Table 157.

Average number of Carnegie units earned by public high school graduates in various subject fields, by selected student characteristics: Selected years, 1982 through 2005

Graduation year and selected student characteristic	Total		English		History/ social studies		Mathematics						Science										Foreign languages		Arts		Career/tech- nical educa- tion1		Personal use2		Computer related3
							Total		Less than algebra		Algebra or higher		Total		General science		Biology		Chemistry		Physics
1	2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		11		12		13		14		15		16		17
1982 graduates	21.58	(0.090)	3.93	(0.022)	3.16	(0.028)	2.63	(0.022)	0.90	(0.021)	1.74	(0.028)	2.20	(0.025)	0.73	(0.016)	0.94	(0.014)	0.34	(0.010)	0.17	(0.008)	0.99	(0.029)	1.47	(0.035)	4.62	(0.061)	2.58	(0.048)	0.12	(0.007)
Sex
Male	21.40	(0.108)	3.88	(0.026)	3.16	(0.034)	2.71	(0.030)	0.94	(0.026)	1.77	(0.039)	2.27	(0.031)	0.76	(0.018)	0.91	(0.016)	0.36	(0.014)	0.23	(0.012)	0.80	(0.030)	1.29	(0.044)	4.60	(0.076)	2.69	(0.056)	0.14	(0.012)
Female	21.75	(0.101)	3.98	(0.026)	3.15	(0.029)	2.57	(0.024)	0.86	(0.025)	1.71	(0.032)	2.13	(0.029)	0.71	(0.017)	0.97	(0.017)	0.33	(0.013)	0.12	(0.008)	1.17	(0.036)	1.63	(0.044)	4.64	(0.072)	2.48	(0.049)	0.11	(0.007)
Race/ethnicity
White	21.69	(0.107)	3.90	(0.025)	3.19	(0.032)	2.68	(0.026)	0.77	(0.023)	1.91	(0.032)	2.27	(0.029)	0.73	(0.017)	0.97	(0.015)	0.38	(0.013)	0.20	(0.010)	1.06	(0.033)	1.53	(0.042)	4.53	(0.071)	2.52	(0.052)	0.13	(0.009)
Black	21.15	(0.169)	4.08	(0.050)	3.08	(0.054)	2.61	(0.043)	1.36	(0.053)	1.25	(0.066)	2.06	(0.049)	0.81	(0.033)	0.90	(0.033)	0.26	(0.023)	0.09	(0.011)	0.72	(0.067)	1.26	(0.063)	4.75	(0.136)	2.60	(0.094)	0.12	(0.016)
Hispanic	21.23	(0.122)	3.94	(0.037)	3.00	(0.037)	2.33	(0.040)	1.21	(0.037)	1.12	(0.047)	1.80	(0.038)	0.75	(0.026)	0.81	(0.025)	0.16	(0.012)	0.07	(0.007)	0.77	(0.042)	1.29	(0.054)	5.22	(0.111)	2.87	(0.081)	0.08	(0.010)
Asian/Pacific     Islander	22.46	(0.216)	4.01	(0.091)	3.16	(0.094)	3.15	(0.095)	0.71	(0.083)	2.44	(0.132)	2.64	(0.125)	0.51	(0.061)	1.11	(0.048)	0.61	(0.046)	0.42	(0.048)	1.79	(0.105)	1.31	(0.124)	3.34	(0.226)	3.05	(0.146)	0.22	(0.057)
American Indian/     Alaska Native	21.45	(0.330)	3.98	(0.114)	3.25	(0.207)	2.35	(0.129)	1.23	(0.148)	1.12	(0.213)	2.04	(0.090)	0.67	(0.087)	0.84	(0.124)	0.42	(0.087)	0.12	(0.039)	0.48	(0.117)	1.72	(0.338)	4.77	(0.233)	2.84	(0.128)	0.06	(0.024)
Academic track
Academic4	21.75	(0.092)	4.11	(0.026)	3.32	(0.032)	3.04	(0.024)	0.73	(0.027)	2.30	(0.037)	2.65	(0.032)	0.73	(0.018)	1.13	(0.017)	0.53	(0.016)	0.26	(0.012)	1.54	(0.042)	1.91	(0.050)	2.55	(0.042)	2.62	(0.058)	0.10	(0.006)
