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Table 145. Public high schools that offered and students enrolled in dual credit, Advanced Placement, and International Baccalaureate courses, by school characteristics: 2003
School characteristic Total number
of high schools
Percent of public high schools Total enrollments of public high school students1 
Offered dual
credit courses
Offered Advanced Placement courses Offered International Baccalaureate courses Dual credit courses Advanced
Placement courses
International Baccalaureate courses
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
All public high schools 16,500 (120) 71 (1.4) 67 (1.1) 2   (0.4) 1,162,000 (53,420) 1,795,400 (54,930) 165,100   (32,820)
Enrollment size                                
Less than 500 7,400 (120) 63 (2.5) 40 (2.3)   (†) 185,300 (15,590) 81,100 (8,510)   (†)
500 to 1,199 5,000 (80) 75 (1.7) 82 (1.6) 2   (0.6) 335,100 (24,020) 481,000 (26,970) 24,800   (11,180)
1,200 or more 4,100 (80) 82 (1.8) 97 (0.8) 7   (1.1) 641,600 (47,500) 1,233,300 (47,700) 140,200   (29,740)
                                 
School locale                                
City 2,700 (110) 65 (3.4) 77 (2.9) 6   (1.3) 246,300 (33,160) 548,400 (32,020) 58,700   (15,920)
Urban fringe 4,100 (130) 74 (1.9) 87 (2.2) 4   (0.9) 458,800 (36,290) 853,200 (41,300) 97,600   (26,990)
Town 2,400 (130) 79 (3.3) 72 (3.8) 1 ! (0.6) 201,700 (20,440) 143,200 (10,970) 8,300 ! (4,770)
Rural 7,200 (220) 70 (2.3) 50 (2.2)   (†) 255,200 (18,150) 250,600 (14,900)   (†)
                                 
Region                                
Northeast 2,800 (160) 58 (3.5) 84 (2.3) 1   (0.5) 144,800 (20,600) 390,900 (29,210) 7,300 ! (4,880)
Southeast 3,500 (180) 69 (3.4) 69 (2.6) 5   (1.1) 194,000 (19,300) 386,100 (30,540) 65,800   (18,990)
Central 5,200 (190) 80 (2.6) 54 (2.5) 1   (0.4) 333,900 (29,010) 319,300 (22,060) 25,600 ! (14,170)
West 5,100 (230) 71 (2.2) 69 (2.3) 3   (0.9) 489,400 (47,580) 699,100 (48,150) 66,400   (23,380)
                                 
Percent minority enrollment2                                 
Less than 6 percent 5,600 (90) 76 (2.5) 58 (2.1) #   (†) 317,400 (24,840) 267,100 (18,820) #   (†)
6 to 20 percent 3,800 (80) 78 (2.4) 70 (2.2) 2   (0.6) 380,900 (35,440) 463,800 (21,630) 16,700   (5,470)
21 to 49 percent 3,200 (120) 72 (3.5) 75 (3.0) 5   (1.3) 228,900 (22,890) 528,500 (29,150) 64,300   (19,280)
50 percent or more 3,600 (100) 58 (3.1) 69 (2.5) 4   (1.0) 231,400 (36,220) 497,700 (35,430) 84,100   (26,560)
† Not applicable.
# Rounds to zero.
! Interpret data with caution.
‡ Reporting standards not met.
1 Enrollments may include duplicated counts of students in each type of course, since schools were instructed to count a student enrolled in multiple courses of a particular type for each course in which he or she was enrolled.
2 Excludes schools not reporting minority enrollment.
NOTE: Data were collected during the 2002–03 12-month school year. Dual credit courses are those in which high school students can earn both high school and postsecondary credits for the same course. Percentages are based on unrounded numbers. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding or missing data. Standard errors appear in parentheses.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Fast Response Survey System (FRSS), "Dual Credit and Exam-Based Courses," FRSS 85, 2003. (This table was prepared July 2005.)

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