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In the percentage of graduates continuing their education, however, Rappahannock drops back down again behind neighboring counties and the state average.
According to Facing Up, only 25.7 per cent of the RCHS graduates in 1980 continued their education at a two-year or four-year college or other institution. This figure compares to the state average of 58.5 per cent. For the same year in neighboring counties, 40.8 per cent of Culpeper’s graduates continued their education, 57.5 per cent in Fauquier, 37.6 per cent in Madison and 35.6 per cent in Orange.
Of the 140 school divisions listed in Facing Up, only Amelia County sent a smaller percentage of graduates—17 per cent—on to higher education than did Rappahannock.
Of the 1980 RCHS graduates not continuing their education, 73.1 per cent had marketable skills, according to Facing Up.
Of the 1980 graduates from Culpeper who did not continue their education, 82.2 per cent had marketable skills; from Fauquuier 75.9 per cent; from Madison 95.7 per cent and from Orange 85.1 per cent.
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