Career/technical5	20.21	(0.090)	3.44	(0.035)	2.63	(0.032)	1.80	(0.032)	1.09	(0.036)	0.71	(0.030)	1.32	(0.026)	0.69	(0.023)	0.57	(0.021)	0.04	(0.006)	0.02	(0.006)	0.18	(0.015)	0.59	(0.029)	7.74	(0.082)	2.51	(0.065)	0.12	(0.016)
Both6	22.89	(0.196)	4.04	(0.037)	3.33	(0.046)	2.69	(0.041)	1.02	(0.036)	1.67	(0.054)	2.17	(0.037)	0.79	(0.023)	0.94	(0.019)	0.29	(0.018)	0.14	(0.015)	0.75	(0.036)	1.41	(0.055)	6.03	(0.091)	2.47	(0.064)	0.18	(0.020)
Neither7	18.73	(0.141)	3.58	(0.054)	2.70	(0.054)	1.73	(0.045)	1.08	(0.055)	0.65	(0.060)	1.33	(0.051)	0.69	(0.037)	0.59	(0.035)	0.03	(0.008)	0.02	(0.007)	0.22	(0.027)	0.85	(0.063)	5.23	(0.137)	3.06	(0.115)	0.05	(0.011)
1987 graduates	23.00	(0.157)	4.12	(0.022)	3.32	(0.037)	3.01	(0.029)	0.86	(0.030)	2.14	(0.042)	2.55	(0.046)	0.76	(0.033)	1.10	(0.020)	0.47	(0.015)	0.21	(0.011)	1.35	(0.049)	1.44	(0.044)	4.55	(0.084)	2.67	(0.073)	0.47	(0.022)
Sex
Male	22.88	(0.162)	4.08	(0.021)	3.29	(0.037)	3.05	(0.029)	0.91	(0.032)	2.14	(0.045)	2.59	(0.049)	0.79	(0.032)	1.05	(0.021)	0.47	(0.016)	0.26	(0.013)	1.16	(0.051)	1.24	(0.046)	4.64	(0.089)	2.83	(0.081)	0.47	(0.023)
Female	23.12	(0.156)	4.15	(0.026)	3.35	(0.041)	2.96	(0.030)	0.82	(0.032)	2.15	(0.045)	2.52	(0.048)	0.74	(0.035)	1.14	(0.022)	0.47	(0.017)	0.17	(0.012)	1.53	(0.051)	1.63	(0.050)	4.47	(0.094)	2.51	(0.069)	0.47	(0.023)
Race/ethnicity
White	23.11	(0.189)	4.08	(0.028)	3.29	(0.045)	3.01	(0.034)	0.74	(0.031)	2.27	(0.050)	2.61	(0.058)	0.75	(0.040)	1.12	(0.025)	0.50	(0.020)	0.23	(0.012)	1.38	(0.055)	1.50	(0.055)	4.65	(0.107)	2.60	(0.082)	0.49	(0.027)
Black	22.40	(0.251)	4.22	(0.038)	3.34	(0.073)	2.99	(0.060)	1.40	(0.074)	1.59	(0.054)	2.33	(0.060)	0.90	(0.051)	1.01	(0.036)	0.31	(0.021)	0.10	(0.012)	1.08	(0.094)	1.20	(0.064)	4.52	(0.130)	2.73	(0.120)	0.39	(0.032)
Hispanic	22.84	(0.162)	4.30	(0.055)	3.22	(0.061)	2.81	(0.056)	1.30	(0.049)	1.50	(0.039)	2.24	(0.045)	0.78	(0.028)	1.07	(0.028)	0.29	(0.015)	0.10	(0.013)	1.25	(0.071)	1.34	(0.056)	4.49	(0.169)	3.19	(0.096)	0.42	(0.031)
Asian/Pacific     Islander	24.47	(0.332)	4.37	(0.076)	3.65	(0.163)	3.71	(0.094)	0.53	(0.072)	3.18	(0.143)	3.14	(0.116)	0.59	(0.048)	1.17	(0.027)	0.87	(0.069)	0.50	(0.045)	2.07	(0.105)	1.18	(0.077)	3.11	(0.221)	3.23	(0.185)	0.58	(0.033)
American Indian/     Alaska Native	23.23	(0.153)	4.22	(0.033)	3.18	(0.044)	2.98	(0.113)	1.35	(0.145)	1.63	(0.097)	2.44	(0.104)	0.81	(0.041)	1.22	(0.073)	0.32	(0.035)	0.09	(0.027)	0.75	(0.138)	1.68	(0.112)	4.92	(0.125)	3.06	(0.050)	0.39	(0.058)
Academic track
Academic4	23.20	(0.153)	4.26	(0.029)	3.55	(0.045)	3.33	(0.031)	0.65	(0.034)	2.68	(0.051)	2.97	(0.053)	0.73	(0.031)	1.23	(0.024)	0.68	(0.022)	0.32	(0.014)	1.92	(0.066)	1.87	(0.059)	2.57	(0.071)	2.73	(0.081)	0.38	(0.017)
