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2000 High School Transcript Study Tabulations Report
Table 11.Percentage of high school graduates who earned at least the minimum core course curriculum credits, by credit distribution and community type: Selected years, 1982–2000
| Minimum core curriculum credits1 | 2000 | 1998 | 1994 | 1990 | 1987 | 1982 2 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | ||||||||||||
| Urban | 18.3 | 2.08 | 17.4 | 3.34 | † | † | † | † | † | † | 1.9 | 0.40 |
| Suburban | 18.0 | 2.15 | 11.8 | 1.29 | † | † | † | † | † | † | 2.1 | 0.35 |
| Rural | 16.1 | 2.25 | 16.9 | 3.74 | † | † | † | † | † | † | 1.4 | 0.29 |
| Big city | † | † | † | † | 13.2 | 1.96 | 16.6 | 2.69 | 10.3 | 1.22 | † | † |
| Urban fringe | † | † | † | † | 16.3 | 2.16 | 15.5 | 1.89 | 13.1 | 1.47 | † | † |
| Medium city | † | † | † | † | 11.2 | 1.54 | 13.1 | 2.31 | 9.2 | 1.01 | † | † |
| Small place | † | † | † | † | 11.0 | 1.19 | 11.4 | 1.26 | 9.2 | 1.16 | † | † |
| 4 Eng. + 3 S.S. + 3 Math + 3 Sci. + 1/2 Comp. | ||||||||||||
| Urban | 22.6 | 2.23 | 20.9 | 3.38 | † | † | † | † | † | † | 2.4 | 0.43 |
| Suburban | 20.3 | 2.25 | 13.9 | 1.47 | † | † | † | † | † | † | 3.1 | 0.41 |
| Rural | 24.8 | 2.97 | 22.4 | 4.03 | † | † | † | † | † | † | 2.1 | 0.36 |
| Big city | † | † | † | † | 16.3 | 2.79 | 19.1 | 2.93 | 12.1 | 1.16 | † | † |
| Urban fringe | † | † | † | † | 19.0 | 2.43 | 17.7 | 2.12 | 15.2 | 1.62 | † | † |
| Medium city | † | † | † | † | 13.1 | 1.82 | 15.4 | 2.59 | 12.2 | 1.31 | † | † |
| Small place | † | † | † | † | 15.3 | 1.62 | 16.8 | 1.41 | 15.0 | 1.38 | † | † |
| 4 Eng. + 3 S.S. + 3 Math + 3 Sci. + 2 F.L. | ||||||||||||
| Urban | 48.6 | 3.51 | 50.2 | 3.57 | † | † | † | † | † | † | 10.0 | 1.06 |
| Suburban | 52.1 | 1.99 | 44.2 | 1.89 | † | † | † | † | † | † | 10.1 | 0.84 |
| Rural | 38.3 | 2.72 | 39.7 | 4.30 | † | † | † | † | † | † | 7.3 | 0.79 |
| Big city | † | † | † | † | 43.5 | 2.90 | 32.6 | 3.96 | 21.1 | 2.37 | † | † |
| Urban fringe | † | † | † | † | 43.3 | 2.53 | 35.4 | 2.09 | 24.4 | 1.91 | † | † |
| Medium city | † | † | † | † | 38.7 | 2.99 | 35.6 | 2.64 | 20.1 | 1.90 | † | † |
| Small place | † | † | † | † | 35.2 | 1.54 | 25.5 | 2.05 | 17.5 | 1.75 | † | † |
| 4 Eng. + 3 S.S. + 3 Math + 3 Sci. | ||||||||||||
| Urban | 59.1 | 4.19 | 61.1 | 4.04 | † | † | † | † | † | † | 14.3 | 1.10 |
| Suburban | 60.2 | 2.20 | 54.6 | 2.46 | † | † | † | † | † | † | 14.9 | 1.10 |
| Rural | 54.8 | 2.38 | 52.5 | 5.08 | † | † | † | † | † | † | 12.4 | 1.03 |
| Big city | † | † | † | † | 52.7 | 3.81 | 39.4 | 4.86 | 26.2 | 2.60 | † | † |
| Urban fringe | † | † | † | † | 49.0 | 2.79 | 41.5 | 2.36 | 30.0 | 2.15 | † | † |
| Medium city | † | † | † | † | 47.8 | 3.79 | 42.5 | 3.84 | 25.7 | 2.28 | † | † |
| Small place | † | † | † | † | 50.1 | 2.21 | 36.4 | 2.30 | 28.0 | 1.95 | † | † |
| 4 Eng. + 3 S.S. + 2 Math + 2 Sci. | ||||||||||||
| Urban | 76.2 | 3.91 | 81.5 | 2.77 | † | † | † | † | † | † | 34.9 | 2.43 |
| Suburban | 80.4 | 2.20 | 73.2 | 2.59 | † | † | † | † | † | † | 30.8 | 1.76 |
| Rural | 76.0 | 2.47 | 72.9 | 4.99 | † | † | † | † | † | † | 30.7 | 1.76 |
| Big city | † | † | † | † | 76.6 | 3.11 | 70.2 | 5.75 | 56.7 | 3.41 | † | † |
| Urban fringe | † | † | † | † | 73.7 | 2.99 | 67.8 | 3.29 | 55.5 | 2.45 | † | † |
| Medium city | † | † | † | † | 70.6 | 4.21 | 71.0 | 3.18 | 45.9 | 2.65 | † | † |
| Small place | † | † | † | † | 76.4 | 2.37 | 64.1 | 3.26 | 53.6 | 3.60 | † | † |
† Not applicable. The community type definitions used in 1987, 1990, and 1994 differed from the definitions used in 1998 and 2000.
1 The 2000 High School Transcript Study (HSTS) used the same community type definition as HSTS 1998. HSTS 1994, HSTS 1990, and HSTS 1987 used a different community type definition. No meaningful comparisons can be made across the two differing community type definitions.
2 Although having similar names, the definitions for the 1982 high school graduates' community type subgroups are not compatible with the definitions for the 1998 and 2000 high school graduates' community type subgroups.
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)
