# High schools receiving federal aid

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-schools-receiving-federal-aid/422028>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 9, 2007, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-schools-receiving-federal-aid/422028 "2007-10-09T03:03:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2007, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-schools-receiving-federal-aid/422028/1 "2007-10-09T03:03:28Z")

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What percentage of U.S. high schools receive federal aid?

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**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2007, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-schools-receiving-federal-aid/422028/2 "2007-10-09T03:09:56Z")

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Modify that to “What percentage of U.S. _public_ high schools receive federal aid?”

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**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2007, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-schools-receiving-federal-aid/422028/3 "2007-10-09T03:21:16Z")

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Fairly close to 100%.

Tris

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**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2007, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-schools-receiving-federal-aid/422028/4 "2007-10-09T09:29:40Z")

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Most likely, so close to 100% as to make no difference.