Career/technical5	21.07	(0.161)	3.62	(0.032)	2.59	(0.040)	2.00	(0.029)	1.29	(0.051)	0.71	(0.041)	1.48	(0.047)	0.74	(0.053)	0.70	(0.037)	0.03	(0.006)	0.01	(0.003)	0.18	(0.024)	0.47	(0.031)	8.07	(0.155)	2.67	(0.112)	0.39	(0.038)
Both6	23.53	(0.179)	4.11	(0.025)	3.29	(0.031)	2.93	(0.026)	0.97	(0.045)	1.96	(0.056)	2.37	(0.051)	0.81	(0.038)	1.07	(0.028)	0.35	(0.016)	0.14	(0.011)	1.01	(0.043)	1.20	(0.054)	6.09	(0.085)	2.53	(0.068)	0.64	(0.034)
Neither7	19.56	(0.199)	3.55	(0.050)	2.45	(0.071)	2.11	(0.082)	1.62	(0.100)	0.49	(0.094)	1.47	(0.046)	0.84	(0.075)	0.59	(0.051)	0.03	(0.011)	0.00	(0.004)	0.18	(0.040)	0.76	(0.067)	5.10	(0.233)	3.93	(0.249)	0.17	(0.031)
1990 graduates	23.53	(0.127)	4.19	(0.034)	3.47	(0.040)	3.15	(0.028)	0.90	(0.032)	2.25	(0.040)	2.75	(0.028)	0.85	(0.026)	1.14	(0.019)	0.53	(0.014)	0.23	(0.010)	1.54	(0.041)	1.55	(0.045)	4.19	(0.079)	2.68	(0.073)	0.54	(0.021)
Sex
Male	23.35	(0.130)	4.13	(0.035)	3.45	(0.041)	3.16	(0.028)	0.96	(0.038)	2.20	(0.048)	2.78	(0.033)	0.88	(0.027)	1.11	(0.021)	0.52	(0.017)	0.28	(0.012)	1.33	(0.040)	1.31	(0.047)	4.32	(0.084)	2.87	(0.077)	0.50	(0.020)
Female	23.69	(0.132)	4.25	(0.036)	3.50	(0.041)	3.14	(0.033)	0.85	(0.032)	2.29	(0.039)	2.73	(0.027)	0.83	(0.027)	1.17	(0.019)	0.53	(0.014)	0.19	(0.010)	1.72	(0.045)	1.76	(0.050)	4.08	(0.087)	2.51	(0.072)	0.57	(0.026)
Race/ethnicity
White	23.54	(0.133)	4.12	(0.036)	3.46	(0.045)	3.13	(0.032)	0.80	(0.033)	2.33	(0.041)	2.80	(0.033)	0.84	(0.022)	1.15	(0.020)	0.55	(0.016)	0.25	(0.011)	1.58	(0.049)	1.61	(0.056)	4.22	(0.085)	2.61	(0.076)	0.52	(0.023)
Black	23.40	(0.255)	4.34	(0.044)	3.49	(0.058)	3.20	(0.064)	1.25	(0.059)	1.95	(0.071)	2.68	(0.061)	0.98	(0.068)	1.11	(0.042)	0.42	(0.024)	0.16	(0.020)	1.20	(0.075)	1.34	(0.052)	4.41	(0.166)	2.74	(0.124)	0.60	(0.055)
Hispanic	23.83	(0.210)	4.51	(0.139)	3.42	(0.071)	3.13	(0.058)	1.30	(0.076)	1.83	(0.090)	2.50	(0.046)	0.83	(0.041)	1.10	(0.034)	0.42	(0.034)	0.14	(0.016)	1.57	(0.060)	1.48	(0.072)	4.12	(0.150)	3.10	(0.103)	0.58	(0.048)
Asian/Pacific     Islander	24.07	(0.236)	4.50	(0.117)	3.70	(0.126)	3.52	(0.060)	0.70	(0.121)	2.82	(0.159)	2.97	(0.114)	0.68	(0.080)	1.12	(0.085)	0.74	(0.057)	0.42	(0.047)	2.06	(0.150)	1.29	(0.084)	3.07	(0.337)	2.96	(0.221)	0.54	(0.043)
American Indian/     Alaska Native	22.64	(0.267)	4.08	(0.092)	3.34	(0.083)	3.04	(0.152)	1.03	(0.084)	2.01	(0.143)	2.48	(0.175)	0.83	(0.090)	1.09	(0.090)	0.42	(0.072)	0.15	(0.039)	1.15	(0.188)	1.11	(0.126)	4.62	(0.190)	2.81	(0.148)	0.60	(0.130)
Academic track
Academic4	23.53	(0.137)	4.30	(0.044)	3.65	(0.047)	3.37	(0.025)	0.68	(0.031)	2.70	(0.038)	3.06	(0.033)	0.81	(0.033)	1.23	(0.021)	0.70	(0.018)	0.32	(0.012)	2.02	(0.046)	1.93	(0.054)	2.41	(0.048)	2.78	(0.086)	0.42	(0.019)
