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                               |                                         Distribution of children, by parental reports of  average grades in all subjects
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Selected characteristic        |                        1996                   |                     1999                      |                     2003
of children and schools        |_______________________________________________|_______________________________________________|______________________________________________
                               |      Mostly|       Mostly|    Mostly|   Mostly|     Mostly|     Mostly|     Mostly|     Mostly|     Mostly|     Mostly|    Mostly|    Mostly
                               |         A's|          B's|       C's|   D's or|        A's|        B's|        C's|     D's or|        A's|        B's|       C's|    D's or
                               |            |             |          |      F's|           |           |           |        F's|           |           |          |       F's
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   Total ......................|  39.5(0.53)|   37.7(0.56)|18.5(0.41)|4.2(0.22)|40.3 (0.52)|37.7 (0.53)|17.8 (0.42)| 4.3 (0.23)| 43.6(0.62)| 37.0(0.58)|15.9(0.52)|  3.6(0.24)
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Sex of child                   |            |             |          |         |           |           |           |           |           |           |          |
  Male ........................|  32.5(0.68)|   38.3(0.82)|23.5(0.63)|5.7(0.36)|33.7 (0.70)|38.3 (0.73)|21.9 (0.63)| 6.2 (0.39)| 36.4(0.72)| 38.6(0.86)|19.8(0.74)|  5.2(0.40)
  Female ......................|  46.9(0.78)|   37.2(0.77)|13.2(0.60)|2.7(0.27)|47.0 (0.77)|37.1 (0.76)|13.5 (0.54)| 2.4 (0.25)| 51.0(0.84)| 35.3(0.76)|11.9(0.61)|  1.9(0.24)
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Race/ethnicity of child        |            |             |          |         |           |           |           |           |           |           |          |
  White, non-Hispanic .........|  43.7(0.66)|   36.1(0.61)|16.5(0.49)|3.7(0.27)|44.6 (0.67)|36.1 (0.65)|15.8 (0.50)| 3.4 (0.25)| 47.8(0.86)| 35.2(0.75)|14.0(0.63)|  3.1(0.25)
  Black, non-Hispanic .........|  27.0(1.40)|   41.0(1.48)|26.2(1.51)|5.8(0.67)|27.5 (1.20)|40.3 (1.42)|26.4 (1.22)| 5.8 (0.72)| 34.5(1.75)| 39.5(1.65)|20.9(1.33)|  5.0(0.82)
  Hispanic ....................|  31.9(1.40)|   43.6(1.47)|19.6(1.18)|4.9(0.70)|33.3 (1.17)|42.7 (1.26)|17.4 (0.98)| 6.5 (0.73)| 34.9(1.14)| 42.3(1.24)|18.6(1.03)|  4.2(0.49)
  Other non-Hispanic ..........|  44.7(1.80)|   33.7(2.10)|17.1(1.61)|4.5(1.12)|45.8 (2.38)|35.8 (2.36)|14.2 (2.03)| 4.2 (1.18)| 49.3(2.63)| 33.7(2.32)|14.3(1.99)|  2.7(0.78)
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Highest education level        |            |             |          |         |           |           |           |           |           |           |          |
  of parents                   |            |             |          |         |           |           |           |           |           |           |          |
  Less than high school .......|  29.0(1.86)|   39.0(1.89)|23.9(1.66)|8.1(1.04)|26.3 (1.58)|40.8 (1.82)|22.3 (1.62)|10.5 (1.30)| 27.8(2.17)| 41.6(2.05)|22.7(2.28)|  7.8(1.46)
  High school/GED .............|  30.5(0.90)|   40.5(1.09)|23.1(0.91)|5.9(0.52)|31.6 (0.99)|39.5 (1.06)|23.3 (0.90)| 5.6 (0.49)| 32.1(1.20)| 41.4(1.23)|21.7(1.12)|  4.8(0.57)
  Vocational/Technical or      |            |             |          |         |           |           |           |           |           |           |          |
     some college..............|  36.9(0.99)|   40.1(1.01)|19.1(0.64)|3.9(0.43)|38.9 (0.93)|39.0 (0.94)|18.3 (0.75)| 3.8 (0.38)| 42.0(1.13)| 37.1(1.19)|16.9(0.76)|  4.0(0.42)
  Bachelor's degree  ..........|  52.5(1.40)|   32.9(1.29)|12.7(1.03)|1.9(0.34)|51.1 (1.28)|34.9 (1.22)|12.1 (0.85)| 1.8 (0.34)| 53.2(1.30)| 34.2(1.29)|10.9(0.90)|  1.7(0.31)
