Table 162.

Public high schools that offered and students enrolled in dual credit, Advanced Placement, and International Baccalaureate courses, by school characteristics: 2003

School characteristic	Total number of high schools		Percent of public high schools							Total enrollments of public high school students1
			Offered dual credit courses		Offered Advanced Placement courses		Offered International Baccalaureate courses			Dual credit courses		Advanced Placement courses		International Baccalaureate courses
1	2		3		4		5			6		7		8
All public high
schools	16,500	(120)	71	(1.4)	67	(1.1)	2		(0.4)	1,162,000	(53,420)	1,795,400	(54,930)	165,100		(32,820)
Enrollment size
Less than 500	7,400	(120)	63	(2.5)	40	(2.3)	‡		(†)	185,300	(15,590)	81,100	(8,510)	‡		(†)
500 to 1,199	5,000	(80)	75	(1.7)	82	(1.6)	2		(0.6)	335,100	(24,020)	481,000	(26,970)	24,800		(11,180)
1,200 or more	4,100	(80)	82	(1.8)	97	(0.8)	7		(1.1)	641,600	(47,500)	1,233,300	(47,700)	140,200		(29,740)
School locale
City	2,700	(110)	65	(3.4)	77	(2.9)	6		(1.3)	246,300	(33,160)	548,400	(32,020)	58,700		(15,920)
Urban fringe	4,100	(130)	74	(1.9)	87	(2.2)	4		(0.9)	458,800	(36,290)	853,200	(41,300)	97,600		(26,990)
Town	2,400	(130)	79	(3.3)	72	(3.8)	1	!	(0.6)	201,700	(20,440)	143,200	(10,970)	8,300	!	(4,770)
Rural	7,200	(220)	70	(2.3)	50	(2.2)	‡		(†)	255,200	(18,150)	250,600	(14,900)	‡		(†)
Region
Northeast	2,800	(160)	58	(3.5)	84	(2.3)	1		(0.5)	144,800	(20,600)	390,900	(29,210)	7,300	!	(4,880)
Southeast	3,500	(180)	69	(3.4)	69	(2.6)	5		(1.1)	194,000	(19,300)	386,100	(30,540)	65,800		(18,990)
Central	5,200	(190)	80	(2.6)	54	(2.5)	1		(0.4)	333,900	(29,010)	319,300	(22,060)	25,600	!	(14,170)
West	5,100	(230)	71	(2.2)	69	(2.3)	3		(0.9)	489,400	(47,580)	699,100	(48,150)	66,400		(23,380)
Percent of students who    are Black, Hispanic, Asian,    Pacific Islander, or    American Indian/Alaska    Native2
Less than 6 percent	5,600	(90)	76	(2.5)	58	(2.1)	#		(†)	317,400	(24,840)	267,100	(18,820)	#		(†)
6 to 20 percent	3,800	(80)	78	(2.4)	70	(2.2)	2		(0.6)	380,900	(35,440)	463,800	(21,630)	16,700		(5,470)
21 to 49 percent	3,200	(120)	72	(3.5)	75	(3.0)	5		(1.3)	228,900	(22,890)	528,500	(29,150)	64,300		(19,280)
50 percent or more	3,600	(100)	58	(3.1)	69	(2.5)	4		(1.0)	231,400	(36,220)	497,700	(35,430)	84,100		(26,560)

†Not applicable.

#Rounds to zero.

!Interpret data with caution.

‡Reporting standards not met.

1 Enrollments may include duplicated counts of students in each type of course, since schools were instructed to count a student enrolled in multiple courses of a particular type for each course in which he or she was enrolled.

2 Excludes schools not reporting these data.

NOTE: Data were collected during the 2002-03 12-month school year. Dual credit courses are those in which high school students can earn both high school and postsecondary credits for the same course. Percentages are based on unrounded numbers. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding or missing data. Standard errors appear in parentheses.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Fast Response Survey System (FRSS), "Dual Credit and Exam-Based Courses," FRSS 85, 2003. (This table was prepared July 2005.)