Career/technical5	21.73	(0.244)	3.60	(0.063)	2.58	(0.063)	2.07	(0.054)	1.54	(0.080)	0.53	(0.045)	1.62	(0.047)	0.87	(0.031)	0.71	(0.040)	0.03	(0.008)	0.01	(0.004)	0.17	(0.029)	0.42	(0.042)	8.68	(0.179)	2.59	(0.092)	0.46	(0.067)
Both6	23.92	(0.128)	4.14	(0.026)	3.38	(0.038)	3.02	(0.031)	1.12	(0.037)	1.90	(0.044)	2.51	(0.031)	0.92	(0.024)	1.09	(0.024)	0.36	(0.015)	0.14	(0.010)	1.07	(0.040)	1.17	(0.049)	6.10	(0.056)	2.53	(0.073)	0.73	(0.034)
Neither7	19.81	(0.564)	3.63	(0.153)	2.59	(0.076)	2.01	(0.139)	1.57	(0.176)	0.44	(0.072)	1.47	(0.085)	0.79	(0.080)	0.60	(0.090)	0.04	(0.020)	0.03	(0.018)	0.21	(0.060)	0.79	(0.249)	5.81	(0.529)	3.29	(0.338)	0.36	(0.063)
1994 graduates	24.17	(0.144)	4.29	(0.028)	3.55	(0.041)	3.33	(0.021)	0.76	(0.029)	2.57	(0.036)	3.04	(0.028)	0.88	(0.024)	1.26	(0.018)	0.62	(0.013)	0.28	(0.011)	1.71	(0.033)	1.66	(0.041)	3.96	(0.068)	2.63	(0.077)	0.64	(0.025)
Sex
Male	23.79	(0.146)	4.26	(0.028)	3.51	(0.041)	3.32	(0.022)	0.85	(0.032)	2.48	(0.038)	3.03	(0.030)	0.91	(0.026)	1.20	(0.020)	0.59	(0.015)	0.32	(0.014)	1.49	(0.034)	1.43	(0.038)	4.13	(0.074)	2.83	(0.081)	0.63	(0.027)
Female	24.11	(0.147)	4.32	(0.030)	3.59	(0.041)	3.34	(0.023)	0.68	(0.029)	2.66	(0.037)	3.06	(0.028)	0.86	(0.024)	1.31	(0.018)	0.64	(0.014)	0.24	(0.010)	1.93	(0.034)	1.87	(0.051)	3.80	(0.074)	2.44	(0.078)	0.65	(0.027)
Race/ethnicity
White	24.08	(0.183)	4.23	(0.035)	3.56	(0.049)	3.36	(0.023)	0.70	(0.034)	2.66	(0.041)	3.13	(0.032)	0.89	(0.030)	1.29	(0.022)	0.65	(0.014)	0.30	(0.014)	1.76	(0.039)	1.74	(0.049)	3.96	(0.080)	2.61	(0.096)	0.63	(0.028)
Black	23.28	(0.132)	4.36	(0.034)	3.51	(0.039)	3.23	(0.030)	1.09	(0.067)	2.14	(0.079)	2.80	(0.042)	0.92	(0.051)	1.21	(0.036)	0.49	(0.028)	0.17	(0.013)	1.35	(0.052)	1.36	(0.066)	4.29	(0.121)	2.69	(0.101)	0.64	(0.039)
Hispanic	23.71	(0.131)	4.61	(0.075)	3.45	(0.046)	3.28	(0.041)	0.96	(0.030)	2.32	(0.057)	2.69	(0.046)	0.83	(0.058)	1.19	(0.027)	0.49	(0.047)	0.17	(0.021)	1.73	(0.062)	1.51	(0.046)	3.87	(0.124)	2.93	(0.086)	0.76	(0.044)
Asian/Pacific     Islander	23.84	(0.256)	4.60	(0.091)	3.66	(0.097)	3.66	(0.082)	0.67	(0.113)	2.98	(0.189)	3.35	(0.131)	0.80	(0.034)	1.22	(0.042)	0.81	(0.062)	0.48	(0.058)	2.09	(0.085)	1.32	(0.121)	3.01	(0.236)	2.78	(0.123)	0.71	(0.034)
American Indian/     Alaska Native	23.40	(0.541)	4.27	(0.113)	3.57	(0.201)	3.11	(0.038)	0.94	(0.108)	2.17	(0.125)	2.82	(0.073)	0.91	(0.057)	1.28	(0.069)	0.50	(0.065)	0.13	(0.039)	1.30	(0.150)	2.01	(0.351)	4.27	(0.256)	3.12	(0.355)	0.53	(0.217)
Academic track
Academic4	23.86	(0.133)	4.37	(0.034)	3.69	(0.042)	3.52	(0.022)	0.58	(0.030)	2.94	(0.039)	3.32	(0.031)	0.83	(0.027)	1.34	(0.021)	0.77	(0.017)	0.37	(0.014)	2.14	(0.040)	2.05	(0.054)	2.28	(0.045)	2.71	(0.071)	0.50	(0.022)
