| Characteristic |
High
school
or less |
Some
college |
Bachelor’s
degree |
Graduate or
professional
school |
Do not
know |
|
| Total |
5.0 |
18.1 |
33.5 |
35.0 |
8.4 |
| Mathematics skills test score |
|
|
|
|
|
| Lowest quarter |
11.9 |
31.4 |
26.4 |
16.2 |
14.1 |
| Middle two quarters |
3.6 |
18.7 |
36.5 |
33.1 |
8.1 |
| Highest quarter |
0.7 |
3.6 |
34.5 |
57.8 |
3.4 |
Highest mathematics course in
high school |
|
|
|
|
|
| Geometry or lower |
12.4 |
33.1 |
24.0 |
15.0 |
15.5 |
| Algebra II |
4.2 |
21.9 |
38.4 |
26.4 |
8.9 |
| Trigonometry, precalculus, or calculus |
1.2 |
7.2 |
35.7 |
51.9 |
4.0 |
| English language skills |
|
|
|
|
|
| Fluent or very good |
4.8 |
17.6 |
33.8 |
35.9 |
7.9 |
| Less than very good |
6.0 |
23.5 |
30.1 |
28.5 |
11.9 |
| Ever held back |
|
|
|
|
|
| Retained in any grade through grade 11 |
13.0 |
26.7 |
22.4 |
21.2 |
16.6 |
Never retained
|
4.2 |
17.3 |
34.6 |
36.3 |
7.6 |
| College entrance requirements |
|
|
|
|
|
| Sought information |
1.9 |
16.8 |
37.1 |
39.1 |
5.0 |
| Did not seek information |
12.1 |
32.1 |
20.9 |
9.2 |
25.7 |
| Took college entrance test |
|
|
|
|
|
| Already took SAT/ACT |
1.4 |
9.0 |
38.8 |
46.2 |
4.6 |
| Plan to take it |
4.4 |
31.3 |
32.0 |
18.7 |
13.6 |
| Do not plan or not thought about it |
18.1 |
38.7 |
16.5 |
9.9 |
16.8 |
| Postsecondary schools applied to |
|
|
|
|
|
| None |
6.0 |
34.5 |
30.7 |
15.7 |
13.2 |
| One school |
1.2 |
20.4 |
37.9 |
34.0 |
6.5 |
| Two to four schools |
0.8 |
10.0 |
40.0 |
45.2 |
4.0 |
| Five or more schools |
0.3! |
3.1 |
29.7 |
64.3 |
2.6 |
|
! Interpret data with caution (estimates are unstable).
|
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
|
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS:02/04), “First Follow-up, Student Survey, 2004,” previously unpublished tabulation (October 2005).
|
