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| Table 137. | Percent of public high school graduates earning minimum credits in selected combinations of academic courses, by sex and race/ethnicity: Selected years, 1982 to 2000 |
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| | Sex | Race/ethnicity
Year of graduation | |_____________________|______________________________________________________
and course | All| Male| Female| White,| Black,| Hispanic| Asian/| American
combination taken\1\ | students| | | non-| non-| | Pacific| Indian/
| | | | Hispanic| Hispanic| | Islander| Alaska
| | | | | | | | Native
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9
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1982 graduates | | | | | | | |
4 Eng, 3 SS, 3 Sci, 3 Math, | | | | | | | |
.5 Comp, and 2 FL\2\ ........| 2.0(0.22)| 2.3(0.31)| 1.8(0.27)| 2.4(0.28)| 0.7(0.28)| 0.6(0.22)| 5.8(1.72)| 1.1(0.77)
4 Eng, 3 SS, 3 Sci, 3 Math, | | | | | | | |
and 2 FL ....................| 9.5(0.57)| 9.1(0.70)| 9.9(0.71)|10.9(0.69)| 5.2(1.02)| 3.9(0.57)|17.0(2.49)| 3.3(1.68)
4 Eng, 3 SS, 3 Sci, 3 Math .....|14.3(0.66)|15.2(0.86)|13.4(0.79)|15.9(0.79)|11.0(1.39)| 6.7(0.79)|21.1(2.65)| 8.1(3.02)
4 Eng, 3 SS, 2 Sci, 2 Math .....|31.5(1.07)|31.7(1.26)|31.3(1.22)|32.4(1.21)|30.8(2.32)|25.6(1.76)|32.0(3.40)|23.6(5.39)
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1987 graduates | | | | | | | |
4 Eng, 3 SS, 3 Sci, 3 Math, | | | | | | | |
and .5 Comp, and 2 FL\2\ ....|10.6(0.73)|11.5(1.01)| 9.8(0.65)|11.3(0.97)| 6.6(0.91)| 5.5(1.03)|20.5(2.57)| 2.5(0.86)
4 Eng, 3 SS, 3 Sci, 3 Math, | | | | | | | |
and 2 FL ....................|18.1(0.91)|18.0(1.13)|18.3(1.01)|19.0(1.10)|12.7(1.15)|10.8(1.70)|35.7(4.49)| 4.9(1.40)
4 Eng, 3 SS, 3 Sci, 3 Math .....|24.8(1.03)|25.9(1.27)|23.7(1.07)|26.1(1.21)|19.6(1.99)|14.5(1.69)|39.8(4.51)|24.3(3.69)
4 Eng, 3 SS, 2 Sci, 2 Math .....|48.1(1.74)|48.0(2.22)|48.4(1.56)|48.1(2.15)|48.3(2.63)|43.9(1.92)|57.9(4.82)|61.8(5.56)
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1990 graduates | | | | | | | |
4 Eng, 3 SS, 3 Sci, 3 Math, | | | | | | | |
.5 Comp, and 2 FL \2\ .......|18.0(1.06)|17.8(1.16)|18.2(1.09)|18.6(1.21)|15.1(1.66)|17.8(2.42)|23.3(2.23)| 7.8(3.33)
4 Eng, 3 SS, 3 Sci, 3 Math, | | | | | | | |
and 2 FL ....................|29.9(1.26)|28.8(1.38)|31.0(1.36)|31.7(1.46)|22.9(2.27)|25.4(2.41)|42.6(2.95)| 9.9(3.70)
4 Eng, 3 SS, 3 Sci, 3 Math .....|38.2(1.50)|38.5(1.69)|37.9(1.54)|39.2(1.63)|39.0(3.57)|29.8(2.51)|47.4(3.04)|19.2(4.70)
4 Eng, 3 SS, 2 Sci, 2 Math .....|65.5(1.96)|64.3(2.09)|66.4(1.98)|64.9(2.28)|71.3(3.00)|63.7(3.01)|69.1(3.90)|46.3(6.39)
