Table 3                                                        
                             Degree Completion at Missouri Public Colleges and Universities                             
                                         Among All First-time Freshmen Cohorts                                          
                                                                                                                        
---------------------------------------- School=LAFAYETTE HIGH SCHOOL, BALLWIN -----------------------------------------
                                                                                                                        
                                                                         Received                                       
                                                     Received  Received   both 2-         Total                         
                                                         2yr-      4yr-    & 4yr-     graduated                Out of   
                        First-  No degree       Pct    degree    degree   degrees          from                public   
  Building  Fall          time  but still     still    within    within    within        public         Pct    system   
  code      semester  freshmen   enrolled  enrolled   6 years   6 years   6 years  institutions   graduated  (Note 2)   
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  260948    1996           173         12         7        11        78         5            94          54        67   
            1997           172         14         8         9        83         .            92          53        66   
            1998           198          7         4        12       107         .           121          61        70   
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                               Average graduation rate for the state total in 2004 is 64%                               
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                Note 1: . indicates that no data are disclosed in cases involving fewer than 5 students.                
                                                                                                                        
                Note 2: Those defined as "out of public system" include students who either dropped out                 
                              or transferred to independent or non-Missouri institutions.                               
                                                                                                                        
             Note 3: Due to some students' simultaneous enrollments at both two- and four-year institutions             
             the sum of sector-based headcount may exceed the total number reported in the overall summary.