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California Public High School Graduates

This table shows the number of high school graduates from all Californa public schools (regardless of school type since 1985.

Data regarding high school graduates were obtained from the California Department of Education. All categories of public schools are covered including comprehensive schools, continuation schools, and other categories of schools. Visit High School Characteristics to obtain expanded information about specific high schools in California.

Visit Freshmen Pathways to study the relationship of First-Time Students between California public colleges and California high schools.
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Year	Asian/Pac Is	Black	Filipino	Nat Am	Latino	White	No Resp	Total
1985	17,898	19,013	4,483	1,833	41,958	140,263	0	225,448
1986	19,035	18,387	4,976	1,658	43,556	141,414	0	229,026
1987	20,640	18,809	5,199	1,729	45,872	145,165	0	237,414
1988	22,829	19,444	5,957	1,872	49,040	150,376	0	249,518
1989	23,688	18,563	6,344	1,929	51,809	142,291	0	244,624
1990	26,167	17,488	6,740	1,890	55,219	129,058	0	236,562
1991	26,159	17,119	6,782	1,997	59,240	122,867	0	234,164
1992	27,754	17,656	7,167	2,112	66,199	123,706	0	244,594
1993	29,305	18,219	7,339	2,138	71,466	120,853	0	249,320
1994	30,569	18,979	7,810	2,119	75,026	118,580	0	253,083
1995	28,533	18,864	8,496	2,262	76,557	120,488	0	255,200
1996	29,039	19,436	8,395	2,290	78,619	121,292	0	259,071
1997	30,420	20,742	9,034	2,364	82,015	124,496	0	269,071
1998	33,148	21,165	9,563	2,513	87,742	128,405	361	282,897
1999	34,483	22,065	9,548	2,665	95,438	134,229	793	299,221
2000	35,897	22,536	9,602	2,655	100,637	137,578	961	309,866
2001	36,729	22,474	10,229	2,734	103,795	139,228	935	316,124
2002	37,895	23,451	10,311	3,036	109,038	140,421	1,743	325,895
2003	37,748	24,846	10,978	3,120	116,720	144,660	3,006	341,078
2004	37,523	25,267	11,247	3,040	121,418	141,575	3,411	343,481
2005	38,739	26,800	11,485	2,950	129,671	140,807	4,765	355,217
2006	40,693	25,360	11,643	2,833	124,529	138,627	5,429	349,114
2007	40,490	25,737	11,762	2,866	128,462	138,595	8,729	356,641
2008	41,913	26,026	12,472	3,074	143,476	141,344	8,088	376,393
2009	42,728	26,026	12,624	2,892	157,153	136,405	5,815	383,643

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