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2000 High School Transcript Study Tabulations Report
Table 30-I.Percentage of high school graduates who earned various numbers of course credits and mean number of earned course credits, by subject field and selected school and student demographic characteristics: 2000 (General Labor Market Preparation)
| Characteristic | Number of credits earned | Mean course credits earned | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0.01–0.5 | 0.51–1 | 1.01–2 | 2.01–3 | 3.01–4 | 4.01–5 | 5.01–6 | More than 6 | ||
| General Labor Market Preparation | 44.2 | 22.3 | 18.1 | 9.5 | 3.3 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.7 |
| Student gender | ||||||||||
| Male | 42.5 | 21.7 | 18.2 | 10.3 | 3.7 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.7 |
| Female | 45.8 | 22.9 | 18.0 | 8.8 | 2.8 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.6 |
| Student race/ethnicity1 | ||||||||||
| White | 44.2 | 22.3 | 18.0 | 9.6 | 3.2 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.7 |
| Black | 38.4 | 24.5 | 21.1 | 10.9 | 3.2 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.7 |
| Hispanic | 48.2 | 20.6 | 16.9 | 8.4 | 3.4 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 55.2 | 21.7 | 14.6 | 6.4 | 1.6 | 0.4 | # | # | 0.1 | 0.4 |
| American Indian | 33.0 | 26.2 | 25.0 | 7.1 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.8 |
| Student program | ||||||||||
| Academic | 47.6 | 22.9 | 16.9 | 8.5 | 2.5 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.6 |
| Vocational | 31.9 | 15.1 | 21.6 | 17.1 | 7.7 | 3.9 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.1 |
| Both | 37.0 | 21.5 | 22.1 | 10.3 | 4.1 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.8 |
| Neither | 32.8 | 21.8 | 16.3 | 15.9 | 7.1 | 2.8 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 1.7 | 1.0 |
| Community type | ||||||||||
| Urban | 50.0 | 24.3 | 13.6 | 8.2 | 2.7 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.5 |
| Suburban | 46.4 | 21.7 | 18.5 | 9.1 | 2.7 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.6 |
| Rural | 33.8 | 21.7 | 21.8 | 11.7 | 5.1 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.9 |
| School type | ||||||||||
| Public | 41.5 | 22.7 | 19.1 | 10.3 | 3.6 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.7 |
| Nonpublic | 73.4 | 18.1 | 7.3 | 0.9 | 0.1 | # | # | # | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Region of the country2 | ||||||||||
| Northeast | 50.6 | 17.7 | 14.4 | 7.9 | 3.1 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.7 |
| South | 43.7 | 21.0 | 19.9 | 9.6 | 3.8 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.7 |
| Midwest | 39.8 | 26.0 | 20.3 | 9.3 | 2.8 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.6 |
| West | 44.8 | 24.0 | 15.5 | 11.0 | 3.0 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.6 |
# Rounds to zero.
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: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, High School Transcript Study (HSTS), 2000.
Last updated 21 May 2007 (MH)
