Table 4. Percentage distribution of academic year 2003–2004 high school graduates, by the selectivity of the first postsecondary institution attended and select student characteristics: 2006

Education Longitudinal
Study of 2002 (ELS:2002)

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	4-year postsecondary institution^{1, 2}								Less than 4-year postsecondary institution³	No postsecondary institution
Characteristic	Highly selective		Moderately selective		Inclusive		Unknown selectivity		Less than 4-year postsecondary institution³	No postsecondary institution
Total	15.8		22.5		5.8		4.0		31.7	20.2

Sex
Female	16.4		24.4		5.9		3.6		32.6	17.1
Male	15.2		20.4		5.6		4.4		30.7	23.7

Race/ethnicity⁴
American Indian or Alaska Native	7.5	!	18.0		4.6	!	4.5	!	35.1	30.4
Asian or Pacific Islander	32.4		20.0		4.9		3.5		28.5	10.7
Black or African American	5.7		17.7		16.6		3.5		32.7	23.8
Hispanic or Latino	6.4		11.5		5.1		6.4		43.0	27.6
White	19.0		26.1		3.7		3.4		29.6	18.1
Two or more races	13.8		22.7		7.3		5.7		24.5	26.0

Family income
$0–20,000	4.5		13.4		6.7		3.5		37.1	34.8
$20,001–50,000	9.0		18.4		6.3		4.3		35.8	26.2
$50,001–100,000	18.0		26.8		5.6		4.4		30.2	15.0
$100,001 or more	37.8		30.1		4.0		2.5		20.0	5.7

Parental education⁵
High school or less	5.1		14.2		5.7		3.3		37.3	34.4
Some college	9.0		21.1		6.5		4.2		36.8	22.3
Bachelor's degree	21.3		28.7		6.1		4.2		27.6	12.0
Graduate/professional degree	36.2		28.2		4.0		4.0		19.7	7.8

Native language⁶
English	16.4		23.9		5.9		3.7		30.2	20.0
Non-English	12.3		13.4		5.1		5.8		41.4	21.9

High school sector
Public	14.0		21.9		5.9		3.8		32.8	21.6
Catholic	35.6		33.5		4.8		4.0		18.0	3.9
Other private	37.6		23.0		3.1		7.8		20.5	8.0

Educational expectation in 10th grade
High school or less	#		2.1	!	0.9	!	0.9	!	21.2	74.8
Some college	0.6	!	3.5		2.5		3.3		48.8	41.2
Bachelor's degree	13.6		27.0		7.8		5.5		34.2	11.9
Graduate/professional degree	29.5		32.8		6.4		3.3		21.3	6.8
Don't know	3.5		6.7		3.5		3.4		37.1	45.8

Highest math course taken in high school
No math	#		4.5	!	2.7	!	1.2	!	26.9	64.6
Basic math/pre-algebra	0.2	!	3.0	!	2.2	!	1.9	!	36.2	56.5
Algebra I, geometry, or algebra II	3.3		13.4		5.8		4.2		43.4	29.9
Trigonometry, statistics, pre-calculus	19.5		34.4		6.7		4.1		26.0	9.3
Calculus	52.6		28.8		3.3		3.0		9.5	2.8
No transcript collected	14.6		19.6		8.5		5.0		29.0	23.4
# Rounds to zero.
! Interpret data with caution. Estimate is unstable because the standard error represents more than 30 percent of the estimate.
¹ The selectivity of institutions is defined according to the definition used in NCES’s Institutions of Postsecondary Education Data System, which is based on the 2005 Carnegie Classification of Institutions. The "inclusive", "moderately selective", and "highly selective" categories correspond to 25th percentile ACT-equivalent scores of students who applied to attend the institution. The score ranges for the categories are less than 18, between 18 and 21, and greater than 21 points, respectively.
² Includes public, private for-profit, and private not-for-profit 4-year institutions.
³ Includes public, private for-profit, and private not-for-profit institutions, including both 2-year and less than 2-year institutions.
⁴ All race categories exclude Hispanic or Latino origin, unless specified. Asian or Pacific Islander includes Native Hawaiian.
⁵ 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).
⁶ The first language students learned to speak.
NOTE: Less than 0.5 percent of cases noted postsecondary attendance but did not report the level and selectivity of their first-attended postsecondary institution. HIgh school graduates are student who received a diploma. 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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