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| Table 225.60. | Number and percentage of public high school graduates taking dual credit, Advanced Placement (AP), and International Baccalaureate (IB) courses in high school and average credits earned, by selected student and school characteristics: 2000, 2005, and 2009 |
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| Year and student or school characteristic | Number of graduates who earned credits in dual credit, AP, or IB courses |
Percentage of graduates who earned credits in dual credit, AP, or IB courses | Average total credits2 in dual credit, AP, and IB courses per graduate taking such courses | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | Dual credit courses1 | AP courses | IB courses | Total | Dual credit courses1 | AP courses | IB courses | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||||||||||||
| 2000, all public high school graduates | 747,000 | (42,700) | — | (†) | 728,000 | (39,200) | 35,000 | ! | (15,100) | 27.6 | (1.59) | — | (†) | 26.9 | (1.48) | 1.3 | ! | (0.56) | 0.60 | (0.048) | |||
| Sex | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Male | 325,000 | (20,800) | — | (†) | 317,000 | (19,700) | 16,000 | ! | (7,200) | 24.7 | (1.60) | — | (†) | 24.1 | (1.51) | 1.2 | ! | (0.55) | 0.55 | (0.049) | |||
| Female | 422,000 | (23,700) | — | (†) | 410,000 | (21,300) | 19,000 | ! | (8,100) | 30.4 | (1.70) | — | (†) | 29.5 | (1.55) | 1.4 | ! | (0.58) | 0.66 | (0.050) | |||
| Race/ethnicity | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| White | 513,000 | (31,200) | — | (†) | 499,000 | (27,000) | ‡ | (†) | 27.7 | (1.70) | — | (†) | 26.9 | (1.50) | 1.4 | ! | (0.69) | 0.61 | (0.050) | ||||
| Black | 69,000 | (7,300) | — | (†) | 68,000 | (7,400) | 2,000 | ! | (1,000) | 19.0 | (2.08) | — | (†) | 18.7 | (2.09) | 0.5 | ! | (0.26) | 0.36 | (0.048) | |||
| Hispanic | 96,000 | (13,500) | — | (†) | 96,000 | (13,500) | 1,000 | ! | (600) | 28.9 | (3.89) | — | (†) | 28.7 | (3.89) | 0.4 | ! | (0.17) | 0.51 | (0.074) | |||
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 62,000 | (6,700) | — | (†) | 60,000 | (6,400) | ‡ | (†) | 50.6 | (3.32) | — | (†) | 48.6 | (3.29) | 4.6 | ! | (2.28) | 1.61 | (0.216) | ||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 4,000 | (1,000) | — | (†) | 4,000 | (1,000) | ‡ | (†) | 17.4 | (3.02) | — | (†) | 17.4 | (3.02) | ‡ | (†) | 0.21 | (0.036) | |||||
| School enrollment size | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Less than 500 | 47,000 | (11,100) | — | (†) | 47,000 | (11,100) | ‡ | (†) | 13.2 | (3.35) | — | (†) | 13.1 | (3.35) | ‡ | (†) | 0.19 | ! | (0.060) | ||||
| 500 to 1,499 | 313,000 | (36,100) | — | (†) | 308,000 | (35,700) | ‡ | (†) | 26.5 | (2.17) | — | (†) | 26.1 | (2.15) | ‡ | (†) | 0.53 | (0.062) | |||||
| 1,500 or more | 386,000 | (44,500) | — | (†) | 373,000 | (43,200) | ‡ | (†) | 33.0 | (2.22) | — | (†) | 31.8 | (2.24) | 2.3 | ! | (1.16) | 0.80 | (0.081) | ||||
| Region | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northeast | 102,000 | (12,900) | — | (†) | 102,000 | (12,700) | ‡ | (†) | 23.6 | (3.43) | — | (†) | 23.5 | (3.39) | ‡ | (†) | 0.42 | (0.070) | |||||
| Midwest | 164,000 | (24,200) | — | (†) | 152,000 | (18,000) | ‡ | (†) | 23.8 | (3.55) | — | (†) | 22.0 | (2.73) | ‡ | (†) | 0.49 | (0.107) | |||||
