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College-Going Rates by County from Private Schools

1997 College-Going Rates to Public Colleges and Universities from Private High Schools

This table provides college-going rates for counties in California. College-going rates were calculated by dividing the number of entering students from private schools in the county by the total number of graduates from private schools in the county. All categories of private schools are covered including comprehensive schools, continuation schools and other categories of schools. If there were 50 or fewer private high school graduates in a county, the data for that county was suppressed. The totals at the bottom include all students.

Data regarding high school graduates were obtained from the California Department of Education. Data for higher education enrollment were obtained from each of the segments and includes all students -- full-time, part-time, credit, and non-credit.

Note that the calculation of these rates is based on totals for each category such as year, county and ethnicity. Rates do not entail longitudinal tracking of individual students.

Important note: The data for first-time students have changed. See Changes to First-Time Freshmen and College-Going Data for more details.

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  High School
Graduates 		First-Time Students College-Going Rate
High School County Private UC CSU CCC Total UC CSU CCC Total
Alameda 1,291 247 242 274 763 19.1% 18.7% 21.2% 59.1%
Alpine * S S S S S N/A N/A N/A N/A
Amador S S S S S N/A N/A N/A N/A
Butte S S S S S N/A N/A N/A N/A
Calaveras S S S S S N/A N/A N/A N/A
Colusa S S S S S N/A N/A N/A N/A
Contra Costa 689 99 91 187 377 14.4% 13.2% 27.1% 54.7%
Del Norte S S S S S N/A N/A N/A N/A
El Dorado S S S S S N/A N/A N/A N/A
Fresno 371 21 52 149 222 5.7% 14.0% 40.2% 59.8%
Glenn S S S S S N/A N/A N/A N/A
Humboldt 67 5 9 27 41 7.5% 13.4% 40.3% 61.2%
Imperial 94 1 3 8 12 1.1% 3.2% 8.5% 12.8%
Inyo S S S S S N/A N/A N/A N/A
Kern 267 23 32 42 97 8.6% 12.0% 15.7% 36.3%
Kings S S S S S N/A N/A N/A N/A
Lake S S S S S N/A N/A N/A N/A
Lassen S S S S S N/A N/A N/A N/A
Los Angeles 10,358 1,221 1,583 2,001 4,805 11.8% 15.3% 19.3% 46.4%
Madera S S S S S N/A N/A N/A N/A
Marin 347 74 27 29 130 21.3% 7.8% 8.4% 37.5%
Mariposa S S S S S N/A N/A N/A N/A
Mendocino S S S S S N/A N/A N/A N/A
Merced S S S S S N/A N/A N/A N/A
Modoc S S S S S N/A N/A N/A N/A
Mono S S S S S N/A N/A N/A N/A
Monterey 474 61 61 80 202 12.9% 12.9% 16.9% 42.6%
Napa 192 31 21 30 82 16.1% 10.9% 15.6% 42.7%
Nevada 58 1 4 10 15 1.7% 6.9% 17.2% 25.9%
Orange 1,998 249 227 526 1,002 12.5% 11.4% 26.3% 50.2%
Placer 56 1 0 9 10 1.8% 0.0% 16.1% 17.9%
Plumas S S S S S N/A N/A N/A N/A
Riverside 532 42 42 97 181 7.9% 7.9% 18.2% 34.0%
Sacramento 1,064 143 150 267 560 13.4% 14.1% 25.1% 52.6%
San Benito S S S S S N/A N/A N/A N/A
San Bernardino 678 22 44 72 138 3.2% 6.5% 10.6% 20.4%
San Diego 1,570 171 166 271 608 10.9% 10.6% 17.3% 38.7%
San Francisco 1,428 301 212 258 771 21.1% 14.8% 18.1% 54.0%
San Joaquin 403 48 31 111 190 11.9% 7.7% 27.5% 47.1%
San Luis Obispo 91 9 13 26 48 9.9% 14.3% 28.6% 52.7%
San Mateo 735 145 69 80 294 19.7% 9.4% 10.9% 40.0%
Santa Barbara 402 64 27 96 187 15.9% 6.7% 23.9% 46.5%
Santa Clara 1,623 280 278 241 799 17.3% 17.1% 14.8% 49.2%
Santa Cruz 326 22 33 91 146 6.7% 10.1% 27.9% 44.8%
Shasta 144 2 1 7 10 1.4% 0.7% 4.9% 6.9%
Sierra S S S S S N/A N/A N/A N/A
Siskiyou S S S S S N/A N/A N/A N/A
Solano 179 24 45 15 84 13.4% 25.1% 8.4% 46.9%
Sonoma 490 41 54 130 225 8.4% 11.0% 26.5% 45.9%
Stanislaus 282 15 37 90 142 5.3% 13.1% 31.9% 50.4%
Sutter S S S S S N/A N/A N/A N/A
Tehama S S S S S N/A N/A N/A N/A
Trinity S S S S S N/A N/A N/A N/A
Tulare S S S S S N/A N/A N/A N/A
Tuolumne S S S S S N/A N/A N/A N/A
Ventura 670 53 51 142 246 7.9% 7.6% 21.2% 36.7%
Yolo S S S S S N/A N/A N/A N/A
Yuba S S S S S N/A N/A N/A N/A
Statewide Total 27,209 3,432 3,628 5,426 12,486 12.6% 13.3% 19.9% 45.9%
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