Table 122. | Percent of students at or above selected geography proficiency levels, by selected characteristics and grade level: 2001 |
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | Percentage of 4th-graders | Percentage of 8th-graders | Percentage of 12th-graders |___________________________________|____________________________________|___________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | Selected |Below |At or |At or | |Below |At or |At or | |Below |At or |At or | characteristics |basic |above |above |At |basic |above |above |At |basic |above |above |At of students | |basic |profi- |advanced| |basic |profi- |advanced| |basic |profi- |advanced | | |cient | | | |cient | | | |cient | | | | | | | | | | | | | __________________________|________|________|________|________|________|________|_________|________|________|________|________|________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 __________________________|________|________|________|________|________|________|_________|________|________|________|________|________ All students ...........| 26(1.2)| 74(1.2)| 21(1.0)| 2(0.3)| 26(0.9)| 74(0.9)| 30 (1.2)| 4(0.6)| 29(0.9)| 71(0.9)| 25(1.1)| 1(0.3) |________|________|________|________|________|________|_________|________|________|________|________|________ Sex | | | | | | | | | | | | Male ...................|25 (1.3)|75 (1.3)|24 (1.4)| 3 (0.5)|25 (1.0)|75 (1.0)|33 (1.5)| 5 (0.7)|27 (1.1)|73 (1.1)|28 (1.5)| 2 (0.4) Female ................ |28 (1.6)|72 (1.6)|18 (1.1)| 1 (0.4)|27 (1.2)|73 (1.2)|26 (1.4)| 3 (0.6)|30 (1.0)|70 (1.0)|21 (1.0)| 1 (0.3) | | | | | | | | | | | | Race/ethnicity | | | | | | | | | | | | White, non-Hispanic ....|13 (1.3)|87 (1.3)|29 (1.5)| 3 (0.5)|14 (0.9)|86 (0.9)|39 (1.7)| 5 (0.8)|19 (0.9)|81 (0.9)|31 (1.4)| 2 (0.4) Black, non-Hispanic ....|56 (2.1)|44 (2.1)| 5 (0.9)| # --- |60 (2.3)|40 (2.3)| 6 (0.8)| # --- |65 (2.3)|35 (2.3)| 4 (0.7)| # --- Hispanic ...............|51 (3.0)|49 (3.0)| 6 (1.0)| # --- |52 (1.9)|48 (1.9)|10 (1.0)| 1 (0.2)|48 (2.6)|52 (2.6)|10 (1.4)| # (0.1) Asian/Pacific Islander .|23 (3.4)|77 (3.4)|25 (3.0)| 1 -0.9 |21 (3.4)|79 (3.4)|32 (3.2)| 4 (1.8)|28 (4.3)|72 (4.3)|26 (4.7)| 1 (0.7) | | | | | | | | | | | | Region | | | | | | | | | | | | Northeast ..............|22 (3.7)|78 (3.7)|24 (2.2)| 3 (0.9)|22 (2.5)|78 (2.5)|34 (3.3)| 4 (1.3)|29 (2.3)|71 (2.3)|26 (4.1)| 2 (1.1) Southeast ..............|28 (2.5)|72 (2.5)|18 (1.9)| 1 (0.6)|27 (2.4)|73 (2.4)|26 (1.6)| 3 (0.6)|33 (1.6)|67 (1.6)|21 (1.3)| 1 (0.3) Central ................|18 (1.7)|82 (1.7)|30 (2.5)| 3 (0.7)|18 (2.3)|82 (2.3)|38 (3.7)| 6 (1.3)|24 (1.8)|76 (1.8)|28 (1.9)| 1 (0.5) West .................. |34 (2.7)|66 (2.7)|14 (1.7)| 1 (0.3)|34 (1.7)|66 (1.7)|23 (1.7)| 2 (0.6)|30 (1.9)|70 (1.9)|23 (1.8)| 1 (0.4) | | | | | | | | | | | | Parents' level of | | | | | | | | | | | | education | | | | | | | | | | | | Not high school | | | | | | | | | | | | graduate ..............|--- --- |--- --- |--- --- |--- --- |52 (2.6)|48 (2.6)| 8 (2.6)| # --- |52 (3.5)|48 (3.5)|10 (1.5)| # --- Graduated high school ..|--- --- |--- --- |--- --- |--- --- |34 (2.1)|66 (2.1)|18 (1.9)| 1 (0.6)|38 (2.0)|62 (2.0)|12 (1.6)| # --- Some college ...........|--- --- |--- --- |--- --- |--- --- |20 (1.6)|80 (1.6)|30 (1.8)| 2 (0.8)|27 (1.2)|73 (1.2)|21 (1.7)| 1 (0.3) Graduated college ......|--- --- |--- --- |--- --- |--- --- |14 (0.9)|86 (0.9)|43 (1.5)| 6 (0.9)|18 (1.1)|82 (1.1)|36 (1.8)| 3 (0.6) | | | | | | | | | | | | Free/reduced price lunch | | | | | | | | | | | | eligibility | | | | | | | | | | | | Eligible................|49 (2.2)|51 (2.2)| 6 (0.9)| # --- |50 (1.8)|50 (1.8)|11 (1.2)| 1 (0.3)|49 (2.3)|51 (2.3)|11 (1.6)| # --- Not eligible............|14 (1.1)|86 (1.1)|29 (1.5)| 3 (0.6)|17 (0.9)|83 (0.9)|37 (1.7)| 5 (0.8)|25 (1.2)|75 (1.2)|26 (1.6)| 1 (0.4) Not available...........|16 (2.5)|84 (2.5)|27 (3.2)| 3 (0.8)|21 (2.1)|79 (2.1)|33 (2.5)| 4 (0.9)|24 (2.0)|76 (2.0)|31 (2.1)| 2 (0.4) __________________________|________|________|________|________|________|________|_________|________|________|________|________|________ |
---Not available or not applicable. # Rounds to 0. NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding. Standard errors appear in parentheses. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), The Nation's Report Card: Geography 2001. (This table was prepared July 2002.) |