Career/technical5	21.20	(0.252)	3.70	(0.055)	2.49	(0.071)	2.20	(0.052)	1.56	(0.066)	0.64	(0.048)	1.69	(0.064)	0.80	(0.049)	0.83	(0.046)	0.03	(0.006)	0.02	(0.007)	0.14	(0.029)	0.34	(0.036)	8.64	(0.214)	2.41	(0.141)	0.55	(0.055)
Both6	24.41	(0.149)	4.23	(0.029)	3.45	(0.039)	3.17	(0.023)	0.96	(0.039)	2.21	(0.045)	2.78	(0.031)	0.96	(0.026)	1.19	(0.021)	0.45	(0.016)	0.17	(0.010)	1.24	(0.037)	1.21	(0.036)	6.01	(0.059)	2.52	(0.095)	0.85	(0.032)
Neither7	20.56	(0.476)	3.54	(0.130)	2.24	(0.075)	2.25	(0.073)	1.71	(0.121)	0.54	(0.100)	1.53	(0.078)	0.82	(0.076)	0.63	(0.075)	0.05	(0.024)	0.02	(0.011)	0.19	(0.063)	0.56	(0.105)	6.51	(0.347)	4.47	(0.497)	0.33	(0.063)
1998 graduates	25.14	(0.162)	4.25	(0.037)	3.74	(0.038)	3.40	(0.024)	0.67	(0.022)	2.73	(0.034)	3.12	(0.026)	0.89	(0.024)	1.26	(0.021)	0.66	(0.015)	0.31	(0.015)	1.85	(0.039)	1.90	(0.079)	3.99	(0.098)	2.89	(0.076)	0.74	(0.033)
Sex
Male	24.64	(0.162)	4.19	(0.038)	3.68	(0.040)	3.37	(0.024)	0.74	(0.023)	2.64	(0.034)	3.09	(0.028)	0.93	(0.026)	1.20	(0.021)	0.62	(0.014)	0.33	(0.018)	1.62	(0.040)	1.61	(0.072)	4.25	(0.099)	3.12	(0.079)	0.78	(0.032)
Female	25.04	(0.166)	4.31	(0.039)	3.80	(0.036)	3.42	(0.025)	0.62	(0.023)	2.80	(0.035)	3.17	(0.029)	0.87	(0.023)	1.32	(0.023)	0.70	(0.018)	0.28	(0.015)	2.06	(0.041)	2.15	(0.094)	3.77	(0.114)	2.67	(0.080)	0.71	(0.038)
Race/ethnicity
White	24.87	(0.178)	4.19	(0.049)	3.77	(0.046)	3.40	(0.028)	0.57	(0.022)	2.84	(0.035)	3.18	(0.028)	0.87	(0.027)	1.28	(0.025)	0.69	(0.017)	0.33	(0.019)	1.90	(0.049)	2.00	(0.078)	3.97	(0.114)	2.80	(0.088)	0.73	(0.037)
Black	24.37	(0.250)	4.28	(0.045)	3.69	(0.050)	3.42	(0.042)	0.90	(0.053)	2.53	(0.072)	3.03	(0.064)	0.97	(0.045)	1.24	(0.038)	0.58	(0.025)	0.22	(0.022)	1.58	(0.062)	1.57	(0.152)	4.33	(0.149)	2.94	(0.080)	0.84	(0.064)
Hispanic	24.69	(0.218)	4.51	(0.055)	3.60	(0.051)	3.28	(0.041)	1.05	(0.055)	2.23	(0.061)	2.81	(0.054)	0.97	(0.042)	1.13	(0.026)	0.50	(0.036)	0.20	(0.020)	1.78	(0.055)	1.78	(0.113)	3.97	(0.121)	3.36	(0.121)	0.71	(0.046)
Asian/Pacific     Islander	24.67	(0.195)	4.37	(0.068)	3.92	(0.086)	3.62	(0.029)	0.65	(0.134)	2.97	(0.136)	3.43	(0.079)	0.81	(0.041)	1.26	(0.027)	0.83	(0.037)	0.51	(0.036)	2.29	(0.129)	1.52	(0.056)	3.15	(0.222)	2.95	(0.208)	0.67	(0.050)
American Indian/     Alaska Native	23.81	(0.350)	4.18	(0.082)	3.67	(0.093)	3.10	(0.081)	0.90	(0.067)	2.20	(0.100)	2.68	(0.081)	0.98	(0.070)	1.07	(0.056)	0.49	(0.038)	0.15	(0.024)	1.45	(0.132)	1.94	(0.146)	4.02	(0.164)	3.40	(0.212)	0.67	(0.058)
Academic track
Academic4	24.61	(0.160)	4.33	(0.034)	3.87	(0.038)	3.54	(0.023)	0.53	(0.024)	3.00	(0.036)	3.34	(0.030)	0.84	(0.028)	1.33	(0.027)	0.78	(0.016)	0.38	(0.020)	2.24	(0.041)	2.41	(0.122)	2.22	(0.061)	2.97	(0.088)	0.52	(0.024)
