Minimum core curriculum credits | 2000 | 1998 | 1994 | 1990 | 1987 | 1982 | ||||||
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Percent | s.e. | Percent | s.e. | Percent | s.e. | Percent | s.e. | Percent | s.e. | Percent | s.e. | |
4 Eng. + 3 S.S. + 3 Math + 3 Sci. + 1/2 Comp. + 2 F.L. | ||||||||||||
Public | 16.9 | 1.27 | 13.8 | 1.41 | 12.0 | 0.90 | 12.7 | 1.03 | 9.8 | 0.64 | 1.7 | 0.21 |
Nonpublic | 25.3 | 5.99 | 29.2 | 10.18 | 22.3 | 4.26 | 20.1 | 2.00 | 16.9 | 4.57 | 2.8 | 0.71 |
4 Eng. + 3 S.S. + 3 Math + 3 Sci. + 1/2 Comp. | ||||||||||||
Public | 21.5 | 1.45 | 17.4 | 1.62 | 15.2 | 1.16 | 16.6 | 1.13 | 13.4 | 0.75 | 2.6 | 0.25 |
Nonpublic | 27.3 | 6.18 | 32.2 | 9.85 | 26.7 | 4.94 | 23.1 | 2.22 | 22.0 | 5.75 | 3.2 | 0.82 |
4 Eng. + 3 S.S. + 3 Math + 3 Sci. + 2 F.L. | ||||||||||||
Public | 45.7 | 1.66 | 42.4 | 1.80 | 37.9 | 1.08 | 28.4 | 1.35 | 18.8 | 0.98 | 7.9 | 0.49 |
Nonpublic | 69.9 | 4.05 | 68.4 | 8.53 | 55.1 | 4.48 | 49.7 | 3.54 | 34.9 | 4.67 | 19.6 | 1.76 |
4 Eng. + 3 S.S. + 3 Math + 3 Sci. | ||||||||||||
Public | 57.2 | 1.71 | 54.3 | 2.36 | 48.9 | 1.45 | 37.1 | 1.65 | 26.5 | 1.16 | 12.8 | 0.61 |
Nonpublic | 73.4 | 4.05 | 73.1 | 8.08 | 62.0 | 4.39 | 56.4 | 3.41 | 42.1 | 5.31 | 24.3 | 2.09 |
4 Eng. + 3 S.S. + 2 Math + 2 Sci. | ||||||||||||
Public | 77.7 | 1.63 | 74.5 | 2.22 | 74.4 | 1.51 | 65.5 | 2.20 | 52.0 | 1.70 | 29.6 | 1.13 |
Nonpublic | 84.1 | 4.81 | 87.5 | 5.10 | 79.7 | 4.78 | 79.4 | 2.96 | 67.7 | 5.45 | 48.0 | 3.29 |
NOTE: Subject field abbreviations used in this table include Eng. = English, S.S. = Social Studies, Math = Mathematics, Sci. = Science, Comp. = Computer Science, and F.L. = Foreign Languages. Estimates in this table may differ somewhat from other NCES reports for reasons such as differences in inclusion/exclusion criteria for student records or changes in the taxonomy used to summarize the courses.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, High School Transcript Study (HSTS), Selected years 1987–2000; High School and Beyond (HS&B), 1982.