ALL IOWA PUBLIC SCHOOL GRADUATES/SENIORS
PURSUING OR INTENDING TO PURSUE POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION/
TRAINING, GRADUATING CLASSES OF 1985 AND 1992-2003
100
90
80
71.3 71.0 71.0 71.9 71.9 72.5 73.7
75.8
78.7
82.7 82.4 82.9
70
61.4
60
Percent
50
40
30
20
10
0
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1985 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Graduating Class
Source:
Note:
Iowa Department of Education, Bureau of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, Basic Educational
Data Survey Files.
Due to the transition from collecting data on a graduate follow-up basis to collecting intentions
for graduates, data for the graduating classes of 1997, 1998 and 1999 represent calculated estimates.
Figure 97
PERCENT OF IOWA PUBLIC SCHOOL GRADUATES/SENIORS
PURSUING OR INTENDING TO PURSUE POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION/
TRAINING BY GENDER, GRADUATING CLASSES OF 1998 TO 2003
100
90
80
70
78.4
80.9 82.9
68.8 70.7
Female
74.5
Male
87.5 86.9 87.8
77.8 77.9 78.0
Percent
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Graduating Class
196
Source:
Note:
Iowa Department of Education, Bureau of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, Basic Educational
Data Survey Files.
Due to the transition from collecting data on a graduate follow-up basis to collecting intentions
for graduates, data for the graduating classes of 1998 and 1999 represent calculated estimates.