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| Table 225.25. | Percentage of public and private high school graduates who earned at least one Carnegie credit in selected career/technical education courses in high school, by selected student and school characteristics: 2019 |
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| Selected student or school characteristic | Any career/ technical education courses | Agriculture, food, and natural resources | Architecture and construction | Business and marketing | Communication and audio/video technology | Engineering and technology | Health care sciences | Hospitality and tourism | Human services | Information technology | Manufacturing | Public, protective, and government service | Transportation, distribution, and logistics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 84.6 | (0.45) | 10.8 | (0.35) | 6.5 | (0.32) | 21.3 | (0.57) | 17.4 | (0.37) | 13.6 | (0.43) | 11.8 | (0.26) | 8.2 | (0.33) | 28.0 | (0.60) | 28.7 | (0.64) | 4.3 | (0.24) | 4.7 | (0.27) | 4.3 | (0.22) | |||||||||||||
Sex |
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| Male | 87.4 | (0.49) | 12.1 | (0.43) | 11.2 | (0.51) | 23.9 | (0.64) | 16.4 | (0.45) | 20.2 | (0.57) | 7.4 | (0.25) | 7.2 | (0.32) | 22.2 | (0.63) | 33.9 | (0.75) | 7.6 | (0.41) | 4.7 | (0.27) | 7.7 | (0.41) | |||||||||||||
| Female | 81.7 | (0.57) | 9.6 | (0.33) | 1.6 | (0.17) | 18.6 | (0.61) | 18.4 | (0.45) | 6.8 | (0.36) | 16.4 | (0.39) | 9.2 | (0.40) | 34.0 | (0.70) | 23.2 | (0.65) | 0.9 | (0.09) | 4.7 | (0.29) | 0.9 | (0.08) | |||||||||||||
Race/ethnicity |
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| White | 85.9 | (0.59) | 13.0 | (0.52) | 8.0 | (0.49) | 22.4 | (0.64) | 17.2 | (0.54) | 14.5 | (0.61) | 10.3 | (0.32) | 7.2 | (0.45) | 30.1 | (0.84) | 27.8 | (0.82) | 5.5 | (0.38) | 3.6 | (0.26) | 4.8 | (0.35) | |||||||||||||
| Black | 86.4 | (0.82) | 8.4 | (0.65) | 4.8 | (0.33) | 26.4 | (1.16) | 17.7 | (0.60) | 12.5 | (0.82) | 14.4 | (0.71) | 11.1 | (0.54) | 32.8 | (1.07) | 32.4 | (1.21) | 2.8 | (0.29) | 5.3 | (0.57) | 2.2 | (0.23) | |||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 82.8 | (0.62) | 9.8 | (0.55) | 5.4 | (0.35) | 18.5 | (0.85) | 18.3 | (0.59) | 12.0 | (0.49) | 13.4 | (0.53) | 9.5 | (0.53) | 23.8 | (0.74) | 26.7 | (0.99) | 3.4 | (0.23) | 7.2 | (0.60) | 4.9 | (0.29) | |||||||||||||
| Asian | 77.4 | (1.25) | 2.3 | (0.40) | 2.3 | (0.41) | 15.1 | (1.02) | 12.9 | (0.92) | 16.2 | (0.94) | 11.5 | (0.74) | 3.6 | (0.43) | 15.8 | (1.08) | 37.2 | (1.56) | 1.0 | (0.19) | 1.7 | (0.29) | 2.2 | (0.38) | |||||||||||||
