Table 2                                                        
             High School Graduates' Performance and Retention at Missouri Public Colleges and Universities              
                                    Full- or Part-time, Degree- or Nondegree-seeking                                    
                                                                                                                        
------------------------------------------ hscode=NIXA R-11 HIGH SCHOOL, NIXA ------------------------------------------
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                          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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     262420    1996            45         43     96        2.49         35     78        3.04        35         78      
               1997            58         52     90        2.55         47     81        2.62        37         64      
               1998            51         49     96        2.55         38     75        2.94        40         78      
               1999            59         59    100        2.38         42     71        2.81        38         64      
               2000            85         80     94        2.61         69     81        2.82        65         76      
               2001            93         88     95        2.78         78     84        2.85        68         73      
               2002           112         98     88        2.56         88     79        2.68        79         71      
               2003           118        116     98        2.76        102     86        2.83        93         79      
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                  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