Table 2                                                        
             High School Graduates' Performance and Retention at Missouri Public Colleges and Universities              
                                    Full- or Part-time, Degree- or Nondegree-seeking                                    
                                                                                                                        
----------------------------------------- hscode=DE SOTO HIGH SCHOOL, DE SOTO ------------------------------------------
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                          Freshmen      
                           First-                                                              Enrolled         to      
                             time  completed               Fall  Completed             Spring   for the  sophomore      
     Building  Fall      freshmen      first         cumulative      first         cumulative    second  retention      
     code      semester     total       fall    Pct         GPA     spring    Pct         GPA      fall       rate      
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     260850    1996           108        103     95        2.52         83     77        2.52        72         67      
               1997            79         69     87        2.41         63     80        2.45        52         66      
               1998           115        110     96        2.46         88     77        2.58        74         64      
               1999            87         85     98        2.32         70     80        2.59        57         66      
               2000            93         91     98        2.39         77     83        2.65        65         70      
               2001            89         86     97        2.58         75     84        2.67        61         69      
               2002           102         97     95        2.52         86     84        2.69        79         77      
               2003            88         84     95        2.50         70     80        2.78        61         69      
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                  Average freshmen-to-sophomore retention rate for the state total in 2003-2004 = 72%                   
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                 Note:  . indicates that no data are disclosed in cases involving fewer that 5 students