Title: The American high school : a statistical overview.
Authors: National Center for Education Statistics.; National Center for Education Statistics.
Publisher: Dept. of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement], National Center for Education Statistics : for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.,
Year: 1980
Subjects: Educational statistics.; High schools United States Statistics.; Education United States Statistics
Contents: Foreword -- For More Information -- 1. School Organization -- 2. Enrollment -- 3. Completions and Attainments -- 4. Minority and Sex Comparisons -- 5. Teachers -- 6. Finance -- 7. Other Industrial Democracies -- 8. School Environment -- Figures -- 1. Number of public schools containing at least one of grades 9-12, by grade span -- 2. Population 14 to 17 years old and enrollment in grades 9-12 -- 3. Number of high school graduates for each 100 persons 17 years of age: 1969-70 to 1976-77 -- 4. Attitudes of young adults toward high schools -- 5. Percent of persons 25 to 29 years old completing 4 or more years of high school -- 6. Career knowledge, values and skills of 17-year-olds -- 7. Salary comparisons of teachers and other workers -- 8. School system core current education expenditures per pupil, by State: 1976-77 -- 9. Core current education expenditures adjusted for cost-of-living differences -- 10. Full-time school enrollment rates --^