Table 2. Percentage distribution of academic year 2001–2002 high school sophomores who had not graduated by 2003–2004, by high school completion status as of 2006 and select student characteristics.

Education Longitudinal
Study of 2002 (ELS:2002)

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Characteristic	Received GED or high school equivalency		Had not received GED or high school equivalency as of 2006
Total	24.0		76.0

Sex
Female	23.0		77.0
Male	24.7		75.3

Race/ethnicity¹
American Indian or Alaska Native	31.5		68.5
Asian or Pacific Islander	19.8		80.2
Black or African American	18.6		81.4
Hispanic or Latino	16.1		83.9
White	31.7		68.3
Two or more races	26.3		73.7

Family income
$0–20,000	20.7		79.3
$20,001–50,000	24.0		76.0
$50,001–100,000	27.5		72.5
$100,001 or more	26.4		73.6

Parental education²
High school or less	19.6		80.4
Some college	26.3		73.7
Bachelor's degree	26.3		73.7
Graduate/professional degree	32.5		67.5

Native language³
English	26.8		73.2
Non-English	13.5		86.5

High school sector
Public	23.9		76.1
Catholic	28.9	!	71.1
Other private	24.7		75.3

Highest math course taken in high school
No math	18.5		81.5
Basic math/pre-algebra	23.2		76.8
Algebra I, geometry, or algebra II	24.6		75.4
Trigonometry, statistics, pre-calculus	19.8		80.2
Calculus	35.5	!	64.5
No transcript collected	25.6		74.4
! Interpret data with caution. Estimate is unstable because the standard error represents more than 30 percent of the estimate.
¹ All race categories exclude Hispanic or Latino origin, unless specified. Asian or Pacific Islander includes Native Hawaiian.
² Parental education is the highest level of education attained by the student’s mother and father (including guardians); or, if the student had only one parent, the educational attainment of that parent (or guardian).
³ The first language students learned to speak.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS:2002), “Second Follow-up, 2006.”

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