Table 2 High School Graduates' Performance and Retention at Missouri Public Colleges and Universities Full- or Part-time, Degree- or Nondegree-seeking ------------------------------------------ hscode=FESTUS HIGH SCHOOL, FESTUS ------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 261085 1996 83 81 98 2.54 65 78 2.82 61 73 1997 70 69 99 2.26 58 83 2.52 49 70 1998 67 65 97 2.49 53 79 2.54 49 73 1999 80 77 96 2.29 68 85 2.38 54 68 2000 78 73 94 2.63 67 86 2.73 60 77 2001 97 96 99 2.57 83 86 2.78 74 76 2002 99 95 96 2.42 86 87 2.63 74 75 2003 100 98 98 2.36 86 86 2.56 80 80 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