- Indicator 21: Mathematics and Educational Attainment

Indicator 21: Mathematics and Educational Attainment

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Table 21. Percentage distribution of 1988 eighth-graders' educational attainment by 2000, by eighth-grade mathematics achievement and selected student characteristics: 2000
		Highest educational attainment
Student characteristic	Total	Less than high school completion	Completed high school	Some college	Received certificate or license	Received associate's degree	Received bachelor's or higher
Low mathematics score¹
Total	100.0	18.3	24.7	30.3	15.0	4.5	7.2
Sex
Male	100.0	15.7	26.7	30.9	16.1	5.3	5.5
Female	100.0	21.0	22.7	29.8	13.9	3.6	8.9
Race/ethnicity
White, non-Hispanic	100.0	20.5	29.7	24.3	12.1	4.4	9.1
Black, non-Hispanic	100.0	10.7	20.3	35.4	25.2	4.3	4.1
Hispanic	100.0	26.6	20.5	33.8	8.4	5.8	4.9
Socio-economic status²
Low	100.0	29.9	25.4	26.7	11.2	3.9	2.9
Middle two quartiles	100.0	9.5	27.6	31.7	19.6	4.9	6.7
High	100.0	10.7	6.2	40.2	7.8	4.9	30.3
Middle mathematics score³
Total	100.0	5.1	19.3	32.7	9.5	8.6	24.8
Sex
Male	100.0	7.2	22.8	32.1	8.1	8.2	21.8
Female	100.0	3.2	16.0	33.2	10.9	9.0	27.7
Race/ethnicity
White, non-Hispanic	100.0	5.1	19.9	31.0	8.5	9.1	26.4
Black, non-Hispanic	100.0	2.7	17.4	30.6	20.2	5.3	23.9
Hispanic	100.0	7.2	16.7	44.2	7.8	8.7	15.3
Socio-economic status²
Low	100.0	12.4	32.0	28.8	12.4	6.4	8.0
Middle two quartiles	100.0	3.7	19.8	35.9	10.2	9.1	21.3
High	100.0	0.6	4.6	29.3	4.6	9.7	51.2
High mathematics score⁴
Total	100.0	0.8	5.6	25.4	4.2	5.3	58.7
Sex
Male	100.0	0.3	7.9	28.4	3.4	4.5	55.5
Female	100.0	1.5	3.2	22.2	4.9	6.2	62.0
Race/ethnicity
White, non-Hispanic	100.0	0.8	5.6	25.0	4.4	5.8	58.4
Black, non-Hispanic	100.0	‡	‡	25.4	1.7	1.1	59.7
Hispanic	100.0	‡	6.2	37.5	4.8	4.5	46.6
Socio-economic status²
Low	100.0	10.7	14.9	35.1	3.0	7.5	28.8
Middle two quartiles	100.0	0.3	9.2	30.9	5.7	7.4	46.6
High	100.0	#	1.0	18.8	2.9	3.1	74.1
‡ Reporting standards not met.
# Rounds to zero.
¹Scores within the bottom 25 percent of the weighted distribution.
²Socioeconomic status was measured by a composite score on parental education and occupations, and family income.
³Scores within the middle 2 quartiles of the weighted distribution.
⁴Scores within the top 25 percent of the weighted distribution.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88/2000), 'Fourth Follow-up,' unpublished data.

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