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Class rank is a measure of how a student's performance compares to other students in their class. It is commonly also expressed as a percentile . For instance, a student may have a GPA better than 750 of their classmates in a graduating class of 800.
57% fulltime student and 43% part-time student; 26% worked full time, 36% worked part time, and 38% did not work. In 1999–2000, the most common nontraditional characteristics included financial independence (51 percent), part-time attendance (48 percent), and delayed enrollment (46 percent). [7]
More than half of U.S. students go to "racially concentrated" schools. [13] Twenty percent of U.S. students are enrolled in districts that are poor and nonwhite, but only 5 percent live in poor white districts. [14] The number of school districts in the United States has been increasing, reflecting a growing race and social class divide.
The state with the highest percentage of people having a bachelor's degree or higher educational attainment was Massachusetts at 50.6%, and the lowest was West Virginia at 24.1%. The District of Columbia had a percentage significantly higher than that of any U.S. state at 63.0%. [1]
Adult students are contrasted with traditional students, who are typically under 25, attend full-time, do not work full-time when enrolled in courses, and have few, if any, family responsibilities. [4] In 2008, 36 percent of postsecondary students were age 25 or older and 47 percent were independent students. [5]
Most took place in Europe, with 40 percent of students studying in five countries: the United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, France, and Germany. [159] The US is the most popular country in the world for attracting students from other countries, according to UNESCO, with 16% of all international students going to the US (the next highest is the UK with ...
Pitman High School students write letters to the editor.
In some schools, if the average grade of the two mid exams is equal to or higher than 7.00, the student is able to pass the class without needing to take a final exam (since there are only two exams, some teachers also pass students who average 6.50; others weigh in the decision based on the student's performance in class).