Table 2 High School Graduates' Performance and Retention at Missouri Public Colleges and Universities Full- or Part-time, Degree- or Nondegree-seeking ----------------------------------- hscode=NORTHEAST LAW PUBLIC SERVICE, KANSAS CITY ----------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 261665 1996 37 36 97 2.44 32 86 2.37 29 78 1997 21 19 90 1.96 19 90 1.99 17 81 1998 43 40 93 2.23 34 79 2.24 25 58 1999 34 32 94 1.81 28 82 2.01 19 56 2000 26 26 100 2.15 21 81 2.38 17 65 2001 30 30 100 2.32 24 80 2.30 19 63 2002 42 41 98 1.52 35 83 2.17 24 57 2003 41 37 90 2.63 27 66 2.63 25 61 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