[Irene Adler]

Where are all of those non-high school graduates? Do they magically disappear forever immediately upon non-graduation?

I say this because I never, ever seem to hear of anybody who fails to graduate. Now, I know this is anecdotal evidence from a middle classer, but with such HUGH numbers overall (53 percent), I would think I'd run into, or reliably hear of, at least some specific individuals who don't graduate from high school, and I never do. Where do they all go?

[oh8eleven]

but with such HUGH numbers overall (53 percent) ...
Sounds series to me.