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| Table 133. | Percentage distribution of average grades of elementary and secondary school children, by selected child, and school characteristics: 1996, 1999, and 2003 |
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| Distribution of children, by parental reports of average grades in all subjects
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Selected characteristic | 1996 | 1999 | 2003
of children and schools |_______________________________________________|_______________________________________________|______________________________________________
| Mostly| Mostly| Mostly| Mostly| Mostly| Mostly| Mostly| Mostly| Mostly| Mostly| Mostly| Mostly
| A's| B's| C's| D's or| A's| B's| C's| D's or| A's| B's| C's| D's or
| | | | F's| | | | F's| | | | F's
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_______________________________|____________|_____________|__________|_________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|__________|___________
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10| 11| 12| 13
_______________________________|____________|_____________|__________|_________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|__________|___________
Total ......................| 39.5(0.53)| 37.7(0.56)|18.5(0.41)|4.2(0.22)|40.3 (0.52)|37.7 (0.53)|17.8 (0.42)| 4.3 (0.23)| 43.6(0.62)| 37.0(0.58)|15.9(0.52)| 3.6(0.24)
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Sex of child | | | | | | | | | | | |
Male ........................| 32.5(0.68)| 38.3(0.82)|23.5(0.63)|5.7(0.36)|33.7 (0.70)|38.3 (0.73)|21.9 (0.63)| 6.2 (0.39)| 36.4(0.72)| 38.6(0.86)|19.8(0.74)| 5.2(0.40)
Female ......................| 46.9(0.78)| 37.2(0.77)|13.2(0.60)|2.7(0.27)|47.0 (0.77)|37.1 (0.76)|13.5 (0.54)| 2.4 (0.25)| 51.0(0.84)| 35.3(0.76)|11.9(0.61)| 1.9(0.24)
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Race/ethnicity of child | | | | | | | | | | | |
White, non-Hispanic .........| 43.7(0.66)| 36.1(0.61)|16.5(0.49)|3.7(0.27)|44.6 (0.67)|36.1 (0.65)|15.8 (0.50)| 3.4 (0.25)| 47.8(0.86)| 35.2(0.75)|14.0(0.63)| 3.1(0.25)
Black, non-Hispanic .........| 27.0(1.40)| 41.0(1.48)|26.2(1.51)|5.8(0.67)|27.5 (1.20)|40.3 (1.42)|26.4 (1.22)| 5.8 (0.72)| 34.5(1.75)| 39.5(1.65)|20.9(1.33)| 5.0(0.82)
Hispanic ....................| 31.9(1.40)| 43.6(1.47)|19.6(1.18)|4.9(0.70)|33.3 (1.17)|42.7 (1.26)|17.4 (0.98)| 6.5 (0.73)| 34.9(1.14)| 42.3(1.24)|18.6(1.03)| 4.2(0.49)
Other non-Hispanic ..........| 44.7(1.80)| 33.7(2.10)|17.1(1.61)|4.5(1.12)|45.8 (2.38)|35.8 (2.36)|14.2 (2.03)| 4.2 (1.18)| 49.3(2.63)| 33.7(2.32)|14.3(1.99)| 2.7(0.78)
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Highest education level | | | | | | | | | | | |
of parents | | | | | | | | | | | |
Less than high school .......| 29.0(1.86)| 39.0(1.89)|23.9(1.66)|8.1(1.04)|26.3 (1.58)|40.8 (1.82)|22.3 (1.62)|10.5 (1.30)| 27.8(2.17)| 41.6(2.05)|22.7(2.28)| 7.8(1.46)
High school/GED .............| 30.5(0.90)| 40.5(1.09)|23.1(0.91)|5.9(0.52)|31.6 (0.99)|39.5 (1.06)|23.3 (0.90)| 5.6 (0.49)| 32.1(1.20)| 41.4(1.23)|21.7(1.12)| 4.8(0.57)
Vocational/Technical or | | | | | | | | | | | |
some college..............| 36.9(0.99)| 40.1(1.01)|19.1(0.64)|3.9(0.43)|38.9 (0.93)|39.0 (0.94)|18.3 (0.75)| 3.8 (0.38)| 42.0(1.13)| 37.1(1.19)|16.9(0.76)| 4.0(0.42)
Bachelor's degree ..........| 52.5(1.40)| 32.9(1.29)|12.7(1.03)|1.9(0.34)|51.1 (1.28)|34.9 (1.22)|12.1 (0.85)| 1.8 (0.34)| 53.2(1.30)| 34.2(1.29)|10.9(0.90)| 1.7(0.31)
Graduate/professional degree | 58.2(1.30)| 30.9(1.21)| 9.8(0.86)|1.1(0.26)|54.8 (1.30)|33.0 (1.23)|10.3 (0.82)| 1.9 (0.39)| 60.6(1.67)| 30.9(1.70)| 7.5(0.73)| 1.0(0.24)
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Family income | | | | | | | | | | | |