Career/technical5	22.10	(0.299)	3.46	(0.092)	2.55	(0.079)	2.17	(0.076)	1.30	(0.073)	0.87	(0.065)	1.69	(0.087)	1.05	(0.088)	0.59	(0.068)	0.03	(0.007)	0.01	(0.005)	0.14	(0.025)	0.47	(0.068)	9.12	(0.239)	3.01	(0.227)	0.81	(0.085)
Both6	25.38	(0.190)	4.20	(0.045)	3.66	(0.045)	3.30	(0.030)	0.81	(0.027)	2.49	(0.042)	2.94	(0.038)	0.96	(0.030)	1.20	(0.026)	0.54	(0.022)	0.23	(0.016)	1.45	(0.042)	1.31	(0.048)	6.06	(0.083)	2.73	(0.078)	1.03	(0.048)
Neither7	20.39	(0.371)	3.21	(0.146)	2.32	(0.235)	2.19	(0.083)	1.59	(0.137)	0.60	(0.087)	1.58	(0.095)	0.88	(0.089)	0.58	(0.052)	0.04	(0.017)	0.08	(0.031)	0.20	(0.047)	0.55	(0.083)	5.64	(0.598)	5.82	(0.379)	0.51	(0.069)
2000 graduates	26.05	(0.201)	4.39	(0.035)	3.83	(0.033)	3.56	(0.028)	0.61	(0.028)	2.95	(0.038)	3.20	(0.038)	0.85	(0.028)	1.29	(0.028)	0.69	(0.018)	0.36	(0.017)	1.95	(0.044)	2.03	(0.054)	4.21	(0.123)	2.88	(0.065)	0.83	(0.032)
Sex
Male	26.23	(0.206)	4.31	(0.034)	3.76	(0.032)	3.53	(0.031)	0.68	(0.032)	2.86	(0.046)	3.16	(0.039)	0.88	(0.028)	1.20	(0.029)	0.65	(0.017)	0.40	(0.018)	1.71	(0.044)	1.75	(0.051)	4.60	(0.154)	3.09	(0.070)	0.93	(0.036)
Female	26.46	(0.203)	4.46	(0.038)	3.89	(0.035)	3.58	(0.028)	0.55	(0.026)	3.03	(0.036)	3.25	(0.040)	0.82	(0.030)	1.36	(0.029)	0.73	(0.020)	0.33	(0.017)	2.18	(0.049)	2.30	(0.065)	3.82	(0.104)	2.69	(0.063)	0.74	(0.034)
Race/ethnicity
White	26.57	(0.252)	4.32	(0.037)	3.86	(0.037)	3.56	(0.031)	0.58	(0.032)	2.98	(0.043)	3.24	(0.038)	0.84	(0.031)	1.30	(0.034)	0.70	(0.020)	0.38	(0.020)	1.98	(0.053)	2.12	(0.068)	4.34	(0.164)	2.79	(0.075)	0.81	(0.036)
Black	26.28	(0.242)	4.43	(0.078)	3.75	(0.067)	3.54	(0.042)	0.72	(0.062)	2.82	(0.059)	3.13	(0.058)	0.91	(0.043)	1.26	(0.040)	0.65	(0.027)	0.27	(0.020)	1.70	(0.071)	1.95	(0.134)	4.29	(0.173)	2.98	(0.093)	0.85	(0.055)
Hispanic	25.91	(0.323)	4.69	(0.106)	3.77	(0.075)	3.42	(0.074)	0.74	(0.051)	2.68	(0.107)	2.87	(0.112)	0.85	(0.046)	1.19	(0.067)	0.58	(0.055)	0.24	(0.026)	1.90	(0.070)	1.77	(0.063)	3.83	(0.124)	3.21	(0.147)	0.89	(0.056)
Asian/Pacific     Islander	26.66	(0.327)	4.57	(0.069)	3.77	(0.051)	3.96	(0.095)	0.35	(0.035)	3.61	(0.106)	3.71	(0.153)	0.71	(0.082)	1.36	(0.060)	0.96	(0.048)	0.65	(0.037)	2.51	(0.083)	1.79	(0.084)	2.82	(0.160)	3.09	(0.184)	0.92	(0.111)
American Indian/     Alaska Native	26.03	(0.315)	4.12	(0.064)	3.75	(0.100)	3.29	(0.083)	0.91	(0.164)	2.38	(0.178)	2.88	(0.112)	0.98	(0.037)	1.25	(0.080)	0.45	(0.044)	0.19	(0.042)	1.40	(0.105)	1.99	(0.220)	4.79	(0.429)	2.89	(0.230)	0.96	(0.074)
Academic track
Academic4	25.82	(0.186)	4.47	(0.040)	3.93	(0.043)	3.70	(0.034)	0.49	(0.024)	3.21	(0.042)	3.39	(0.042)	0.81	(0.033)	1.35	(0.033)	0.80	(0.023)	0.42	(0.019)	2.32	(0.050)	2.52	(0.072)	2.28	(0.049)	2.96	(0.075)	0.54	(0.024)
