Highest year of school completed

educ

Source

General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org

Details

Question 15. What is the highest grade in elementary school or high school that you finished and got credit for?

Overview

For further details see the official GSS documentation.

Counts by year:

year	1 year of college	10th grade	11th grade	12th grade	1st grade	2 years of college	2nd grade	3 years of college	3rd grade	4 years of college	4th grade	5 years of college	5th grade	6 years of college	6th grade	7 years of college	7th grade	8 or more years of college	8th grade	9th grade	no answer	no formal schooling	don't know	Total
1972	92	116	119	507	4	124	13	53	19	119	19	26	30	22	38	12	48	12	142	79	5	14	-	1613
1973	92	97	108	485	4	126	7	43	14	130	18	30	21	13	30	17	42	13	135	67	5	7	-	1504
1974	104	107	90	491	1	109	1	43	9	128	13	39	17	28	30	9	45	17	132	62	3	6	-	1484
1975	115	101	126	499	2	101	3	34	8	132	7	24	25	23	28	9	42	12	124	65	2	7	1	1490
1976	94	110	93	510	-	103	4	36	15	134	19	31	19	23	24	17	46	14	128	69	4	4	2	1499
1977	90	106	114	507	-	103	1	44	11	128	20	32	24	33	37	11	48	15	120	72	3	4	7	1530
1978	105	96	90	541	4	120	1	55	8	119	20	34	13	34	19	17	39	16	126	63	3	6	3	1532
1980	97	91	83	503	1	109	6	48	7	134	13	37	18	38	27	14	38	18	101	79	1	1	4	1468
1982	142	106	140	620	2	159	5	66	15	146	8	33	21	36	48	25	51	16	119	87	4	7	4	1860
1983	97	73	127	547	1	155	4	58	10	179	12	39	12	40	18	16	34	18	90	62	-	5	2	1599
1984	108	99	91	491	3	121	4	74	9	149	11	40	11	31	19	20	26	25	77	58	3	3	-	1473
1985	123	86	100	511	2	133	6	74	9	141	8	46	9	44	19	12	27	32	86	63	-	3	-	1534
1986	103	90	113	488	-	127	2	50	9	163	8	41	13	36	24	17	23	25	78	53	1	6	-	1470
1987	149	94	98	588	2	182	4	66	16	182	10	62	19	48	30	16	32	27	97	78	6	9	4	1819
1988	124	71	104	455	1	158	1	66	6	164	12	32	12	42	23	18	27	28	75	58	-	1	3	1481
1989	125	70	95	489	2	184	-	76	4	152	9	40	9	61	12	18	21	27	82	51	5	3	2	1537
1990	106	53	81	436	1	167	5	62	1	163	9	44	5	49	19	13	14	28	58	52	-	4	2	1372
1991	130	73	85	461	-	175	-	73	5	194	5	43	6	45	12	22	25	30	68	56	7	2	-	1517
1993	154	58	86	477	-	177	4	75	-	224	7	50	7	73	20	25	27	27	61	47	-	3	4	1606
1994	277	102	168	929	1	321	3	146	6	433	12	97	15	119	19	46	29	64	109	85	4	4	3	2992
1996	296	121	155	849	-	339	-	153	8	392	6	120	13	125	14	42	23	86	80	69	1	4	8	2904
1998	270	113	138	851	-	350	5	146	10	412	9	86	8	109	23	41	21	69	82	75	4	2	8	2832
2000	290	106	153	823	-	374	3	127	6	393	6	90	9	114	22	39	20	68	95	69	9	1	-	2817
2002	265	88	137	818	2	374	15	157	2	377	6	93	8	128	25	43	14	70	66	60	7	5	5	2765
2004	265	72	156	734	1	403	7	174	3	450	2	106	4	138	17	51	17	93	54	59	2	4	-	2812
2006	422	152	215	1204	4	628	28	212	13	687	11	167	23	208	69	78	32	112	85	127	9	22	2	4510
2008	158	59	122	581	-	258	2	94	5	322	10	51	5	124	29	38	14	52	35	53	2	6	3	2023
2010	186	66	108	558	1	229	5	109	4	334	9	71	6	101	30	33	12	72	45	55	4	5	1	2044
2012	163	59	101	540	2	261	3	99	6	307	10	80	4	92	27	41	8	71	48	47	1	3	1	1974
2014	193	90	134	689	1	318	3	133	6	452	3	78	9	139	25	52	8	100	43	53	-	8	1	2538
2016	242	90	118	824	3	359	3	137	3	485	2	108	4	149	31	63	18	110	48	59	8	2	1	2867
2018	183	65	95	657	2	313	4	127	10	430	5	97	3	119	20	45	8	72	35	51	1	4	2	2348
2021	277	52	83	829	1	542	2	208	3	942	1	258	2	351	15	113	5	216	25	32	48	9	18	4032
2022	268	78	116	909	1	506	4	189	8	697	6	167	6	210	23	79	12	148	37	57	20	3	-	3544
2024	283	69	104	801	1	443	3	177	5	672	3	179	4	242	23	54	10	138	26	37	7	12	16	3309
Total	6188	3079	4046	22202	50	8651	161	3484	273	10666	329	2571	414	3187	889	1166	906	1941	2812	2209	179	189	107	75699

Values

• 0 no formal schooling

• 1 1st grade

• 2 2nd grade

• 3 3rd grade

• 4 4th grade

• 5 5th grade

• 6 6th grade

• 7 7th grade

• 8 8th grade

• 9 9th grade

• 10 10th grade

• 11 11th grade

• 12 12th grade

• 13 1 year of college

• 14 2 years of college

• 15 3 years of college

• 16 4 years of college

• 17 5 years of college

• 18 6 years of college

• 19 7 years of college

• 20 8 or more years of college

• NA(d) don't know

• NA(i) iap

• NA(j) I don't have a job

• NA(m) dk, na, iap

• NA(n) no answer

• NA(p) not imputable

• NA(r) refused

• NA(s) skipped on web

• NA(u) uncodeable

• NA(x) not available in this release

• NA(y) not available in this year

• NA(z) see codebook