a
(7) Number of Trust Territory students classified by district and sex enrolled in secondary schools (high schools) on Guam ond abroad in the year ending June 30. 1968
District and sex
Place of study
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Guam
Total
MARIANA /JSLANDS
Male oo... ce cece tee eens
48
2
3
53
Female ..............05. weeaee ween
36
.
5
4]
Total... oc. ee ee ee eee
84
2
8
94
5
1
-
5
Female 0... cece cece eee tects aueee
3
3
*
6
Total... cece eee cece eee eens
8
4
*
12
PALAU
Male ..... 0... ce cee ences
Female..... sae eee ee eee eee ena
2?
Ad
?
]
-
23
46
Total... cece cece eee cease
66
2
]
69
PONAPE
Male oc. cece ee eee eee eee
Female 20... 0. ccc cee ee ce te ees
2
-
-
1
2
]
Total... . ccc cece eee ee eee
2
+
1
3
Male ....0 0.0.0... c ccc cee eee een nae
-
7
-
-
-
*
Total... 0.2. .....0.2 08 tebe teens
7
-
-
7
«are
MARSHALL ISLANDS
Male vo. ccc eececeet ce eee ee
TRUK
Female ........ 2.0... e eee eee eee
-
7
YAP
Male .... 0... 0. ccc ee eee eee aes
?
-
3
5
Female .... 0.2.0 cece eee cece ee aeae
4
-
-
4
Total... cee eee eee
6
-
3
9
TOTAL, ALL DISTRICTS
Male 0.00... 0 ccc eee eee eee
Female ..... 0... cee eee cee eee eee nee
79
94
3
5
7
6
89
105
Total... ccc cee eee ce eee
173
8
13
194
D. AVERAGE ATTENDANCE RATES DURING SCHOOL YEAR 1967-1968
Not all schools reported on attendance rates during the year
under review. This is particularly true for the schools away from
the district centers. Attendance rates tend to vary from district
to district; in Palau and the Mariana Islands and in schools in disThis percent, however,
1968 was 11.5%.
schools.
No information is available from the elementary
Education
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REEISOERE eae TT peer ert
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trict centers, attendance often exceeds 90%.
drops considerably in an overall average when the outer islands
and remote schools are considered.
E. SCHOOL DROPOUTS
The dropout rate in the public high schools for school year 1967-