Career/technical5	24.13	(0.369)	3.33	(0.131)	2.62	(0.121)	2.11	(0.086)	1.28	(0.120)	0.82	(0.100)	1.61	(0.116)	0.84	(0.069)	0.65	(0.091)	0.06	(0.018)	0.05	(0.026)	0.15	(0.042)	0.57	(0.062)	9.56	(0.337)	3.50	(0.249)	1.17	(0.220)
Both6	27.16	(0.248)	4.33	(0.035)	3.76	(0.034)	3.45	(0.032)	0.74	(0.040)	2.71	(0.054)	3.04	(0.047)	0.89	(0.031)	1.24	(0.033)	0.59	(0.024)	0.30	(0.024)	1.56	(0.049)	1.47	(0.057)	6.46	(0.170)	2.74	(0.074)	1.20	(0.046)
Neither7	22.41	(0.500)	3.50	(0.088)	1.86	(0.142)	2.27	(0.088)	1.76	(0.141)	0.51	(0.101)	1.59	(0.099)	1.04	(0.097)	0.48	(0.082)	0.04	(0.018)	0.02	(0.011)	0.20	(0.056)	0.93	(0.096)	5.52	(0.443)	5.72	(0.506)	0.29	(0.051)
2005 graduates	26.68	(0.100)	4.42	(0.022)	3.98	(0.025)	3.67	(0.016)	0.49	(0.015)	3.19	(0.020)	3.34	(0.019)	0.95	(0.019)	1.28	(0.016)	0.74	(0.010)	0.35	(0.011)	1.97	(0.024)	2.05	(0.035)	4.01	(0.058)	3.23	(0.040)	0.93	(0.021)
Sex
Male	26.50	(0.104)	4.36	(0.025)	3.91	(0.028)	3.65	(0.020)	0.54	(0.016)	3.10	(0.024)	3.29	(0.023)	0.97	(0.019)	1.19	(0.016)	0.70	(0.011)	0.39	(0.013)	1.76	(0.026)	1.71	(0.035)	4.35	(0.059)	3.47	(0.043)	1.09	(0.023)
Female	26.84	(0.103)	4.48	(0.021)	4.05	(0.025)	3.70	(0.016)	0.44	(0.016)	3.26	(0.021)	3.40	(0.020)	0.92	(0.020)	1.37	(0.017)	0.78	(0.011)	0.32	(0.012)	2.16	(0.025)	2.38	(0.045)	3.68	(0.068)	3.00	(0.044)	0.79	(0.024)
Race/ethnicity
White	26.87	(0.125)	4.32	(0.029)	4.02	(0.030)	3.69	(0.021)	0.44	(0.017)	3.24	(0.026)	3.43	(0.021)	0.96	(0.022)	1.31	(0.018)	0.76	(0.013)	0.38	(0.012)	2.01	(0.027)	2.17	(0.043)	4.12	(0.075)	3.10	(0.049)	0.90	(0.026)
Black	26.57	(0.150)	4.54	(0.028)	3.98	(0.045)	3.71	(0.032)	0.63	(0.034)	3.08	(0.047)	3.21	(0.036)	0.99	(0.037)	1.27	(0.025)	0.68	(0.017)	0.27	(0.025)	1.71	(0.040)	1.77	(0.056)	4.11	(0.111)	3.53	(0.076)	1.07	(0.033)
Hispanic	25.91	(0.142)	4.80	(0.037)	3.75	(0.039)	3.49	(0.032)	0.65	(0.034)	2.83	(0.034)	2.92	(0.035)	0.92	(0.031)	1.11	(0.020)	0.63	(0.022)	0.24	(0.017)	1.88	(0.035)	1.78	(0.054)	3.69	(0.098)	3.62	(0.058)	1.00	(0.040)
Asian/Pacific     Islander	26.32	(0.189)	4.51	(0.057)	3.94	(0.042)	3.90	(0.04)	0.27	(0.025)	3.62	(0.041)	3.63	(0.057)	0.74	(0.060)	1.31	(0.035)	0.97	(0.027)	0.56	(0.032)	2.43	(0.068)	1.80	(0.076)	2.91	(0.144)	3.21	(0.086)	0.94	(0.054)
American Indian/     Alaska Native	26.48	(0.443)	4.44	(0.098)	4.06	(0.129)	3.53	(0.141)	0.69	(0.087)	2.84	(0.182)	3.02	(0.072)	1.04	(0.060)	1.28	(0.063)	0.52	(0.052)	0.17	(0.036)	1.44	(0.105)	2.44	(0.179)	4.20	(0.258)	3.36	(0.291)	0.82	(0.102)
Other	26.09	(0.374)	4.39	(0.095)	3.87	(0.066)	3.72	(0.087)	0.26	(0.043)	3.46	(0.099)	3.50	(0.083)	0.93	(0.057)	1.35	(0.060)	0.81	(0.049)	0.37	(0.047)	2.31	(0.088)	2.12	(0.232)	2.93	(0.263)	3.26	(0.207)	0.72	(0.119)
