Table 2. Percentage of academic year 2003–2004 high school graduates, by the timing of first enrollment in a postsecondary institution and select student characteristics: 2006

Education Longitudinal
Study of 2002 (ELS:2002)

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Characteristic	Ever attended a postsecondary institution	Immediate enrollment in a postsecondary institution¹	Delayed enrollment in a postsecondary institution²		Never attended a postsecondary institution
Total	79.8	74.1	5.7		20.2

Sex
Female	83.0	76.8	6.1		17.1
Male	76.4	71.1	5.2		23.6

Race/ethnicity³
American Indian or Alaska Native	69.6	59.7	9.9	!	30.4
Asian or Pacific Islander	89.4	85.0	4.4		10.6
Black or African American	76.3	69.1	7.2		23.7
Hispanic or Latino	72.6	65.1	7.4		27.5
White	81.9	77.1	4.8	!	18.1
Two or more races	74.0	65.3	8.7		26.0

Family income
$0–20,000	65.3	59.0	6.3		34.7
$20,001–50,000	73.8	67.8	6.0		26.2
$50,001–100,000	85.1	79.2	5.9		15.0
$100,001 or more	94.3	90.4	3.9		5.7

Parental education⁴
High school or less	65.8	60.0	5.7		34.3
Some college	77.8	71.7	6.0		22.3
Bachelor's degree	88.0	82.4	5.6		12.0
Graduate/professional degree	92.2	87.0	5.2		7.8

Native language⁵
English	80.0	74.3	5.7		20.0
Non-English	78.2	72.7	5.5		21.8

High school sector
Public	78.5	72.6	5.8		21.6
Catholic	96.1	92.5	3.6		3.9
Other private	92.0	87.9	4.2		8.0

Educational expectation in 10th grade
High school or less	25.3	21.4	3.8	!	74.8
Some college	58.9	53.6	5.3		41.2
Bachelor's degree	88.1	81.5	6.6		11.9
Graduate/professional degree	93.2	88.0	5.2		6.8
Don't know	54.3	48.3	5.9		45.7

Highest math course taken in high school
No math	35.4	30.8	4.6	!	64.6
Basic math/pre-algebra	43.5	39.0	4.5		56.5
Algebra I, geometry, or algebra II	70.2	63.5	6.7		29.8
Trigonometry, statistics, pre-calculus	90.8	84.8	6.0		9.3
Calculus	97.2	95.0	2.2		2.8
No transcript collected	76.6	71.3	5.3		23.4
! Interpret data with caution. Estimate is unstable because the standard error represents more than 30 percent of the estimate.
¹ Respondents are considered to have immediate enrollment if their postsecondary attendance began by October of the year they left high school (if the month they left high school was between January and July), or by the following February (if the month they left high school was between August and December).
² Respondents are considered to have delayed enrollment if their postsecondary attendance began later than October of the year they left high school (if the month they left high school was between January and July), or later than the following February (if the month they left high school was between August and December).
³ All race categories exclude Hispanic or Latino origin, unless specified. Asian or Pacific Islander includes Native Hawaiian.
⁴ 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).
⁵ The first language students learned to speak.
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals 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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