| Pacific Islander | 84.3 | (3.94) | 7.2 | ! | (2.37) | 4.1 | ! | (1.62) | 12.5 | (3.27) | 21.7 | (5.01) | 12.5 | (3.52) | 10.2 | (2.84) | 8.9 | ! | (2.69) | 28.4 | (5.40) | 25.3 | (4.97) | 3.2 | ! | (1.55) | ‡ | (†) | 4.6 | ! | (2.12) | ||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 87.4 | (1.88) | 14.6 | (2.08) | 10.8 | (1.74) | 16.4 | (2.12) | 21.0 | (2.05) | 9.9 | (1.65) | 11.8 | (1.73) | 10.5 | (1.68) | 37.0 | (3.29) | 32.5 | (2.52) | 11.1 | (2.05) | 4.4 | (1.24) | 6.8 | (1.68) | |||||||||||||
| Two or more races | 82.4 | (1.37) | 7.9 | (0.86) | 5.0 | (0.67) | 17.5 | (0.98) | 18.0 | (1.59) | 12.0 | (1.12) | 13.5 | (0.97) | 7.2 | (0.68) | 28.9 | (1.74) | 27.6 | (1.88) | 2.8 | (0.53) | 3.9 | (0.65) | 3.6 | (0.48) | |||||||||||||
English learner (EL) status |
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| EL | 82.8 | (0.98) | 8.5 | (0.95) | 5.9 | (0.61) | 17.4 | (1.32) | 13.4 | (1.21) | 11.3 | (0.92) | 9.5 | (0.82) | 7.9 | (0.84) | 24.5 | (1.23) | 29.4 | (1.70) | 3.7 | (0.57) | 4.5 | (0.81) | 5.8 | (0.58) | |||||||||||||
| Non-EL | 84.6 | (0.48) | 11.0 | (0.36) | 6.6 | (0.33) | 21.5 | (0.57) | 17.5 | (0.37) | 13.6 | (0.44) | 11.9 | (0.26) | 8.2 | (0.33) | 28.2 | (0.61) | 28.5 | (0.63) | 4.4 | (0.25) | 4.7 | (0.26) | 4.3 | (0.23) | |||||||||||||
Enrollment size of school |
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| Under 500 | 85.6 | (1.42) | 21.2 | (1.57) | 7.9 | (0.76) | 20.5 | (1.55) | 17.9 | (1.23) | 10.0 | (1.03) | 7.9 | (0.79) | 6.6 | (0.92) | 33.0 | (1.81) | 33.8 | (2.44) | 6.5 | (0.80) | 3.2 | (0.58) | 3.9 | (0.57) | |||||||||||||
| 500 to 999 | 82.6 | (1.47) | 11.8 | (1.18) | 8.8 | (1.09) | 22.0 | (1.43) | 17.4 | (1.26) | 12.9 | (1.03) | 10.7 | (0.90) | 6.5 | (0.69) | 25.1 | (1.54) | 29.0 | (1.60) | 6.0 | (0.79) | 2.7 | (0.41) | 4.6 | (0.53) | |||||||||||||
| 1,000 to 1,499 | 86.2 | (1.07) | 8.4 | (0.66) | 7.0 | (0.53) | 22.6 | (1.30) | 16.1 | (0.57) | 15.7 | (1.28) | 12.5 | (0.70) | 8.5 | (0.68) | 30.5 | (1.64) | 27.4 | (1.45) | 4.7 | (0.54) | 5.4 | (0.69) | 3.9 | (0.40) | |||||||||||||
| 1,500 to 1,999 | 85.6 | (1.01) | 8.2 | (0.69) | 5.2 | (0.41) | 22.3 | (1.04) | 18.2 | (0.64) | 16.6 | (0.95) | 14.3 | (0.79) | 9.6 | (0.95) | 27.4 | (1.44) | 26.4 | (1.20) | 2.8 | (0.33) | 5.0 | (0.56) | 4.9 | (0.48) | |||||||||||||
| 2,000 or more | 83.4 | (0.56) | 7.0 | (0.49) | 4.6 | (0.39) | 19.6 | (0.77) | 17.5 | (0.63) | 12.7 | (0.67) | 12.9 | (0.58) | 9.0 | (0.53) | 25.4 | (0.86) | 27.6 | (1.05) | 2.5 | (0.28) | 6.3 | (0.47) | 4.4 | (0.33) | |||||||||||||
School locale |
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| City | 79.6 | (0.93) | 4.7 | (0.45) | 4.0 | (0.27) | 19.0 | (1.22) | 17.8 | (0.77) | 11.9 | (0.74) | 11.3 | (0.63) | 7.3 | (0.51) | 21.5 | (1.25) | 28.0 | (1.44) | 2.3 | (0.23) | 5.4 | (0.51) | 2.8 | (0.29) | |||||||||||||
