CATHOLIC HIGH-SCHOOLS AND RURAL ACADEMIC-ACHIEVEMENT

In this paper the effects of rural Catholic high schools on achievemen t in mathematics, high school graduation rates, and the likelihood tha t high school graduates go on to college are examined. Estimates that are corrected for selection bias indicate that rural Catholic high sch ools have a positive effect on mathematics test scores and no effect o n graduation rates or on the odds of going on to college. Data from th e High School and Beyond 1980 Sophomore Cohort Third Follow-Up (1986) are used.