Table 9. Percentage distribution of 2003–2004 seniors who scored in highest ELS:2002 12th grade math assessment quartile by application, acceptance, and attendance at very selective postsecondary institutions and student characteristics, Jan 2006

Education Longitudinal
Study of 2002 (ELS:2002)

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Percentage distribution of 2003–2004 seniors who scored in highest ELS:2002 12th grade math assessment quartile by application, acceptance, and attendance at very selective postsecondary institutions and student characteristics, Jan 2006

Student Characteristic	Did not apply to any postsecondary institution		Applied only to postsecondary institutions other than "very selective"	Applied to one or more "very selective" postsecondary institutions and was not accepted at any "very selective" institution		Applied to and accepted at one or more "very selective" postsecondary institutions and did not attend¹ any "very selective" institution		Applied to, accepted at, and attended a "very selective" postsecondary institution
Total	4.58		53.19	8.04		11.51		22.69

Family income
$0 - $10,000	‡		65.90	#		‡		21.80	!
$10,001 - $20,000	8.79	!	63.82	10.94	!	5.37	!	11.08	!
$20,001 - $35,000	8.87		58.85	7.17		11.73		13.39
$35,001-$50,000	5.64		62.20	5.91		11.77		14.49
$50,001-$75,000	6.37		55.58	8.40		10.92		18.73
$75,001-$100,000	3.47		53.32	8.27		11.22		23.72
$100,001-$200,000	1.21	!	44.95	9.08		12.41		32.35
$200,001 or more	‡		33.02	9.33		14.51		42.48

Parental education²
Did not finish high school	17.44	!	54.31	8.69	!	6.25	!	13.31	!
Graduated from high school or GED	8.97		69.05	4.12		7.92		9.93
Attended 2-year school, no degree	7.27		63.62	10.83	!	7.91		10.37
Graduated from 2-year school	8.34		60.56	7.87		9.77		13.46
Attended college, no 4-year degree	5.22		69.89	8.16		8.51		8.22
Graduated from college	3.70		50.90	8.44		12.70		24.26
Completed Master's degree or equivalent	1.78		43.47	8.89		15.22		30.63
Completed PhD, MD, other advanced degree	1.70	!	37.20	7.04		11.75		42.31

Race/ ethnicity
Amer. Indian/Alaska Native, non-Hispanic	‡		‡	#		‡		‡
Asian, Hawaii/Pac. Islander, non-Hispanic	3.23	!	30.56	11.31		14.03		40.87
Black or African American, non-Hispanic	9.69	!	57.01	12.11		10.67	!	10.51
Hispanic	7.47	!	53.28	8.85		12.04		18.35
More than one race, non-Hispanic	‡		52.10	8.00		12.20		26.50
White, non-Hispanic	4.39		55.23	7.54		11.16		21.68

Sex
Male	6.36		54.21	7.80		10.45		21.17
Female	2.32		51.89	8.34		12.84		24.60

¹ ELS documentation refers to 'first real attendance', which is described as --the first "real" institution is the institution with the earliest start date (and will therefore appear first on the ELS institution file, i.e. F2IORDER=1). An exception is made, however, if (1) the first chronological institution (as opposed to the first "real" institution) is a summer school (defined as an institution with a start date of May, June, or July, and a same-year end date of May, June, July, or August); (2) the summer school was attended in the same year as high school completion/exit; and, (3) a second postsecondary institution (with longer total enrollment) was also started in August, September, or October of that same year. If all the above conditions are met, the post-summer school institution is identified in F2PS1. If the earliest start date is shared by more than one institution, the one with the longest enrollment period is identified in F2PS1--.
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).
# Rounds to zero.
! Interpret data with caution. Estimate is unstable because the coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is 30 percent or greater (i.e., the standard error represents 30 percent or more of the estimate).
‡ Reporting standards are not met. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is 50 percent or greater (i.e., the standard error represents 50 percent or more of the estimate).
NOTE: Institutions are classified as 'very selective' if they are rated as 'most competitive' or 'highly competitive' in the NCES-Barron's Admissions Competitiveness Index Data Files for 2004. All estimates are weighted by F2F1WT, where G12COHRT>=1. Details may not sum to 100 percent due to rounding.
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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