| South | 296,000 | (34,400) | — | (†) | 294,000 | (34,300) | ‡ | (†) | 29.8 | (2.60) | — | (†) | 29.6 | (2.60) | ‡ | (†) | 0.73 | (0.085) | |||||
| West | 184,000 | (15,700) | — | (†) | 180,000 | (15,400) | ‡ | (†) | 31.2 | (2.33) | — | (†) | 30.5 | (2.28) | ‡ | (†) | 0.65 | (0.055) | |||||
| Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch |
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| 0 to 25 percent | 386,000 | (36,700) | — | (†) | 374,000 | (36,100) | ‡ | (†) | 28.4 | (1.89) | — | (†) | 27.6 | (1.84) | ‡ | (†) | 0.65 | (0.066) | |||||
| 26 to 50 percent | 140,000 | (23,500) | — | (†) | 139,000 | (23,300) | ‡ | (†) | 24.5 | (2.88) | — | (†) | 24.2 | (2.88) | ‡ | (†) | 0.49 | (0.065) | |||||
| More than 50 percent | 93,000 | (21,700) | — | (†) | 93,000 | (21,700) | ‡ | (†) | 26.5 | (4.51) | — | (†) | 26.4 | (4.51) | ‡ | (†) | 0.50 | (0.086) | |||||
| School did not participate or data missing | 128,000 | (23,700) | — | (†) | 122,000 | (22,400) | ‡ | (†) | 29.7 | (4.41) | — | (†) | 28.4 | (4.20) | ‡ | (†) | 0.70 | (0.154) | |||||
| 2005, all public high school graduates | 842,000 | (23,800) | 216,000 | (14,900) | 695,000 | (20,700) | 44,000 | (12,600) | 34.9 | (0.79) | 8.9 | (0.60) | 28.8 | (0.68) | 1.8 | (0.53) | 1.04 | (0.043) | |||||
| Sex | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Male | 367,000 | (12,100) | 98,000 | (7,600) | 294,000 | (10,200) | 21,000 | ! | (6,400) | 31.2 | (0.83) | 8.4 | (0.63) | 25.0 | (0.70) | 1.8 | ! | (0.55) | 0.94 | (0.046) | |||
| Female | 475,000 | (14,100) | 117,000 | (8,000) | 401,000 | (12,500) | 22,000 | (6,500) | 38.3 | (0.89) | 9.5 | (0.64) | 32.3 | (0.78) | 1.8 | (0.53) | 1.13 | (0.045) | |||||
| Race/ethnicity | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| White | 603,000 | (20,900) | 165,000 | (12,500) | 490,000 | (18,700) | 30,000 | ! | (9,900) | 36.7 | (0.95) | 10.0 | (0.73) | 29.8 | (0.86) | 1.8 | ! | (0.60) | 1.08 | (0.047) | |||
| Black | 72,000 | (4,700) | 16,000 | (2,600) | 60,000 | (4,300) | 5,000 | (1,100) | 21.8 | (1.09) | 4.7 | (0.80) | 18.3 | (0.97) | 1.4 | (0.34) | 0.55 | (0.044) | |||||
| Hispanic | 100,000 | (6,400) | 23,000 | (3,300) | 84,000 | (5,800) | 4,000 | ! | (1,300) | 33.8 | (1.43) | 7.7 | (1.10) | 28.5 | (1.29) | 1.3 | ! | (0.45) | 0.93 | (0.073) | |||
| Asian/Pacific Islander |
56,000 | (5,100) | 10,000 | (1,400) | 51,000 | (4,800) | 4,000 | ! | (2,000) | 52.0 | (2.37) | 9.2 | (1.25) | 47.2 | (2.25) | 3.9 | ! | (1.79) | 2.12 | (0.174) | |||
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 5,000 | (900) | 1,000 | ! | (400) | 4,000 | (800) | ‡ | (†) | 22.3 | (3.83) | 5.6 | ! | (2.00) | 17.4 | (3.45) | ‡ | (†) | 0.51 | (0.131) | |||
| Combined Black and Hispanic enrollment in school | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Less than 5 percent | 231,000 | (19,200) | 60,000 | (9,500) | 189,000 | (17,100) | ‡ | (†) | 31.4 | (1.62) | 8.2 | (1.20) | 25.7 | (1.49) | ‡ | (†) | 0.77 | (0.061) | |||||
| 5 to 50 percent | 452,000 | (23,400) | 126,000 | (12,400) | 363,000 | (18,800) | 31,000 | ! | (11,100) | 38.1 | (1.29) | 10.6 | (1.04) | 30.6 | (0.91) | 2.6 | ! | (0.94) | 1.22 | (0.075) | |||
| More than 50 percent | 152,000 | (11,400) | 24,000 | (4,800) | 138,000 | (10,600) | 10,000 | ! | (3,200) | 31.8 | (1.30) | 5.1 | (0.94) | 28.9 | (1.23) | 2.1 | ! | (0.68) | 0.96 | (0.069) | |||
