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Plans of High School Graduates: Class of 2002
| The percentage of graduates with plans reported as "data not available" increased from three |
| percent in 2001 to nine percent in 2002 (Table 2). The increase in this category can most likely |
| be contributed to changes in the data collection system. It is expected that the percentage of |
| plans reported as "data not available" will decrease as districts become more familiar with the |
| process of reporting student-level data through SIMS. For 2002, the increase in "data not |
| available" may have caused all other categories to show slight decreases from past years. |
| Racial/Ethnic Groups |  |
| Post-graduate plans also | |
| varied according to | |
| racial/ethnic group (Figure | |
| 5). In 2002 the percentage | |
| of Asian graduates planning | |
| to attend a two- or four-year | |
| college (79 percent) was | |
| higher than that of white | |
| graduates (75 percent), | |
| African-American graduates | |
| percentage of graduates planning to attend public colleges ranged by race/ethnicity from 36 | |
| percent (Hispanic) to 42 percent (White). The percentage of those planning to attend private | |
| colleges ranged from 18 percent (Hispanic) to 39 percent (Asian). | |
| In each of the racial/ethnic groups reported, the percentage of graduates planning to attend | |
| college has fluctuated over the past ten years (Figure 6). Between 1992 and 2002, the percentage | |
| of African-American graduates planning to attend college increased from 61 to 64 percent, and | |
| for white graduates the percentage increased from 69 to 75 percent. The percentage of Hispanic | |
| graduates planning to attend college has remained relatively steady over the past ten years (54 | |
| percent in both 1992 and 2002), while the percentage of Asian graduates has fluctuated (83 | |
| percent in 1992, 84 percent in 1997, and 79 percent in 2002. For Native Americans, the | |
 | percentage decreased |
| from 66 to 60 percent | |
| over the past ten | |
| years. However, the | |
| rate for Native | |
| American students is | |
| susceptible to wide | |
| fluctuation due to a | |
| low number enrolled | |
| in Massachusetts | |