Table 10. Percentage of public schools that offered various programs, by state: 2003

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Table 10. Percentage of public schools that offered various programs, by state: 2003–04

State	Programs with special instructional approaches	Talented/Gifted program or honors courses	A program in which at least half of the core subjects are taught in a foreign language		Advanced placement (AP) courses for college credit	International Baccalaureate (IB)		Specialized career academy		Distance learning course(s)
United States	22.4	68.9	4.0		16.2	0.7		6.4		12.2

Alabama	13.8	76.7	0.8	!	15.2	0.5	!	5.1		8.7
Alaska	35.8	56.7	4.8		15.7	0.3	!	1.7	!	34.7
Arizona	28.8	71.2	2.5		11.1	0.2	!	4.9		8.2
Arkansas	22.7	93.5	1.5	!	32.1	0.3	!	11.2		19.0
California	20.8	63.5	7.9		11.5	1.1	!	7.5		5.7

Colorado	19.9	72.8	2.8	!	13.1	1.0		5.3		10.3
Connecticut	29.6	55.5	4.7		15.7	0.2	!	4.0		5.0
Delaware	18.9	78.5	3.5		15.5	2.4	!	4.8		5.3
District of Columbia	44.2	29.7	2.2		11.7	#		12.8		7.8
Florida	29.8	65.3	3.0		13.8	2.2	!	12.9		12.3

Georgia	14.7	91.3	1.2	!	15.9	0.8	!	5.2		8.0
Hawaii	26.1	88.1	12.2		16.8	#		8.9		23.7
Idaho	23.1	67.4	1.3	!	16.4	#		9.3		21.1
Illinois	17.5	61.7	4.0		8.7	0.4		4.0		10.9
Indiana	20.8	63.1	1.2	!	17.2	#		5.5		10.4

Iowa	15.5	98.4	0.7	!	23.3	#		8.3		23.3
Kansas	17.4	83.6	#		11.1	#		3.2		18.8
Kentucky	41.1	84.3	2.8	!	20.2	#		6.3		12.9
Louisiana	24.9	74.8	2.1	!	12.5	#		8.2		11.4
Maine	17.1	53.5	1.6	!	17.4	#		5.2		13.5

Maryland	14.4	65.9	1.6	!	12.9	0.9		8.2		3.7
Massachusetts	19.2	27.3	3.6	!	15.8	1.3	!	3.5		4.3
Michigan	26.2	43.0	1.4	!	12.8	0.3	!	6.4		17.0
Minnesota	26.3	54.7	1.5		15.4	0.6	!	3.8		14.3
Mississippi	12.2	76.6	0.4	!	13.4	#		8.3		12.3

Missouri	23.6	62.8	#		23.5	0.2	!	9.5		11.2
Montana	24.7	54.0	0.4	!	22.1	#		4.9		13.5
Nebraska	22.2	61.6	0.7		16.9	0.1	!	3.4		31.2
Nevada	14.9	70.3	3.2		9.9	0.6	!	3.0		11.4
New Hampshire	18.0	37.2	#		16.5	#		7.1		9.5

New Jersey	21.5	77.5	3.5		13.4	0.6	!	5.4		10.3
New Mexico	22.7	74.4	20.5		16.9	#		3.9		16.0
New York	26.2	59.1	8.4		22.5	2.0		9.4		9.7
North Carolina	20.0	88.6	0.9		15.2	1.9	!	7.9		11.8
North Dakota	10.2	27.9	0.9	!	22.3	#		5.0		39.2

Ohio	10.3	73.9	0.5	!	15.6	#		4.8		15.7
Oklahoma	18.5	91.5	0.7		27.5	0.2		8.3		19.7
Oregon	31.8	65.9	3.8		15.6	0.8	!	4.1		12.6
Pennsylvania	24.6	84.9	1.6	!	17.8	0.2	!	5.3		7.0
Rhode Island	17.7	53.0	1.9	!	13.4	1.2	!	5.7		3.5	!

South Carolina	15.2	84.6	4.4		18.0	4.0		10.9		9.9
South Dakota	19.1	36.9	#		28.4	0.8	!	5.2		39.2
Tennessee	13.2	72.9	1.2	!	14.1	#		8.6		3.5
Texas	31.5	85.2	11.4		19.8	1.3	!	6.3		13.9
Utah	18.4	44.4	4.5		11.4	#		4.6		11.2

Vermont	22.3	28.5	#		18.3	#		3.9		11.3
Virginia	17.0	82.2	2.2	!	16.9	1.4	!	6.3		9.9
Washington	28.7	51.8	8.5		18.5	#		3.7		9.7
West Virginia	16.3	77.3	3.4	!	14.7	0.3	!	8.5		21.6
Wisconsin	27.6	66.0	3.4		21.9	0.3	!	2.0		21.3
Wyoming	19.7	38.8	0.8	!	10.6	1.4		2.1		13.5

# Rounds to zero.

! Interpret data with caution. The standard error for this estimate is equal to 50 percent or more of the estimate's value.

NOTE: The Schools and Staffing Survey School questionnaires define specialized career academy as a multi-year curriculum that integrates academic and vocational courses, organized around broad career areas.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey, Public School Data File, 2003–04.

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