| Large | 75.0 | (1.36) | 3.3 | (0.55) | 3.4 | (0.40) | 16.5 | (1.59) | 17.3 | (1.31) | 11.5 | (0.92) | 9.3 | (1.01) | 6.5 | (0.66) | 15.1 | (1.21) | 29.3 | (1.63) | 1.7 | (0.25) | 5.2 | (0.74) | 2.3 | (0.31) | |||||||||||||
| Midsize | 84.8 | (2.18) | 5.8 | (1.11) | 4.4 | (0.62) | 22.3 | (3.01) | 19.4 | (1.64) | 13.0 | (1.44) | 14.2 | (1.43) | 10.6 | (1.58) | 25.5 | (3.06) | 28.1 | (3.01) | 3.1 | (0.56) | 7.1 | (1.29) | 3.9 | (0.80) | |||||||||||||
| Small | 83.5 | (1.63) | 6.2 | (1.09) | 4.9 | (0.55) | 20.8 | (1.52) | 17.5 | (1.18) | 11.6 | (1.17) | 12.6 | (1.02) | 6.3 | (0.78) | 29.4 | (2.48) | 25.7 | (1.96) | 2.6 | (0.44) | 4.5 | (0.56) | 2.9 | (0.43) | |||||||||||||
| Suburban | 83.0 | (0.70) | 5.6 | (0.38) | 5.6 | (0.43) | 20.5 | (0.70) | 16.3 | (0.54) | 15.3 | (0.70) | 11.0 | (0.48) | 7.7 | (0.53) | 25.6 | (0.96) | 26.2 | (0.76) | 3.3 | (0.33) | 3.7 | (0.28) | 4.3 | (0.32) | |||||||||||||
| Large | 82.3 | (0.75) | 4.5 | (0.35) | 5.6 | (0.50) | 20.2 | (0.77) | 16.3 | (0.59) | 15.5 | (0.78) | 10.8 | (0.51) | 7.6 | (0.56) | 24.6 | (0.96) | 25.2 | (0.85) | 2.9 | (0.28) | 3.8 | (0.30) | 4.1 | (0.33) | |||||||||||||
| Midsize | 88.6 | (1.84) | 10.4 | (2.36) | 5.8 | (0.96) | 20.9 | (1.83) | 18.0 | (1.44) | 12.6 | (1.45) | 14.1 | (1.10) | 8.2 | (1.50) | 32.4 | (3.42) | 33.3 | (3.56) | 5.1 | (1.24) | 3.6 | ! | (1.11) | 3.6 | ! | (1.10) | |||||||||||
| Small | 87.7 | (3.46) | 15.3 | (2.78) | 5.2 | (1.38) | 23.3 | (4.54) | 15.0 | (2.42) | 15.6 | (4.49) | 10.6 | (2.11) | 8.9 | (2.43) | 32.7 | (5.15) | 31.7 | (4.40) | 8.4 | ! | (3.36) | 1.4 | ! | (0.54) | 8.3 | (1.86) | |||||||||||
| Town | 91.3 | (1.71) | 21.4 | (1.63) | 10.1 | (1.08) | 26.0 | (1.84) | 17.1 | (1.04) | 12.3 | (1.14) | 14.1 | (0.81) | 9.9 | (1.22) | 38.3 | (1.99) | 30.2 | (2.54) | 7.4 | (0.88) | 5.7 | (1.04) | 5.9 | (0.74) | |||||||||||||
| Fringe | 92.1 | (1.31) | 18.6 | (3.21) | 10.2 | (2.55) | 22.0 | (4.05) | 16.9 | (2.56) | 14.4 | (1.63) | 15.0 | (1.91) | 11.7 | (2.78) | 34.5 | (3.34) | 24.3 | (4.37) | 4.9 | (1.33) | 8.4 | (2.02) | 4.6 | (1.11) | |||||||||||||
| Distant | 89.7 | (3.56) | 24.0 | (3.01) | 9.6 | (1.41) | 24.5 | (2.70) | 16.9 | (1.33) | 11.4 | (2.10) | 13.0 | (1.30) | 7.5 | (1.47) | 40.5 | (3.65) | 32.2 | (4.20) | 6.6 | (1.27) | 3.7 | ! | (1.31) | 4.1 | (1.06) | ||||||||||||
| Remote | 93.0 | (2.36) | 20.1 | (2.37) | 10.8 | (1.53) | 32.4 | (4.14) | 17.5 | (1.95) | 11.7 | (2.02) | 15.1 | (1.88) | 12.0 | (2.49) | 38.6 | (2.93) | 32.9 | (4.61) | 11.0 | (1.77) | 6.4 | ! | (2.14) | 10.1 | (1.43) | ||||||||||||
| Rural | 91.6 | (0.88) | 25.0 | (1.29) | 10.0 | (0.98) | 23.8 | (1.38) | 19.2 | (1.19) | 13.3 | (1.08) | 12.9 | (0.75) | 9.5 | (0.91) | 37.1 | (1.90) | 33.9 | (1.71) | 7.7 | (0.81) | 5.1 | (0.62) | 5.9 | (0.55) | |||||||||||||
