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51. About 600 when we started Freshman year

Thu Jul 17, 2014, 09:32 PM

Jul 2014

biggest class in the history of the school (of course that record would be surpassed every year I was at the school by the newest frosh class--and I'm not even a baby boomer), but only 486 made it to graduation. Terrible attrition rate.

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How many were in your high school graduating class? [View all] Orrex Jul 2014 OP

About 100, in 1969 Ptah Jul 2014 #1

200-250 thereabouts Populist_Prole Jul 2014 #2

About 450 geardaddy Jul 2014 #3

A little more than 180, in 1969 nt LiberalEsto Jul 2014 #4

700+, but I was not there. CBGLuthier Jul 2014 #5

40 pokerfan Jul 2014 #6

44 or so I think for me. GreenPartyVoter Jul 2014 #28

Mine was around 420 raptor_rider Jul 2014 #7

indeed Tuesday Afternoon Jul 2014 #12

Somewhere over 600. hunter Jul 2014 #8

Around 1000. femmocrat Jul 2014 #9

800 in mine and LaurenG Jul 2014 #10

700 Kali Jul 2014 #11

Over 500 Ron Obvious Jul 2014 #13

LOL (so funny...) n/t orleans Jul 2014 #24

Somewhere a bit under 100 NewJeffCT Jul 2014 #14

If I remember correctly Worried senior Jul 2014 #15

600 nt grasswire Jul 2014 #16

675. The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2014 #17

43. Chan790 Jul 2014 #18

How many people were in your high school graduating class? fifthoffive Jul 2014 #19

About 1000 Angleae Jul 2014 #20

96 mokawanis Jul 2014 #21

300 elleng Jul 2014 #22

79 in 1978. Archae Jul 2014 #23

Same year, about the same class size. hamsterjill Jul 2014 #36

I graduated in the top 10 of my class OriginalGeek Jul 2014 #25

About 350 in 1969. I lost my yearbook in a house fire. mnhtnbb Jul 2014 #26

96 (1998) tabbycat31 Jul 2014 #27

We had 110 graduate. I think we had 120 or so in the class, max. HubertHeaver Jul 2014 #29

We had more than 1,000 just in the Summer '66 class pinboy3niner Jul 2014 #30

32 in Class of '64 - Catholic school. lamp_shade Jul 2014 #31

414 in 1968. By 1971 there were 395 left. hobbit709 Jul 2014 #32

That's actually an amazing graduation rate. OrwellwasRight Jul 2014 #52

395 left alive by 1971. hobbit709 Jul 2014 #53

I know what you mean pinboy3niner Jul 2014 #54

Vietnam, you mean? OrwellwasRight Jul 2014 #55

About 1000 Fortinbras Armstrong Jul 2014 #33

85 jmowreader Jul 2014 #34

I think it was just under 1000 dr.strangelove Jul 2014 #35

125 benld74 Jul 2014 #37

209 a kennedy Jul 2014 #38

around 100 - nearly 50 years back so I can't remember exactly rurallib Jul 2014 #39

I went to a really tough high school. mysuzuki2 Jul 2014 #40

This message was self-deleted by its author Jenoch Jul 2014 #41

540 in 1976 nt steve2470 Jul 2014 #42

I believe there were 180 in my class, as well. All girls. Rhiannon12866 Jul 2014 #43

Mine was about 180 too, I think. AngryOldDem Jul 2014 #44

420 Duppers Jul 2014 #45

1,297. It was a big HS Moondog Jul 2014 #46

Yes I was in my high school graduating class LynneSin Jul 2014 #47

I went to a big school, graduating class around 1100 discntnt_irny_srcsm Jul 2014 #48

120ish (nt) bigwillq Jul 2014 #49

Mine and the couple years before and after were each around 1000 Gidney N Cloyd Jul 2014 #50

About 600 when we started Freshman year OrwellwasRight Jul 2014 #51

Don't know, don't care. Did not go to the ceremony. Turned down their Salutatorian offer. Tuesday Afternoon Jul 2014 #56

about 136 nt Broken_Hero Jul 2014 #57

566 mackerel Jul 2014 #58