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Elementary, Middle and High Schools

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Percent
Filtered

Arbor Heights Elementary

824

3

99.6%*

Avocado Elementary School

181

26

85.6%

Biboohra State School

35

2

94.2%

Camp Creek Elementary School

83

9

89.1%

Clearview Elementary School

94

10

89.3%

Evergreen Elementary School

210

12

94.2%

Frenchtown School

69

1

98.5%

Grace Church School

67

6

91.0%

Hillside Elementary

1737

20

98.8%

Keolu Elementary School

48

4

91.6%

Marshall Elementary School

465

15

96.7%

New Hope Elementary School

71

5

92.9%

Oak Hill Academy

492

16

96.7%

Providence Day School

241

9

96.2%

Ralph Bunche School

981

14

98.5%

Riverdale School

446

25

94.3%

Shady Hill School

191

16

91.6%

St. Therese School

160

7

95.6%

University Park Elementary

575

11

98.0%

Woodward Avenue Elementary School

92

2

97.8%

Vista Middle School

647

13

97.9%

Trinity Christian School

377

17

95.4%

Claremont High School

773

8

98.9%

Los Alamos High School

609

15

97.5%

Westview Centennial Secondary School

89

2

97.7%


 

Charitable and/or Political Organizations

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Percent
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American Association of Retired Persons

8498

25

99.7%

American Cancer Society

38762

6

99.9%

American Family Association

3335

12

99.6%

American Red Cross

39434

77

99.8%

Catholic Relief Services

1777

18

98.9%

Child Welfare League of America

2170

19

99.9%

Christian Coalition

16170

19

99.8%

Concerned Women for America

2182

23

98.9%

Congress of National Black Churches

282

27

90.4%

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

2830

15

99.4%

Family Friendly Libraries

181

20

88.9%

Family Research Council

4286

32

99.2%

Focus on the Family

6172

23

99.6%

Hostelling International American Youth Hostels

374

10

99.7%

Klaas Foundation

933

64

93.1%

Leukemia Society of America

2723

13

99.5%

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

4076

15

99.6%

National Association of Homes and Services for Children

135

7

94.8%

National Consumers League

1692

10

99.4%

National Organization for Women

8270

35

99.5%

National Rifle Association

11828

19

99.8%

UNICEF

1423

17

98.8%

United Cerebral Palsy Association

941

21

97.7%

United Jewish Appeal

3024

1

99.9%

United Way

54300

23

99.9%

 

Educational, Artistic and/or Cultural Institutions

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Percent
Filtered

Art Institute of Chicago

9785

10

99.9%

Boy Scouts of America

22297

35

99.8%

Carnegie Library

5755

32

99.4%

Cleveland Orchestra

2689

18

99.3%

Dance Theater of Harlem

317

27

91.4%

Disneyland

11129

31

99.7%

Folger Shakespeare Library

1421

18

98.7%

Future Farmers of America

2205

22

99.0%

Future Homemakers of America

1280

12

99.0%

Girl Scouts of America

1606

30

98.1%

Grand Old Opry

371

31

91.6%

Independence Hall

3281

22

99.3%

Julliard School of Music

500

11

97.8%

Kennedy Center

13068

71

99.4%

Metropolitan Museum of Art

19930

50

99.7%

Museum of Modern Art

23566

31

99.8%

National Aquarium

2134

63

97.0%

National Basketball Association

18018

2

99.9%

National Gallery of Art

8655

73

99.1%

National Zoo

4142

6

99.8%

Public Broadcasting System

3603

26

99.2%

Radio City Music Hall

5594

20

99.6%

San Diego Zoo

5895

21

99.6%

Smithsonian Institution

51033

37

99.9%

Yellowstone National Park

14933

26

99.8%

 

Miscellaneous Concepts or Entities (potential research topics)

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Percent
Filtered

Astronomy

121306

22

99.9%

Betsy Ross

3055

23

99.2%

Bill of Rights

46195

44

99.9%

Catholicism

4590

12

99.7%

Christianity

37574

13

99.9%

Christopher Columbus

13498

5

99.9%

Constitution of the United States

17877

31

99.8%

Democratic Party

56333

22

99.9%

Dr. Suess

2638

8

99.6%

Eating Disorders

11602

23

99.8%

Emily Dickinson

10050

8

99.9%

First Amendment

58529

94

99.8%

Frederick Douglass

7286

24

99.6%

House of Representatives

158972

38

99.9%

Islam

27572

10

99.9%

Judaism

11985

7

99.9%

Photosynthesis

4963

23

99.5%

Puberty

2276

25

98.9%

Republican Party

28218

21

99.9%

Romeo and Juliet

24428

47

99.8%

Teen pregnancy

13113

46

99.6%

Thomas Edison

11522

9

99.9%

U.S. Senate

18810

41

99.7%

United States Supreme Court

19917

20

99.9%

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

7074

7

99.9%

* All percentages have been rounded down to the nearest tenth of a percent.


Averages

Elementary, Middle and High Schools: 95.1 percent of information was filtered
Charitable and/or Political Organizations: 98.2 percent of information was filtered
Educational, Artistic and/or Cultural Institutions: 98.6 percent of information was filtered
Miscellaneous Concepts or Entities: 99.7 percent of information was filtered


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