Subject field | 2000 | 1998 | 1994 | 1990 | 1987 | |||||
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Mean | s.e. | Mean | s.e. | Mean | s.e. | Mean | s.e. | Mean | s.e. | |
Total | 2.94 | 0.013 | 2.90 | 0.018 | 2.79 | 0.013 | 2.68 | 0.012 | 2.63 | 0.016 |
Academic courses | 2.81 | 0.015 | 2.76 | 0.019 | 2.65 | 0.013 | 2.54 | 0.012 | 2.48 | 0.017 |
Mathematics | 2.60 | 0.014 | 2.56 | 0.022 | 2.44 | 0.014 | 2.34 | 0.014 | 2.28 | 0.015 |
Science | 2.67 | 0.016 | 2.62 | 0.021 | 2.50 | 0.016 | 2.39 | 0.017 | 2.34 | 0.019 |
English | 2.77 | 0.017 | 2.74 | 0.021 | 2.63 | 0.015 | 2.52 | 0.013 | 2.47 | 0.025 |
Social Studies | 2.83 | 0.019 | 2.79 | 0.021 | 2.67 | 0.018 | 2.56 | 0.013 | 2.49 | 0.017 |
Fine Arts | 3.38 | 0.017 | 3.35 | 0.022 | 3.28 | 0.017 | 3.13 | 0.017 | 3.07 | 0.018 |
Foreign Languages | 2.82 | 0.018 | 2.78 | 0.021 | 2.67 | 0.016 | 2.58 | 0.020 | 2.58 | 0.020 |
Computer-Related Studies1 | 3.17 | 0.020 | 3.08 | 0.030 | 2.95 | 0.019 | 2.81 | 0.020 | 2.78 | 0.028 |
Vocational courses | 3.21 | 0.016 | 3.16 | 0.018 | 3.02 | 0.015 | 2.88 | 0.013 | 2.80 | 0.019 |
Consumer & Homemaking Education | 3.10 | 0.023 | 3.07 | 0.034 | 2.97 | 0.027 | 2.77 | 0.020 | 2.75 | 0.020 |
General Labor Market Preparation | 3.13 | 0.027 | 3.01 | 0.025 | 2.84 | 0.020 | 2.73 | 0.017 | 2.65 | 0.017 |
Specific Labor Market Preparation | 3.20 | 0.018 | 3.15 | 0.017 | 3.02 | 0.016 | 2.86 | 0.014 | 2.79 | 0.021 |
Personal/other courses | 3.34 | 0.014 | 3.28 | 0.024 | 3.21 | 0.020 | 3.11 | 0.016 | 3.05 | 0.031 |
General Skills | 3.44 | 0.032 | 3.47 | 0.032 | 3.38 | 0.043 | 3.38 | 0.037 | 3.35 | 0.044 |
Personal Health & Physical Education | 3.34 | 0.015 | 3.27 | 0.027 | 3.21 | 0.021 | 3.11 | 0.016 | 3.04 | 0.029 |
Religion | 3.33 | 0.043 | 3.14 | 0.055 | 2.94 | 0.100 | 2.89 | 0.043 | 2.79 | 0.111 |
Military Science | 3.03 | 0.075 | 2.98 | 0.055 | 2.97 | 0.052 | 2.79 | 0.068 | 2.74 | 0.078 |
Special Education2 | 2.97 | 0.056 | 2.92 | 0.043 | 2.74 | 0.050 | 2.63 | 0.046 | 2.65 | 0.036 |
All Courses Other Than Above3 | 3.22 | 0.064 | 3.10 | 0.148 | 3.02 | 0.086 | 2.97 | 0.127 | 2.81 | 0.099 |
1 Computer-related studies courses have not been included in the calculation of the academic course grade point average because all computer-related courses are included in other subject areas, including vocational subject areas.
2 Some special education courses have also been counted in other academic course subjects' grade point averages due to changes in school subject taxonomy.
3 This subject area covers all courses that can not be classified in any academic, vocational, or personal/other course subject area.
NOTE: Grade point averages presented in the 1982 High School and Beyond transcript study do not comply to the same four-point scale used by the High School Transcript Studies.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, High School Transcript Study (HSTS), Selected years 1987–2000.