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GRADE DISTRIBUTION BY COLLEGE
FALL 1981 - FALL 2008
City East Harbor Mission Pierce South-
west
Trade-
Tech
Valley West All Colleges Number
Percent "A" Grades
1981
25.7
29.1
29.1
36.2
27.7
19.2
24.6
31.0
29.1
27.6
69,307
1990
25.3
27.9
27.7
30.8
28.3
19.6
24.3
30.5
29.0
27.3
57,070
2000
26.6
27.5
33.4
30.6
31.6
20.2
28.8
30.4
28.0
28.9
65,335
2005
28.8
27.2
30.4
29.9
32.6
22.9
27.8
33.7
29.9
29.7
70,741
2006
29.5
28.1
30.4
29.8
32.4
20.3
27.9
32.0
31.7
29.7
70,731
2007
31.0
28.5
30.7
28.8
34.0
22.4
29.7
32.9
33.7
30.8
76,518
2008
31.1
29.4
31.3
31.5
33.8
21.9
28.4
33.3
33.6
31.0
88,451
Percent "B" Grades
1981
27.3
29.3
28.2
24.7
28.1
22.9
29.3
27.5
28.2
27.8
69,844
1990
24.3
28.2
26.4
22.7
27.9
22.2
27.5
26.1
25.4
26.2
54,780
2000
20.8
23.7
21.5
20.5
24.3
23.3
22.9
22.2
21.5
22.5
50,802
2005
19.8
22.6
22.4
20.4
24.8
22.7
22.4
21.6
21.7
22.1
52,839
2006
19.5
22.8
23.1
21.6
25.4
21.0
23.3
22.2
21.4
22.5
53,547
2007
19.7
21.1
22.9
20.6
24.4
18.6
22.5
21.7
21.3
21.7
53,874
2008
20.2
22.2
22.3
20.3
24.9
18.1
22.0
22.8
20.8
22.0
62,745
Percent "C" and "Credit Grades" in Pass/Fail Courses
1981
28.7
27.2
27.7
24.6
27.9
29.3
30.5
26.3
26.3
27.9
69,939
1990
28.8
26.3
29.8
26.9
28.0
34.1
31.3
27.1
26.3
28.5
59,562
2000
31.0
25.5
27.7
26.9
22.4
27.2
28.7
24.0
28.1
26.5
59,881
2005
28.6
25.6
25.9
27.4
22.2
24.0
25.2
22.2
21.6
24.8
59,138
2006
27.6
25.1
26.0
25.8
20.9
26.1
26.8
22.4
22.0
24.5
58,505
2007
26.1
24.6
23.7
25.7
19.9
29.2
23.7
21.8
19.0
23.4
58,073
2008
26.2
24.1
24.5
24.6
20.1
26.3
24.9
21.3
21.0
23.4
66,704
Successful Completion as Percent of Enrollments (including Withdrawals)
1981
57.3
61.2
62.6
62.3
64.7
48.5
61.7
59.0
57.3
60.0
209,090
1990
61.0
62.6
62.3
60.8
64.3
57.0
67.3
63.2
59.3
62.6
171,412
2000
65.4
63.3
64.9
66.6
66.1
58.7
64.6
66.1
63.8
64.8
176,018
2005
65.2
63.7
64.9
66.9
68.5
55.9
64.4
66.0
60.0
64.7
182,718
2006
65.5
63.8
66.6
65.6
67.6
55.0
65.6
65.0
62.0
64.8
182,783
2007
65.2
62.7
64.8
65.0
67.5
56.7
63.4
65.4
60.8
64.1
188,465
2008
65.9
64.3
66.9
63.9
67.7
54.9
63.8
66.2
62.4
64.8
217,900

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Last Updated: 04/24/2009