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Table H20. Number and percent of public high schools that offered courses for dual credit during the 2002–03 12-month school year, by dual credit course location, focus, and school characteristics: 2003
  Public schools that offered dual credit courses taught on a high school campus1   Public schools that offered dual credit courses taught on the campus of a postsecondary institution2
Academic
course focus 		  Career/technical
course focus		   Academic
course focus 		  Career/technical
course focus
School characteristic Number Percent   Number Percent   Number Percent   Number Percent
   All public high schools 6,000 83   3,500 49   7,000 92   3,500 46
School size
Less than 500 students 2,500 87   1,200 40   2,400 90   1,110 41
500-1,199 students 1,900 84   1,100 50   2,300 93   1,200 46
1,200 or more students 1,600 78   1,200 59   2,300 92   1,300 51
School Locale
City 800 80   500 56   1,300 92   600 42
Urban fringe 1,400 79   1,000 57   1,900 90   1,000 47
Town 1,200 84   800 58   1,100 91   700 57
Rural 2,600 86   1,100 37   2,700 92   1,200 42
Region
Northeast 900 88   400 37   900 99   100 13
Southeast 1,200 85   600 41   1,500 90   800 49
Central 2,000 84   1,100 47   2,400 90   1,300 48
West 1,800 79   1,400 60   2,200 92   1,300 54
Percent minority enrollment
Less than 6 percent 2,400 87   1,200 43   2,400 93   1,000 40
6-20 percent 1,500 81   1,000 53   1,900 92   1,000 51
21-49 percent 1,200 82   700 50   1,300 91   800 53
50 percent or more 800 78   600 55   1,400 90   700 42

1Percentages are based on the 7,200 public high schools with dual credit courses taught on a high school campus.  Percentages do not sum to 100 and numbers do not sum to all schools with dual credit courses taught on a high school campus, since many schools offer both academic and career and technical/vocational courses for dual credit.
2Percentages are based on the 7,700 public high schools with dual credit courses taught on the campus of a postsecondary institution.  Percentages do not sum to 100 and numbers do not sum to all schools with dual credit courses taught on the campus of a postsecondary institution, since many schools offer both academic and career and technical/vocational courses for dual credit.
NOTE: Percentages are based on unrounded numbers.  Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding or missing data.  The study sample had 29 cases for which the percent minority enrollment in the school was missing.  Those cases were included in the totals and in analyses by other school characteristics. Definitions of school characteristics and additional tables are available in the NCES report Dual Credit and Exam-Based Courses in U.S. Public High Schools: 2002–03.

SOURCE:  U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Fast Response Survey System (FRSS), “Dual Credit and Exam-Based Courses,” FRSS 85, 2003.

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