| Fringe | 89.5 | (1.20) | 17.6 | (1.55) | 8.0 | (1.08) | 22.7 | (1.78) | 17.9 | (1.36) | 15.1 | (1.29) | 13.3 | (0.97) | 9.0 | (0.94) | 32.8 | (1.88) | 28.2 | (1.76) | 5.4 | (0.77) | 6.2 | (0.94) | 4.7 | (0.44) | |||||||||||||
| Distant | 94.7 | (1.52) | 35.3 | (3.10) | 13.6 | (1.81) | 24.0 | (2.70) | 21.6 | (2.55) | 11.8 | (2.10) | 12.1 | (1.63) | 11.1 | (2.71) | 43.5 | (4.01) | 44.8 | (4.56) | 10.1 | (2.04) | 3.6 | (0.76) | 5.9 | (1.05) | |||||||||||||
| Remote | 97.5 | (0.80) | 46.8 | (5.00) | 13.8 | (2.86) | 29.4 | (4.63) | 21.7 | (3.19) | 5.5 | ! | (1.85) | 12.5 | (2.87) | 8.9 | (2.52) | 48.8 | (4.77) | 44.1 | (4.54) | 15.9 | (3.05) | 1.8 | ! | (0.84) | 12.8 | (3.35) | |||||||||||
School region |
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| Northeast | 76.9 | (1.73) | 2.5 | (0.54) | 7.6 | (0.92) | 19.1 | (1.45) | 12.5 | (0.87) | 16.2 | (1.43) | 4.7 | (0.53) | 4.6 | (0.76) | 21.4 | (1.47) | 22.3 | (1.62) | 3.2 | (0.47) | 3.0 | (0.73) | 2.6 | (0.27) | |||||||||||||
| Midwest | 87.5 | (0.94) | 11.7 | (1.05) | 9.2 | (0.80) | 23.6 | (1.14) | 14.1 | (0.82) | 12.0 | (0.70) | 7.4 | (0.77) | 7.4 | (0.85) | 36.1 | (1.59) | 21.5 | (1.50) | 6.8 | (0.70) | 1.7 | (0.30) | 5.4 | (0.66) | |||||||||||||
| South | 91.0 | (0.61) | 15.1 | (0.59) | 5.6 | (0.34) | 26.5 | (0.94) | 21.8 | (0.58) | 15.8 | (0.70) | 16.4 | (0.63) | 10.0 | (0.60) | 33.3 | (1.02) | 40.2 | (1.25) | 4.2 | (0.29) | 7.7 | (0.50) | 3.8 | (0.28) | |||||||||||||
| West | 76.4 | (0.94) | 8.2 | (0.76) | 4.9 | (0.40) | 12.1 | (0.83) | 16.2 | (0.74) | 9.5 | (0.48) | 12.6 | (0.57) | 8.1 | (0.60) | 16.5 | (0.92) | 19.8 | (1.10) | 3.0 | (0.33) | 3.4 | (0.39) | 5.3 | (0.44) | |||||||||||||
| †Not applicable. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| !Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is between 30 and 50 percent. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ‡Reporting standards not met. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is greater than 50 percent. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NOTE: For a high school graduate to be included in the analyses, their transcript had to meet five requirements: (1) the graduate received either a standard or honors diploma, (2) the transcript had three or more years of delineated courses, (3) at least one course on the transcript was taken during the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) and High School Transcript Study (HSTS) assessment year, (4) the transcript contained 16 or more Carnegie credits, and (5) the transcript contained at least 1 Carnegie credit in English courses. The Carnegie unit is a standard of measurement that represents one credit for the completion of a 1-year course. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2019 High School Transcript Study (HSTS). (This table was prepared May 2022.) |
