| Table 9. Percentage of public school districts that granted high school diplomas, and among those that granted diplomas, graduation requirements for standard diplomas, by selected public school district characteristics: 2007–08 |
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| Among districts that granted high school diplomas, the average number of years of instruction in various subject areas needed for a standard diploma1 | ||||||||||||||
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| Percent of districts that grant high school diplomas | ||||||||||||||
| Social sciences, social studies (e.g., history, geography, economics) | ||||||||||||||
| Physical or biological sciences | ||||||||||||||
| Selected public school district characteristic | English or language arts | Computer science | Foreign language | |||||||||||
| Mathe- matics | ||||||||||||||
| All public school districts | 75.9 | 3.9 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 3.3 | 2.7 | 1.6 | |||||||
| District size | ||||||||||||||
| 1 school | 46.9 | 3.9 | 3.0 | 1.1 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 1.8 | |||||||
| 2-3 schools | 86.2 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 1.6 | |||||||
| 4-5 schools | 90.8 | 3.9 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 3.3 | 2.7 | 1.6 | |||||||
| 6-9 schools | 90.7 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 0.9 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 1.6 | |||||||
| 10-19 schools | 91.8 | 3.9 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 3.3 | 2.7 | 1.6 | |||||||
| 20 or more schools | 94.7 | 3.9 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 1.8 | |||||||
| Community type | ||||||||||||||
| City | 53.4 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 1.1 | 3.3 | 2.7 | 2.0 | |||||||
| Suburban | 70.1 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 3.3 | 2.7 | 1.6 | |||||||
| Town | 85.9 | 3.9 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 1.5 | |||||||
| Rural | 81.0 | 3.9 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 3.3 | 2.7 | 1.6 | |||||||
| District K-12 enrollment | ||||||||||||||
| Less than 250 | 48.5 | 3.9 | 3.0 | 1.2 | 3.3 | 2.6 | 1.7 | |||||||
| 250-999 | 71.2 | 3.9 | 3.0 | 1.1 | 3.3 | 2.7 | 1.7 | |||||||
| 1,000-1,999 | 90.1 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 1.6 | |||||||
| 2,000-4,999 | 90.3 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 0.9 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 1.6 | |||||||
| 5,000-9,999 | 91.5 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 3.3 | 2.7 | 1.6 | |||||||
| 10,000 or more | 95.1 | 3.9 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 1.7 | |||||||
| Percent of K-12 students in district who were approved for free or reduced-price lunches | ||||||||||||||
| 0-34 | 80.8 | 4.0 | 2.9 | 1.0 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 1.5 | |||||||
| 35-49 | 87.5 | 3.9 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 3.3 | 2.7 | 1.7 | |||||||
| 50-74 | 80.3 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 1.1 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 1.7 | |||||||
| 75 or more | 57.9 | 4.0 | 3.1 | 1.1 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 1.6 | |||||||
| District did not participate in free or reduced-price lunch program | 36.1 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 1.0 | 3.3 | 2.7 | 2.0 | |||||||
| 1 Districts that do not have a graduation requirement for a particular subject area are excluded from the computation of the average for that particular subject area. | ||||||||||||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), "Public School District Data File," 2007–08. | ||||||||||||||
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