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Watauga County

QT-P19. School Enrollment: 2000

Subject Number Percent Percent of age group enrolled in school
       
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT AND TYPE OF SCHOOL      
         Population 3 years and over enrolled in school 16,832 100.0% (X)
Nursery school, preschool 525 3.1% (X)
   Public 307 1.8% (X)
Kindergarten 372 2.2% (X)
   Public 327 1.9% (X)
Elementary: grade 1 to 4 1,575 9.4% (X)
   Public 1,426 8.5% (X)
Elementary: grade 5 to 8 1,732 10.3% (X)
   Public 1,650 9.8% (X)
High school: grade 9 to 12 1,676 10.0% (X)
   Public 1,562 9.3% (X)
College, undergraduate 10,225 60.7% (X)
   Public 9,528 56.6% (X)
Graduate, professional school 727 4.3% (X)
   Public 675 4.0% (X)
       
         Population 3 years and over enrolled in school 16,832 100.0% 40.2%
3 and 4 years 445 2.6% 54.6%
5 to 14 years 3,915 23.3% 98.0%
15 to 17 years 1,209 7.2% 97.2%
18 and 19 years 3,545 21.1% 93.4%
20 to 24 years 6,424 38.2% 79.8%
25 to 34 years 875 5.2% 18.2%
35 years and over 419 2.5% 2.2%
       
         Population 18 to 24 years 11,844 100.0% (X)
High school graduates 11,303 95.4% (X)
Enrolled in college or graduate school 9,715 82.0% (X)
       
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT, EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT, AND EMPLOYMENT STATUS      
         Population 16 to 19 years 4,685 100.0% (X)
Enrolled in school 4,400 93.9% (X)
      Employed civilian 1,325 28.3% (X)
      Unemployed 659 14.1% (X)
      Not in labor force 2,416 51.6% (X)
Not enrolled in school 285 6.1% (X)
   High school graduate 170 3.6% (X)
      Employed civilian 146 3.1% (X)
      Unemployed 11 0.2% (X)
      Not in labor force 13 0.3% (X)
   Not high school graduate 115 2.5% (X)
      Employed civilian 76 1.6% (X)
      Unemployed 4 0.1% (X)
      Not in labor force 35 0.7% (X)

 

Date: October 2, 2002

[Data based on a sample]
(X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000 Summary File 3, Matrices P36, P38, PCT23, PCT24, and PCT25.
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