Table 59. Percentage of 2009 9th graders who had taken advanced science and mathematics courses in public high school as of 2013, by race/ethnicity and sex: 2013

High School Longitudinal
Study of 2009 (HSLS:09)

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		Advanced science courses						Advanced mathematics courses
Characteristic	Advanced biology			Chemistry		Physics		Pre-Calculus	Calculus
Total		31.3		67.5		35.0		28.0		13.3

Female		37.6		71.6		34.1		29.6		13.4

Male		25.1		63.5		35.9		26.5		13.1

Race/Ethnicity¹
American Indian/Alaska Native
Female		48.4		46.6	!	‡		‡		‡
Male		20.0	!	32.9	!	20.5	!	‡		‡
Asian
Female		49.3		89.7		58.5		55.6		40.0

Male		36.4		82.6		52.0		44.2		35.3
Black
Female		39.3		72.8		36.3		22.2		6.3	!
Male		18.7		58.0		28.3		15.0		3.7
Hispanic
Female		32.2		66.3		33.7		22.0		10.3

Male		23.0		60.1		33.9		20.6		7.7
More than one race
Female		35.6		67.7		29.6		22.9		8.7
Male		26.9		59.1		31.7		21.3		10.4
White
Female		38.7		72.9		32.7		34.3		15.4
Male		26.3		65.7		38.1		31.2		16.4
! Interpret data with caution. Estimate is unstable because the standard error represents more than 30 percent of the estimate.
‡ Reporting standards are not met.
¹Non-Hispanic, unless noted.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 (HSLS:09), "2013 Update and High School Transcript Restricted-use File."

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