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Table H126. Percentage of public high school graduates who earned credits, by curricular area: 1990, 2000, 2005, and 2009
All curricular areas, total
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
Academic, any
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
Core academics, any
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
English
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
Mathematics
100.0
99.9
100.0
100.0
Science
99.6
99.7
99.8
99.9
Social studies
99.9
99.7
99.8
99.8
Fine arts
73.9
82.5
83.0
85.7
Foreign languages
70.6
82.3
84.8
87.5
Enrichment/other
99.5
98.9
99.8
99.6
Career/technical education (CTE), any
98.0
96.6
96.6
94.1
Non-occupational CTE, any
86.3
80.0
79.8
70.3
Family and consumer sciences education
45.5
36.5
41.1
33.8
General labor market preparation, any
78.7
71.6
69.1
59.4
Occupational education, any
88.2
89.0
87.0
84.9
Agriculture and natural resources
9.1
11.8
11.6
10.7
Business
51.7
48.1
39.8
32.5
Communications and design
18.4
25.5
30.2
29.6
Computer and information sciences
25.1
24.3
19.5
21.2
Construction and architecture
7.4
6.9
6.7
6.7
Consumer and culinary services
13.8
19.3
20.0
18.0
Engineering technologies
13.7
14.2
11.8
11.1
Health sciences
3.2
10.6
9.6
10.3
Manufacturing
22.4
16.5
16.4
12.9
Marketing
8.5
7.8
9.5
8.5
Public services
3.8
7.8
6.9
9.6
Repair and transportation
10.1
9.3
8.8
8.0
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National
Center for Education Statistics, High School Transcript Study (HSTS), 1990, 2000,
2005, and 2009.
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