2000 High School Transcript Study Tabulations Report

Table 8.Percentage of high school graduates who earned at least the minimum core course curriculum credits, by credit distribution and student gender: Selected years, 1982–2000

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Minimum core curriculum credits	2000		1998		1994		1990		1987		1982
Minimum core curriculum credits	Percent	s.e.	Percent	s.e.	Percent	s.e.	Percent	s.e.	Percent	s.e.	Percent	s.e.
4 Eng. + 3 S.S. + 3 Math + 3 Sci. + 1/2 Comp. + 2 F.L.
Male	17.3	1.36	15.4	2.21	13.0	0.93	14.0	1.05	11.3	1.03	2.0	0.31
Female	17.8	1.48	15.2	1.56	12.6	0.97	12.8	0.88	9.6	0.85	1.7	0.25
4 Eng. + 3 S.S. + 3 Math + 3 Sci. + 1/2 Comp.
Male	22.9	1.56	19.6	2.24	16.7	1.25	18.6	1.16	15.8	1.02	3.2	0.45
Female	21.2	1.53	18.3	1.64	15.5	1.21	15.9	0.96	12.8	1.00	2.1	0.27
4 Eng. + 3 S.S. + 3 Math + 3 Sci. + 2 F.L.
Male	41.5	1.68	41.0	2.19	35.3	1.12	29.3	1.37	19.9	1.20	8.8	0.64
Female	53.4	1.65	48.8	2.05	43.1	1.35	31.3	1.35	20.8	1.19	9.6	0.52
4 Eng. + 3 S.S. + 3 Math + 3 Sci.
Male	54.4	1.70	54.0	2.64	47.7	1.51	39.3	1.70	28.6	1.25	14.8	0.82
Female	62.3	1.75	58.6	2.48	52.1	1.62	38.5	1.55	27.3	1.35	13.3	0.77
4 Eng. + 3 S.S. + 2 Math + 2 Sci.
Male	74.9	1.88	74.2	2.32	72.5	1.66	66.1	2.18	53.2	1.94	31.6	1.33
Female	81.2	1.43	77.9	2.14	77.2	1.47	67.3	2.02	53.9	1.85	31.5	1.34

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NOTE: Subject field abbreviations used in this table include Eng. = English, S.S. = Social Studies, Math = Mathematics, Sci. = Science, Comp. = Computer Science, and F.L. = Foreign Languages. Estimates in this table may differ somewhat from other NCES reports for reasons such as differences in inclusion/exclusion criteria for student records or changes in the taxonomy used to summarize the courses.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, High School Transcript Study (HSTS), Selected years 1987–2000; High School and Beyond (HS&B), 1982.

Last updated 2 December 2005 (HM)