| School enrollment size | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Less than 500 | 65,000 | (8,900) | 36,000 | (7,300) | 41,000 | (6,200) | ‡ | (†) | 25.6 | (2.73) | 14.1 | (2.66) | 16.2 | (1.89) | ‡ | (†) | 0.83 | (0.230) | |||||
| 500 to 1,499 | 309,000 | (21,200) | 78,000 | (9,200) | 252,000 | (17,500) | 19,000 | ! | (8,000) | 33.6 | (1.30) | 8.5 | (0.93) | 27.4 | (1.13) | 2.1 | ! | (0.83) | 1.00 | (0.077) | |||
| 1,500 or more | 384,000 | (25,200) | 81,000 | (12,100) | 331,000 | (21,600) | 21,000 | ! | (9,400) | 38.7 | (1.38) | 8.2 | (1.14) | 33.4 | (1.14) | 2.1 | ! | (0.95) | 1.16 | (0.061) | |||
| Region | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northeast | 128,000 | (9,600) | 13,000 | ! | (4,900) | 119,000 | (8,300) | ‡ | (†) | 26.6 | (1.70) | 2.7 | ! | (1.01) | 24.6 | (1.43) | ‡ | (†) | 0.80 | (0.079) | |||
| Midwest | 196,000 | (10,500) | 53,000 | (7,100) | 158,000 | (10,700) | ‡ | (†) | 34.7 | (1.62) | 9.4 | (1.32) | 27.9 | (1.59) | ‡ | (†) | 0.87 | (0.062) | |||||
| South | 300,000 | (15,500) | 92,000 | (12,200) | 241,000 | (10,300) | 24,000 | ! | (8,300) | 36.7 | (1.42) | 11.3 | (1.38) | 29.5 | (0.94) | 2.9 | ! | (1.01) | 1.20 | (0.100) | |||
| West | 218,000 | (15,100) | 57,000 | (10,300) | 178,000 | (10,500) | 17,000 | ! | (8,000) | 39.8 | (1.98) | 10.4 | (1.72) | 32.4 | (1.43) | 3.1 | ! | (1.45) | 1.17 | (0.089) | |||
| Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch |
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| 0 to 25 percent | 410,000 | (26,700) | 102,000 | (14,800) | 344,000 | (23,200) | 22,000 | ! | (10,500) | 39.3 | (1.36) | 9.8 | (1.32) | 32.9 | (1.27) | 2.1 | ! | (1.00) | 1.24 | (0.083) | |||
| 26 to 50 percent | 223,000 | (19,400) | 67,000 | (10,700) | 174,000 | (13,900) | 13,000 | ! | (4,300) | 32.0 | (1.55) | 9.6 | (1.31) | 24.9 | (1.16) | 1.9 | ! | (0.62) | 0.91 | (0.058) | |||
| More than 50 percent | 103,000 | (10,100) | 22,000 | (4,900) | 89,000 | (8,700) | 6,000 | ! | (2,500) | 28.3 | (1.83) | 5.9 | (1.32) | 24.5 | (1.46) | 1.6 | ! | (0.69) | 0.77 | (0.066) | |||
| School did not participate or data missing | 105,000 | (13,900) | 25,000 | (5,500) | 88,000 | (12,300) | ‡ | (†) | 34.4 | (2.39) | 8.2 | (1.72) | 28.8 | (2.04) | ‡ | (†) | 0.94 | (0.092) | |||||
| 2009, all public high school graduates | 1,104,000 | (36,400) | 249,000 | (20,700) | 968,000 | (33,900) | 50,000 | (10,500) | 41.4 | (1.00) | 9.3 | (0.76) | 36.3 | (0.94) | 1.9 | (0.40) | 1.39 | (0.051) | |||||
| Sex | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Male | 477,000 | (17,900) | 110,000 | (10,800) | 413,000 | (16,200) | 21,000 | (4,900) | 36.8 | (1.05) | 8.5 | (0.80) | 31.9 | (0.98) | 1.7 | (0.38) | 1.24 | (0.057) | |||||
| Female | 628,000 | (20,100) | 139,000 | (10,700) | 554,000 | (19,100) | 29,000 | (5,800) | 45.8 | (1.07) | 10.1 | (0.78) | 40.4 | (1.01) | 2.1 | (0.43) | 1.53 | (0.049) | |||||
| Race/ethnicity | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| White | 702,000 | (25,700) | 160,000 | (16,300) | 617,000 | (23,700) | 29,000 | (7,100) | 42.5 | (1.04) | 9.7 | (1.00) | 37.3 | (0.95) | 1.8 | (0.43) | 1.41 | (0.049) | |||||
| Black | 106,000 | (6,600) | 25,000 | (3,700) | 86,000 | (5,100) | 7,000 | (1,700) | 27.3 | (1.50) | 6.4 | (0.99) | 22.2 | (1.00) | 1.7 | (0.44) | 0.75 | (0.054) | |||||
