Characteristic | Mathematics | Science | ||||
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Pearson rho | s.e. | N | Pearson rho | s.e. | N | |
Mathematics | .39 | 0.022 | 6,031 | .31 | 0.019 | 7,392 |
Student gender | ||||||
Male | .40 | 0.027 | 2,809 | .33 | 0.026 | 3,402 |
Female | .37 | 0.024 | 3,201 | .29 | 0.021 | 3,988 |
Student race/ethnicity1 | ||||||
White | .44 | 0.024 | 3,570 | .32 | 0.023 | 4,326 |
Black | .25 | 0.050 | 1,003 | .24 | 0.045 | 1,253 |
Hispanic | .28 | 0.053 | 995 | .26 | 0.043 | 1,212 |
Asian/Pacific Islander | .38 | 0.094 | 312 | .38 | 0.089 | 398 |
American Indian | .32 | 0.140 | 50 | .13 | 0.123 | 72 |
Other | .57 | 1.114 | 6 | -.74 | 0.205 | 6 |
Student program | ||||||
Academic | .35 | 0.025 | 4,296 | .26 | 0.026 | 5,212 |
Vocational | .16 | 0.074 | 139 | -.03 | 0.087 | 174 |
Both | .32 | 0.041 | 1,321 | .27 | 0.039 | 1,707 |
Neither | .07 | 0.086 | 275 | .02 | 0.087 | 299 |
Community type | ||||||
Urban | .40 | 0.033 | 1,736 | .33 | 0.029 | 2,105 |
Suburban | .38 | 0.036 | 2,868 | .29 | 0.025 | 3,364 |
Rural | .41 | 0.034 | 1,427 | .32 | 0.040 | 1,923 |
School type | ||||||
Public | .40 | 0.022 | 5,538 | .31 | 0.021 | 6,936 |
Nonpublic | .19 | 0.054 | 493 | .21 | 0.043 | 456 |
Region of the country2 | ||||||
Northeast | .42 | 0.049 | 919 | .28 | 0.041 | 1,098 |
South | .39 | 0.036 | 2,883 | .33 | 0.026 | 3,577 |
Midwest | .45 | 0.034 | 1,012 | .35 | 0.037 | 1,250 |
West | .42 | 0.046 | 1,217 | .35 | 0.056 | 1,467 |
1 American Indian includes Alaska Native, Black includes African American, Pacific Islander includes Native Hawaiian, and Hispanic includes Latino. Race categories exclude Hispanic origin unless specified.
2 "Region of the country" refers to the Census-defined regions. For more information about Census-defined regions, see the U.S. Census Bureau online publication "Census Regions and Divisions of the United States" (http://www.census.gov/geo/www/us_regdiv.pdf [1.1M PDF]).
NOTE: Sample size counts for student gender and student race/ethnicity do not sum to totals because the "Not Reported" categories were not included in the table.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, High School Transcript Study (HSTS), 2000.