$5,000 or less ..............| 28.9(2.50)| 38.8(2.39)|23.3(2.35)|8.9(1.67)|25.0 (2.59)|42.9 (3.46)|24.4 (2.77)| 7.7 (1.77)| 31.8(4.43)| 38.9(4.27)|21.0(3.53)| 8.3(3.25)
$5,001 to $10,000 ...........| 26.6(1.97)| 41.9(2.30)|24.6(2.33)|6.9(1.15)|32.1 (2.37)|36.5 (2.35)|24.0 (2.14)| 7.4 (1.32)| 31.6(2.90)| 40.1(3.70)|24.9(2.70)| 3.4(0.98)
$10,001 to 15,000 ...........| 28.0(1.98)| 39.8(2.27)|26.0(1.97)|6.2(1.10)|30.3 (2.00)|38.9 (2.16)|23.7 (1.92)| 7.1 (1.21)| 33.5(3.49)| 35.1(2.85)|23.9(2.67)| 7.5(1.44)
$15,001 to 20,000 ...........| 32.7(2.34)| 38.4(1.99)|21.6(1.81)|7.3(1.35)|32.0 (2.03)|40.0 (2.10)|22.3 (1.89)| 5.7 (0.94)| 34.6(2.28)| 41.1(2.41)|18.8(2.00)| 5.4(1.26)
$20,001 to 25,000 ...........| 34.4(1.92)| 40.8(2.19)|20.6(1.77)|4.2(0.88)|32.8 (1.83)|38.9 (1.88)|21.6 (1.60)| 6.7 (1.09)| 33.5(2.51)| 42.1(2.93)|19.8(1.99)| 4.7(0.96)
$25,001 to 30,000 ...........| 33.0(1.88)| 42.0(2.05)|19.8(1.41)|5.2(0.76)|37.4 (1.91)|37.4 (1.90)|19.7 (1.54)| 5.4 (0.86)| 34.5(2.67)| 42.6(3.13)|17.9(1.92)| 5.0(1.21)
$30,001 to 35,000 ...........| 40.0(1.88)| 38.0(1.66)|18.1(1.44)|3.9(0.69)|38.2 (1.88)|38.8 (1.95)|19.2 (1.53)| 3.8 (0.75)| 35.1(2.76)| 43.1(2.57)|16.9(1.84)| 5.0(1.09)
$35,001 to 40,000 ...........| 40.4(1.70)| 37.3(1.69)|19.4(1.22)|2.8(0.65)|37.5 (1.83)|42.1 (1.89)|17.4 (1.40)| 3.0 (0.62)| 39.6(3.20)| 37.8(2.79)|19.1(1.78)| 3.6(0.93)
$40,001 to 50,000 ...........| 43.2(1.49)| 36.0(1.51)|16.8(1.09)|4.0(0.57)|45.0 (1.52)|35.1 (1.44)|16.6 (1.14)| 3.3 (0.55)| 43.9(2.06)| 35.8(1.95)|15.8(1.51)| 4.4(0.75)
$50,001 to 75,000 ...........| 50.2(1.05)| 32.7(1.04)|14.9(0.86)|2.2(0.34)|45.8 (1.20)|36.8 (1.17)|14.5 (0.84)| 2.9 (0.41)| 48.0(1.29)| 35.0(1.22)|14.0(0.81)| 3.0(0.45)
Over $75,000 ................| 51.0(1.58)| 36.8(1.55)|10.9 (0.9)|1.3(0.31)|51.9 (1.15)|35.4 (1.11)|10.9 (0.72)| 1.8 (0.32)| 54.0(1.19)| 33.8(1.18)|11.0(0.78)| 1.2(0.19)
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Child attending public | | | | | | | | | | | |
schools ....................| 38.2(0.54)| 37.9(0.56)|19.3(0.44)|4.6(0.23)|39.0 (0.55)|37.8 (0.56)|18.5 (0.45)| 4.7 (0.26)| 41.8(0.64)| 37.5(0.62)|16.8(0.57)| 3.8(0.26)
Elementary (kindergarten | | | | | | | | | | | |
to grade 8) ...............| 43.2(0.75)| 36.6(0.69)|16.3(0.55)|3.9(0.26)|43.5 (0.71)|36.6 (0.71)|15.9 (0.54)| 4.1 (0.29)| 46.1(0.80)| 35.9(0.84)|14.6(0.74)| 3.4(0.32)
Secondary (grades 9 to 12) ..| 29.6(0.89)| 40.2(1.00)|24.5(0.89)|5.7(0.46)|31.8 (0.87)|39.9 (0.92)|22.7 (0.79)| 5.6 (0.48)| 34.6(0.96)| 40.2(0.97)|20.6(0.94)| 4.6(0.46)
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Child attending private | | | | | | | | | | | |
schools ....................| 50.8(1.64)| 36.1(1.58)|11.8(0.96)|1.3(0.40)|51.9 (1.61)|36.1 (1.55)|11.0 (1.09)| 1.0 (0.27)| 57.6(1.72)| 33.0(1.68)| 8.1(0.91)| 1.3(0.45)
Elementary (kindergarten | | | | | | | | | | | |
to grade 8) ...............| 55.7(2.02)| 35.3(1.90)| 7.5(0.86)|1.4(0.57)|56.2 (1.88)|34.4 (1.80)| 9.0 (1.21)| 0.5 (0.21)| 61.6(2.39)| 30.3(2.28)| 7.3(1.03)| 0.8(0.28)
Secondary (grades 9 to 12) ..| 41.5(2.97)| 37.7(2.40)|20.4(2.30)|1.0(0.44)|41.2 (3.09)|40.6 (3.03)|15.9 (2.31)| 2.2 (0.79)| 48.8(3.22)| 38.9(2.94)|10.0(1.77)| 2.3(1.30)
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NOTE: Includes children enrolled in kindergarten through grade 12. Excludes children whose programs have no classes with lettered grades. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Standard errors appear in parentheses. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, The Parent Survey (PFI/CI-NHES:1996), (Parent-NHES:1999), and Parent and Family Involvement in Education Survey (PFI-NHES:2003) of The National Household Education Surveys Program, and unpublished tabulations. (This table was prepared July 2005.)
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