| Characteristic |
High
school
or less |
Some
college |
Bachelor’s
degree |
Graduate or
professional
school |
Do not
know |
|
| Total |
0.24 |
0.53 |
0.56 |
0.53 |
0.32 |
| Mathematics skills test score |
|
|
|
|
|
| Lowest quarter |
0.68 |
0.94 |
0.91 |
0.72 |
0.84 |
| Middle two quarters |
0.30 |
0.67 |
0.79 |
0.72 |
0.45 |
| Highest quarter |
0.16 |
0.41 |
1.22 |
1.20 |
0.37 |
| Highest mathematics course in high school |
|
|
|
|
|
| Geometry or lower |
0.78 |
1.03 |
1.00 |
0.74 |
0.90 |
| Algebra II |
0.35 |
0.95 |
1.02 |
0.78 |
0.55 |
| Trigonometry, precalculus, or calculus |
0.16 |
0.45 |
0.87 |
0.87 |
0.33 |
| English language skills |
|
|
|
|
|
| Fluent or very good |
0.23 |
0.52 |
0.58 |
0.58 |
0.34 |
| Less than very good |
1.24 |
2.48 |
2.13 |
2.19 |
1.27 |
| Ever held back |
|
|
|
|
|
| Retained in any grade through grade 11 |
1.28 |
1.33 |
1.32 |
1.41 |
1.40 |
| Never retained |
0.24 |
0.55 |
0.60 |
0.60 |
0.31 |
| College entrance requirements |
|
|
|
|
|
| Sought information |
0.16 |
0.58 |
0.69 |
0.64 |
0.26 |
| Did not seek information |
2.46 |
3.69 |
2.75 |
2.20 |
2.90 |
| Took college entrance test |
|
|
|
|
|
| Already took SAT/ACT |
0.18 |
0.45 |
0.66 |
0.66 |
0.29 |
| Plan to take it |
0.48 |
1.16 |
1.26 |
0.93 |
0.92 |
| Do not plan or not thought about it |
1.07 |
1.41 |
1.23 |
0.82 |
1.17 |
| Postsecondary schools applied to |
|
|
|
|
|
| None |
0.52 |
1.18 |
1.10 |
0.65 |
0.75 |
| One school |
0.22 |
0.85 |
1.07 |
1.11 |
0.55 |
| Two to four schools |
0.17 |
0.54 |
0.88 |
0.94 |
0.35 |
| Five or more schools |
0.16 |
0.62 |
1.47 |
1.70 |
0.46 |
|
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Statistics, Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS:02/04), “First Follow-up, Student Survey, 2004,” previously unpublished tabulation (October 2005).
|