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1994 graduates | | | | | | | |
4 Eng, 3 SS, 3 Sci, 3 Math, | | | | | | | |
.5 Comp, and 2 FL \2\ .......|25.1(1.05)|23.4(0.93)|26.8(1.32)|26.4(1.19)|19.0(1.45)|27.1(3.75)|35.5(2.84)|12.9(3.09)
4 Eng, 3 SS, 3 Sci, 3 Math, | | | | | | | |
and 2 FL ....................|39.0(1.12)|35.0(1.11)|42.7(1.33)|41.6(1.32)|29.6(1.52)|35.6(2.94)|50.1(2.39)|22.5(4.31)
4 Eng, 3 SS, 3 Sci, 3 Math .....|49.3(1.45)|47.0(1.45)|51.5(1.58)|52.4(1.67)|43.7(2.39)|40.3(3.25)|54.9(2.46)|46.0(3.30)
4 Eng, 3 SS, 2 Sci, 2 Math .....|73.9(1.50)|71.2(1.63)|76.4(1.46)|75.1(1.69)|74.5(2.32)|74.7(2.61)|72.3(3.62)|76.3(3.60)
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1998 graduates | | | | | | | |
4 Eng, 3 SS, 3 Sci, 3 Math, | | | | | | | |
.5 Comp, and 2 FL \2\ .......|28.6(1.72)|27.6(2.12)|30.1(1.90)|29.6(1.99)|27.9(3.36)|20.4(2.44)|38.6(4.61)|16.5(4.65)
4 Eng, 3 SS, 3 Sci, 3 Math, | | | | | | | |
and 2 FL ....................|44.2(1.92)|40.5(2.19)|48.2(2.05)|46.2(2.16)|40.0(3.41)|32.0(2.94)|57.8(4.51)|28.3(4.53)
4 Eng, 3 SS, 3 Sci, 3 Math .....|55.0(2.44)|52.9(2.64)|57.8(2.48)|56.8(2.69)|55.6(4.39)|40.0(3.28)|66.1(5.69)|40.0(4.73)
4 Eng, 3 SS, 2 Sci, 2 Math .....|74.5(2.18)|72.8(2.34)|77.0(2.14)|74.7(2.64)|76.0(3.21)|70.1(2.57)|79.5(4.76)|76.4(5.21)
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2000 graduates | | | | | | | |
4 Eng, 3 SS, 3 Sci, 3 Math, | | | | | | | |
.5 Comp, and 2 FL \2\ .......|31.0(1.53)|28.6(1.59)|33.2(1.73)|31.5(1.55)|28.9(1.65)|28.4(5.50)|37.8(5.45)|16.2(2.69)
4 Eng, 3 SS, 3 Sci, 3 Math, | | | | | | | |
and 2 FL ....................|46.5(1.46)|40.3(1.59)|52.1(1.60)|47.8(1.56)|44.2(2.14)|38.4(5.05)|56.5(3.13)|25.6(3.40)
4 Eng, 3 SS, 3 Sci, 3 Math .....|57.2(1.58)|52.9(1.65)|61.1(1.70)|58.1(1.70)|62.4(2.44)|46.4(5.46)|61.1(3.11)|40.9(5.56)
4 Eng, 3 SS, 2 Sci, 2 Math .....|77.6(1.58)|74.2(1.86)|80.6(1.44)|77.9(1.84)|81.2(2.23)|74.1(3.24)|74.5(3.05)|71.2(4.44)
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\1\Eng = English; SS = social studies; Sci = science; Comp = computer science; and FL = foreign language. NOTE: Data differ slightly from figures appearing in other NCES reports because of differences in taxonomies and case exclusion criteria. Standard errors appear in parentheses. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, High School and Beyond Longitudinal Study of Sophomores, "High School Study" (HS&B-So:80/82); The 1987, 1990, 1994, 1998, and 2000 High School Transcript Study (HSTS). (This table was prepared November 2002.)
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