| Hispanic | 170,000 | (9,300) | 46,000 | (5,900) | 144,000 | (7,800) | 7,000 | (2,000) | 39.8 | (1.45) | 10.8 | (1.18) | 33.8 | (1.30) | 1.6 | (0.47) | 1.17 | (0.059) | |||||
| Asian/Pacific Islander |
115,000 | (14,800) | 15,000 | (2,300) | 111,000 | (14,800) | 7,000 | (1,900) | 69.1 | (2.36) | 9.2 | (1.46) | 66.3 | (2.56) | 4.1 | ! | (1.23) | 3.25 | (0.263) | ||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 4,000 | (900) | 1,000 | ! | (400) | 3,000 | (900) | ‡ | (†) | 25.0 | (3.97) | 7.0 | ! | (2.20) | 20.3 | (3.74) | ‡ | (†) | 0.79 | (0.187) | |||
| Combined Black and Hispanic enrollment in school | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Less than 5 percent | 239,000 | (28,100) | 45,000 | (13,300) | 209,000 | (25,500) | ‡ | (†) | 35.9 | (2.27) | 6.8 | (1.92) | 31.5 | (2.13) | ‡ | (†) | 1.01 | (0.102) | |||||
| 5 to 50 percent | 601,000 | (38,100) | 132,000 | (15,000) | 533,000 | (35,200) | 32,000 | (8,400) | 45.4 | (1.36) | 10.0 | (0.96) | 40.3 | (1.34) | 2.5 | (0.62) | 1.64 | (0.092) | |||||
| More than 50 percent | 265,000 | (17,900) | 72,000 | (10,800) | 225,000 | (15,900) | 13,000 | (3,600) | 39.0 | (1.55) | 10.6 | (1.47) | 33.1 | (1.34) | 1.9 | (0.52) | 1.26 | (0.063) | |||||
| School enrollment size | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Less than 500 | 93,000 | (12,500) | 46,000 | (9,400) | 61,000 | (9,000) | ‡ | (†) | 28.2 | (3.13) | 13.9 | (2.77) | 18.3 | (2.19) | ‡ | (†) | 0.90 | (0.199) | |||||
| 500 to 1,499 | 355,000 | (28,300) | 71,000 | (11,500) | 314,000 | (27,900) | 6,000 | ! | (2,100) | 36.8 | (1.50) | 7.4 | (1.11) | 32.5 | (1.73) | 0.7 | ! | (0.21) | 1.13 | (0.100) | |||
| 1,500 or more | 551,000 | (32,800) | 111,000 | (16,200) | 500,000 | (30,600) | 35,000 | (8,600) | 47.6 | (1.24) | 9.6 | (1.40) | 43.1 | (1.14) | 3.0 | (0.70) | 1.71 | (0.066) | |||||
| School locale | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| City | 354,000 | (27,500) | 81,000 | (10,200) | 311,000 | (24,300) | 28,000 | (8,100) | 48.1 | (2.03) | 11.0 | (1.26) | 42.3 | (1.78) | 3.8 | (1.05) | 1.72 | (0.105) | |||||
| Suburb | 434,000 | (26,300) | 81,000 | (14,800) | 396,000 | (25,300) | 13,000 | (3,200) | 44.4 | (1.52) | 8.3 | (1.51) | 40.6 | (1.51) | 1.4 | (0.33) | 1.60 | (0.102) | |||||
| Town | 120,000 | (14,800) | 31,000 | (6,900) | 101,000 | (13,700) | ‡ | (†) | 35.8 | (2.05) | 9.4 | (1.88) | 30.3 | (2.06) | ‡ | (†) | 0.99 | (0.073) | |||||
| Rural | 197,000 | (17,100) | 56,000 | (8,000) | 159,000 | (16,700) | ‡ | (†) | 31.7 | (2.02) | 9.0 | (1.47) | 25.7 | (1.77) | ‡ | (†) | 0.89 | (0.064) | |||||
| Region | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northeast | 220,000 | (17,600) | 46,000 | (13,500) | 198,000 | (15,900) | 5,000 | ! | (1,800) | 40.9 | (2.54) | 8.5 | (2.52) | 37.0 | (2.20) | 0.9 | ! | (0.34) | 1.28 | (0.120) | |||
| Midwest | 224,000 | (13,500) | 40,000 | (8,000) | 194,000 | (12,500) | ‡ | (†) | 35.4 | (2.00) | 6.4 | (1.30) | 30.6 | (1.86) | ‡ | (†) | 0.98 | (0.078) | |||||
| South | 385,000 | (17,100) | 128,000 | (12,400) | 320,000 | (16,800) | 16,000 | (4,500) | 43.8 | (1.24) | 14.5 | (1.37) | 36.4 | (1.30) | 1.9 | (0.53) | 1.64 | (0.084) | |||||
| West | 275,000 | (25,800) | 35,000 | (7,200) | 255,000 | (25,200) | 17,000 | ! | (5,800) | 44.7 | (2.34) | 5.7 | (1.14) | 41.4 | (2.41) | 2.8 | ! | (0.92) | 1.54 | (0.165) | |||
| Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch |
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| 0 to 25 percent | 481,000 | (39,800) | 91,000 | (16,000) | 442,000 | (37,100) | 14,000 | ! | (6,400) | 48.8 | (1.83) | 9.3 | (1.56) | 44.9 | (1.72) | 1.5 | ! | (0.63) | 1.75 | (0.108) | |||
| 26 to 50 percent | 311,000 | (24,700) | 77,000 | (11,900) | 261,000 | (21,600) | 18,000 | ! | (5,700) | 37.1 | (1.41) | 9.2 | (1.25) | 31.3 | (1.40) | 2.1 | ! | (0.69) | 1.17 | (0.058) | |||
| More than 50 percent | 193,000 | (16,100) | 51,000 | (8,400) | 160,000 | (12,900) | 16,000 | ! | (5,900) | 34.4 | (1.92) | 9.1 | (1.33) | 28.6 | (1.64) | 2.8 | ! | (1.02) | 1.05 | (0.083) | |||
| School did not participate or data missing | 120,000 | (17,500) | 30,000 | (7,600) | 104,000 | (16,000) | ‡ | (†) | 42.1 | (2.84) | 10.4 | (2.50) | 36.5 | (2.42) | ‡ | (†) | 1.44 | (0.214) | |||||
| —Not available. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| †Not applicable. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| !Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is between 30 and 50 percent. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| ‡Reporting standards not met. Either there are too few cases for a reliable estimate or the coefficient of variation (CV) is 50 percent or greater. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 Dual credit courses are those in which high school students can earn both high school and postsecondary credits for the same course. For 2009, includes some courses for which college credits were conditional upon the student meeting additional requirements. For example, one school offered a consumer economics course for which the student earned college credits only if the student later attended that college and took an advanced consumer economics course there. If the student did not attend that college and take the advanced course, then no college credits would be earned for the course (only high school credits would be earned). In 2009, such conditional college credit courses made up an unweighted 15 percent of the dual credit courses in the sample. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 Credits are shown in Carnegie units. The Carnegie unit is a standard unit of measurement that represents one credit for the completion of a 1-year course. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| NOTE: For a transcript to be included in the analyses, it had to meet three requirements: (1) the graduate graduated with either a standard or honors diploma, (2) the graduate’s transcript contained 16 or more Carnegie credits, and (3) the graduate’s transcript contained more than 0 Carnegie credits in English courses. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Totals include other racial/ethnic groups not separately shown. Percentages are based on unrounded numbers. Each student is counted only once in each column regardless of the number of courses taken. Students are counted only once in the total columns even if they earned credits in more than one category--e.g., a student may take both AP courses and dual credit courses, or a single course may fall into both the AP and the dual credit categories. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2000, 2005, and 2009 High School Transcript Study (HSTS). (This table was prepared November 2012.) |