Academic track
Academic4	26.53	(0.092)	4.48	(0.024)	4.09	(0.026)	3.78	(0.017)	0.42	(0.014)	3.36	(0.021)	3.50	(0.021)	0.92	(0.017)	1.35	(0.018)	0.82	(0.010)	0.40	(0.012)	2.20	(0.024)	2.29	(0.043)	2.92	(0.039)	3.27	(0.044)	0.80	(0.018)
Career/technical5	24.01	(0.288)	3.56	(0.064)	2.78	(0.051)	2.42	(0.041)	0.96	(0.062)	1.45	(0.074)	1.87	(0.045)	0.90	(0.057)	0.75	(0.037)	0.16	(0.037)	0.05	(0.021)	0.50	(0.052)	1.32	(0.135)	8.16	(0.215)	3.40	(0.148)	0.77	(0.079)
Both6	27.93	(0.132)	4.36	(0.024)	3.90	(0.032)	3.63	(0.021)	0.61	(0.026)	3.02	(0.029)	3.17	(0.027)	1.06	(0.030)	1.19	(0.018)	0.62	(0.015)	0.29	(0.016)	1.51	(0.030)	1.34	(0.032)	7.01	(0.091)	3.00	(0.045)	1.42	(0.046)
Neither7	22.73	(0.213)	4.08	(0.095)	2.92	(0.044)	2.44	(0.045)	0.87	(0.057)	1.57	(0.056)	2.01	(0.033)	0.84	(0.045)	0.85	(0.033)	0.21	(0.037)	0.09	(0.021)	1.02	(0.051)	2.35	(0.125)	3.86	(0.128)	4.05	(0.177)	0.64	(0.033)

1 Includes general labor market preparation, consumer and home-making education, and occupational education in agriculture, business, marketing, health, occupational home economics, trade and industry, and technical courses.

2 Includes general skills, personal health and physical education, religion, military sciences, special education, and other courses not included in other subject fields.

3 Though shown separately here, computer-related courses are also included in the mathematics and career/technical categories.

4 Includes students who complete at least 12 Carnegie units in academic courses, but less than 3 Carnegie units in any occupational education field.

5 Includes students who complete at least 3 Carnegie units in an occupational education field, but less than 12 Carnegie units in academic courses.

6 Includes students who complete at least 12 Carnegie units in academic courses and at least 3 Carnegie units in an occupational education field.

7 Includes students who complete less than 12 Carnegie units in academic courses and less than 3 Carnegie units in an occupational education field.

NOTE: The Carnegie unit is a standard of measurement that represents one credit for the completion of a 1-year course. Data differ slightly from figures appearing in other NCES reports because of differences in taxonomies and case exclusion criteria. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. 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, High School and Beyond Longitudinal Study of 1980 Sophomores (HS&B-So:80/82), "High School Transcript Study"; and 1987, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2000, and 2005 High School Transcript Study (HSTS). (This table was prepared January 2007.)