  Graduate/professional degree |  58.2(1.30)|   30.9(1.21)| 9.8(0.86)|1.1(0.26)|54.8 (1.30)|33.0 (1.23)|10.3 (0.82)| 1.9 (0.39)| 60.6(1.67)| 30.9(1.70)| 7.5(0.73)|  1.0(0.24)
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Family income                  |            |             |          |         |           |           |           |           |           |           |          |
  $5,000 or less ..............|  28.9(2.50)|   38.8(2.39)|23.3(2.35)|8.9(1.67)|25.0 (2.59)|42.9 (3.46)|24.4 (2.77)| 7.7 (1.77)| 31.8(4.43)| 38.9(4.27)|21.0(3.53)|  8.3(3.25)
  $5,001 to $10,000 ...........|  26.6(1.97)|   41.9(2.30)|24.6(2.33)|6.9(1.15)|32.1 (2.37)|36.5 (2.35)|24.0 (2.14)| 7.4 (1.32)| 31.6(2.90)| 40.1(3.70)|24.9(2.70)|  3.4(0.98)
  $10,001 to 15,000 ...........|  28.0(1.98)|   39.8(2.27)|26.0(1.97)|6.2(1.10)|30.3 (2.00)|38.9 (2.16)|23.7 (1.92)| 7.1 (1.21)| 33.5(3.49)| 35.1(2.85)|23.9(2.67)|  7.5(1.44)
  $15,001 to 20,000 ...........|  32.7(2.34)|   38.4(1.99)|21.6(1.81)|7.3(1.35)|32.0 (2.03)|40.0 (2.10)|22.3 (1.89)| 5.7 (0.94)| 34.6(2.28)| 41.1(2.41)|18.8(2.00)|  5.4(1.26)
  $20,001 to 25,000 ...........|  34.4(1.92)|   40.8(2.19)|20.6(1.77)|4.2(0.88)|32.8 (1.83)|38.9 (1.88)|21.6 (1.60)| 6.7 (1.09)| 33.5(2.51)| 42.1(2.93)|19.8(1.99)|  4.7(0.96)
  $25,001 to 30,000 ...........|  33.0(1.88)|   42.0(2.05)|19.8(1.41)|5.2(0.76)|37.4 (1.91)|37.4 (1.90)|19.7 (1.54)| 5.4 (0.86)| 34.5(2.67)| 42.6(3.13)|17.9(1.92)|  5.0(1.21)
  $30,001 to 35,000 ...........|  40.0(1.88)|   38.0(1.66)|18.1(1.44)|3.9(0.69)|38.2 (1.88)|38.8 (1.95)|19.2 (1.53)| 3.8 (0.75)| 35.1(2.76)| 43.1(2.57)|16.9(1.84)|  5.0(1.09)
  $35,001 to 40,000 ...........|  40.4(1.70)|   37.3(1.69)|19.4(1.22)|2.8(0.65)|37.5 (1.83)|42.1 (1.89)|17.4 (1.40)| 3.0 (0.62)| 39.6(3.20)| 37.8(2.79)|19.1(1.78)|  3.6(0.93)
  $40,001 to 50,000 ...........|  43.2(1.49)|   36.0(1.51)|16.8(1.09)|4.0(0.57)|45.0 (1.52)|35.1 (1.44)|16.6 (1.14)| 3.3 (0.55)| 43.9(2.06)| 35.8(1.95)|15.8(1.51)|  4.4(0.75)
  $50,001 to 75,000 ...........|  50.2(1.05)|   32.7(1.04)|14.9(0.86)|2.2(0.34)|45.8 (1.20)|36.8 (1.17)|14.5 (0.84)| 2.9 (0.41)| 48.0(1.29)| 35.0(1.22)|14.0(0.81)|  3.0(0.45)
  Over $75,000 ................|  51.0(1.58)|   36.8(1.55)|10.9 (0.9)|1.3(0.31)|51.9 (1.15)|35.4 (1.11)|10.9 (0.72)| 1.8 (0.32)| 54.0(1.19)| 33.8(1.18)|11.0(0.78)|  1.2(0.19)
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Child attending public         |            |             |          |         |           |           |           |           |           |           |          |
   schools ....................|  38.2(0.54)|   37.9(0.56)|19.3(0.44)|4.6(0.23)|39.0 (0.55)|37.8 (0.56)|18.5 (0.45)| 4.7 (0.26)| 41.8(0.64)| 37.5(0.62)|16.8(0.57)|  3.8(0.26)
  Elementary (kindergarten     |            |             |          |         |           |           |           |           |           |           |          |
    to grade 8) ...............|  43.2(0.75)|   36.6(0.69)|16.3(0.55)|3.9(0.26)|43.5 (0.71)|36.6 (0.71)|15.9 (0.54)| 4.1 (0.29)| 46.1(0.80)| 35.9(0.84)|14.6(0.74)|  3.4(0.32)
  Secondary (grades 9 to 12) ..|  29.6(0.89)|   40.2(1.00)|24.5(0.89)|5.7(0.46)|31.8 (0.87)|39.9 (0.92)|22.7 (0.79)| 5.6 (0.48)| 34.6(0.96)| 40.2(0.97)|20.6(0.94)|  4.6(0.46)
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Child attending private        |            |             |          |         |           |           |           |           |           |           |          |
   schools ....................|  50.8(1.64)|   36.1(1.58)|11.8(0.96)|1.3(0.40)|51.9 (1.61)|36.1 (1.55)|11.0 (1.09)| 1.0 (0.27)| 57.6(1.72)| 33.0(1.68)| 8.1(0.91)|  1.3(0.45)
  Elementary (kindergarten     |            |             |          |         |           |           |           |           |           |           |          |
    to grade 8) ...............|  55.7(2.02)|   35.3(1.90)| 7.5(0.86)|1.4(0.57)|56.2 (1.88)|34.4 (1.80)| 9.0 (1.21)| 0.5 (0.21)| 61.6(2.39)| 30.3(2.28)| 7.3(1.03)|  0.8(0.28)
  Secondary (grades 9 to 12) ..|  41.5(2.97)|   37.7(2.40)|20.4(2.30)|1.0(0.44)|41.2 (3.09)|40.6 (3.03)|15.9 (2.31)| 2.2 (0.79)| 48.8(3.22)| 38.9(2.94)|10.0(1.77)|  2.3(1.30)
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