Table 2                                                        
             High School Graduates' Performance and Retention at Missouri Public Colleges and Universities              
                                    Full- or Part-time, Degree- or Nondegree-seeking                                    
                                                                                                                        
------------------------------------------ hscode=METRO HIGH SCHOOL, ST LOUIS ------------------------------------------
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                          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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     262994    1996            27         25     93        2.44         23     85        2.31        20         74      
               1997            31         31    100        2.85         28     90        2.88        25         81      
               1998            37         30     81        2.39         26     70        2.62        25         68      
               1999            24         23     96        2.51         20     83        2.74        17         71      
               2000            22         22    100        3.16         22    100        3.13        20         91      
               2001            25         25    100        2.98         21     84        3.15        17         68      
               2002            27         27    100        2.97         23     85        2.90        23         85      
               2003            19         18     95        2.87         18     95        3.02        16         84      
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                  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