2000 High School Transcript Study Tabulations Report

Table 51.Mean NAEP science scores of high school graduates, by grade point average and selected school and student demographic characteristics: 2000

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Characteristic	Statistic	Grade point average categories
Characteristic	Statistic	A	B	C		D	F	Other	Missing
Total	Mean	174	145	126		‡	‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	1.1	0.9	1.3		‡	‡	‡	‡
	N	1,409	4,252	1,718		‡	‡	‡	‡
Student gender
Male	Mean	179	150	129		‡	‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	1.8	1.4	1.5		‡	‡	‡	‡
	N	486	1,945	962		‡	‡	‡	‡
Female	Mean	171	141	121		‡	‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	1.3	1.0	1.5		‡	‡	‡	‡
	N	923	2,305	756		‡	‡	‡	‡
Student race/ethnicity¹
White	Mean	175	151	133		‡	‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	1.3	1.1	1.7		‡	‡	‡	‡
	N	1,043	2,474	801		‡	‡	‡	‡
Black	Mean	‡	125	113		‡	‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	‡	1.9	2.1		‡	‡	‡	‡
	N	‡	690	479		‡	‡	‡	‡
Hispanic	Mean	‡	133	114		‡	‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	‡	1.8	2.5		‡	‡	‡	‡
	N	‡	763	334		‡	‡	‡	‡
Asian/Pacific Islander	Mean	181	147	126	!	‡	‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	2.6	3.1	5.2	!	‡	‡	‡	‡
	N	143	207	48		‡	‡	‡	‡
American Indian	Mean	‡	‡	‡		‡	‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	‡	‡	‡		‡	‡	‡	‡
	N	‡	‡	‡		‡	‡	‡	‡
Other	Mean	‡	‡	‡		‡	‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	‡	‡	‡		‡	‡	‡	‡
	N	‡	‡	‡		‡	‡	‡	‡
Student program
Academic	Mean	175	149	130		‡	‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	1.2	0.9	1.3		‡	‡	‡	‡
	N	1,170	2,973	1,063		‡	‡	‡	‡
Vocational	Mean	‡	130	123		‡	‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	‡	4.4	3.9		‡	‡	‡	‡
	N	‡	75	94		‡	‡	‡	‡
Both	Mean	168	139	120		‡	‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	2.1	1.9	2.3		‡	‡	‡	‡
	N	226	1,054	424		‡	‡	‡	‡
Neither	Mean	‡	132	115		‡	‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	‡	3.6	3.3		‡	‡	‡	‡
	N	‡	150	137		‡	‡	‡	‡
Community type
Urban	Mean	176	143	121		‡	‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	2.3	2.4	2.2		‡	‡	‡	‡
	N	356	1,223	524		‡	‡	‡	‡
Suburban	Mean	177	149	129		‡	‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	1.7	1.0	1.6		‡	‡	‡	‡
	N	609	1,948	798		‡	‡	‡	‡
Rural	Mean	168	141	123		‡	‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	1.7	1.9	2.9		‡	‡	‡	‡
	N	444	1,081	396		‡	‡	‡	‡
School type
Public	Mean	173	144	125		‡	‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	1.3	1.0	1.2		‡	‡	‡	‡
	N	1,261	3,998	1,667		‡	‡	‡	‡
Nonpublic	Mean	180	159	139	!	‡	‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	2.6	2.1	4.6	!	‡	‡	‡	‡
	N	148	254	51		‡	‡	‡	‡
Region of the country²
Northeast	Mean	179	152	130		‡	‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	4.5	2.4	2.9		‡	‡	‡	‡
	N	177	561	353		‡	‡	‡	‡
South	Mean	173	141	120		‡	‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	2.1	1.3	2.0		‡	‡	‡	‡
	N	656	2,129	787		‡	‡	‡	‡
Midwest	Mean	174	149	131		‡	‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	1.9	1.3	3.0		‡	‡	‡	‡
	N	291	673	285		‡	‡	‡	‡
West	Mean	171	145	124		‡	‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	2.3	2.7	3.1		‡	‡	‡	‡
	N	285	889	293		‡	‡	‡	‡

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! Interpret data with caution. Users are cautioned against performing t-tests on cells with NAEP proficiency estimates that have been calculated with less than 62 observations (N). NAEP considers a cell size of 62 the minimum required for performing meaningful comparisons.

‡ Reporting standards not met. Means and standard errors based on less than 30 observations are not reported. If necessary, so as not to disclose the number of observations in these cells, other cells were not reported.

¹ American Indian includes Alaska Native, Black includes African American, Pacific Islander includes Native Hawaiian, and Hispanic includes Latino. Race categories exclude Hispanic origin unless specified.

² "Region of the country" refers to the Census-defined regions. For more information about Census-defined regions, see the U.S. Census Bureau online publication "Census Regions and Divisions of the United States" (http://www.census.gov/geo/www/us_regdiv.pdf [1.1M PDF]).

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, High School Transcript Study (HSTS), 2000.

Last updated 16 April 2007 (HM)