The table shows the Proportions of Pupils Attending Four Secondary School Types Between 2000 and 2009. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.
Secondary School Attendance
| 2000 | 2005 | 2009 |
Specialist Schools | 12% | 11% | 10% |
Grammar Schools | 24% | 19% | 12% |
Voluntary-controlled Schools | 52% | 38% | 20% |
Community Schools | 12% | 32% | 58% |
The given table illustrates the percentage of students attending four types of secondary school in 2000, 2005, and 2009.
Overall, it seems that while the attendance percentage of the other three types of school have shown downward trends, the share of Community Schools has been increased during the given period.
Looking at the graph more closely, one can see that, the portion of students who entered the Voluntary-controlled Schools was the highest among the categories in 2000 and 2005, which were 52% and 32%. The Grammar Schools had the second largest share with 24% in 2000, but it gradually dropped to 12% in 2009. The noticeable feature is that the attendance rate of the Community Schools and the specialist school were the lowest percentage at 12% in 2000, however, while the portion of the specialist school remained the lowest point, 58% of pupils attended the community schools in 2009, showing the largest proportion in that year.
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