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Table 225.40. Percentage of public and private high school graduates who completed selected mathematics courses in high school, by selected student and school characteristics: Selected years, 1990 through 2019
[Standard errors appear in parentheses]
Year and student or school characteristic Mathematics course completed
General/ occupational/ technical
mathematics1
Algebra I Geometry Algebra II2 Trigonometry3 Precalculus/ mathematical analysis Other analytical mathematics4 Probability and statistics Calculus
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

1990
                                                     
Total 51.1   (1.69) 73.3   (1.10) 67.0   (1.40) 55.5   (1.09) 9.9   (1.07) 13.7   (0.93) #   (†) 1.0   (0.21) 7.2   (0.54)

Sex
                                                     
Male 52.9   (1.92) 71.1   (1.17) 65.7   (1.59) 53.9   (1.32) 10.1   (1.14) 14.4   (1.12) #   (†) 1.2   (0.27) 8.3   (0.71)
Female 49.4   (1.59) 75.3   (1.19) 68.2   (1.41) 57.1   (1.16) 9.7   (1.07) 13.0   (0.92)   (†) 0.8   (0.20) 6.2   (0.44)

Race/ethnicity5
                                                     
White 47.2   (1.91) 73.1   (1.34) 69.0   (1.52) 58.8   (1.13) 10.3   (1.26) 15.1   (1.01) #   (†) 1.0   (0.22) 7.7   (0.62)
Black 65.2   (2.05) 73.9   (1.93) 59.8   (2.46) 43.5   (2.87) 6.1   (1.11) 6.0   (0.92)   (†) 1.2 ! (0.43) 3.0   (0.54)
Hispanic 68.5   (2.80) 73.8   (2.14) 58.2   (2.89) 40.0   (2.93) 7.9   (1.51) 7.4   (0.91)   (†)   (†) 3.8   (0.65)
Asian/Pacific Islander 42.0   (5.13) 71.6   (1.86) 75.3   (3.11) 69.6   (5.59) 22.1   (2.34) 25.9   (6.80)   (†) 1.7 ! (0.56) 20.2   (3.73)
Asian ---   (†) ---   (†) ---   (†) ---   (†) ---   (†) ---   (†) ---   (†) ---   (†) ---   (†)
Pacific Islander ---   (†) ---   (†) ---   (†) ---   (†) ---   (†) ---   (†) ---   (†) ---   (†) ---   (†)
American Indian/Alaska Native 60.2   (5.72) 76.6   (6.43) 54.0   (7.17) 54.4   (6.14)   (†)   (†) #   (†) #   (†)   (†)
Two or more races 64.4   (6.30) 64.3   (8.44) 48.4   (7.63) 40.8   (6.78) 8.7 ! (3.54) 9.0 ! (3.65) #   (†) #   (†)   (†)

Student with disabilities (SD) status6
                                                     
Identified as SD7 95.4   (1.07) 26.4   (3.62) 11.7   (2.28) 7.2   (1.73)   (†) 1.1 ! (0.40) #   (†)   (†)   (†)
Not identified as SD 50.0   (1.69) 74.4   (1.12) 68.4   (1.37) 56.7   (1.08) 10.1   (1.08) 14.0   (0.96) #   (†) 1.0   (0.21) 7.4   (0.54)

English learner (EL) status6
                                                     
EL 84.0   (5.19) 63.5   (5.91) 51.7   (6.69) 43.2   (7.26) 13.1 ! (4.71) 9.0 ! (4.42) #   (†)   (†) 3.1 ! (1.38)
Non-EL 50.9   (1.69) 73.3   (1.10) 67.1   (1.40) 55.6   (1.09) 9.9   (1.08) 13.7   (0.93) #   (†) 1.0   (0.21) 7.2   (0.54)

School type
                                                     
Traditional public 53.3   (1.83) 72.0   (1.18) 64.9   (1.48) 53.2   (1.19) 10.0   (1.18) 12.5   (1.10)   (†) 0.8   (0.20) 6.9   (0.56)
Public charter8   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)
Private 28.4   (2.91) 85.7   (1.78) 87.8   (1.78) 78.3   (2.48) 8.2   (1.29) 25.4   (3.45) 0.6 ! (0.31) 2.8 ! (1.05) 10.7   (1.30)

Percentage of students eligible for free
    or reduced-price lunch9
                                                     
0–25 percent 45.3   (1.98) 73.8   (1.54) 70.1   (1.67) 59.9   (1.32) 11.2   (1.71) 15.2   (1.38)   (†) 1.1   (0.31) 8.2   (0.78)
26–50 percent 69.1   (2.67) 68.7   (2.26) 50.3   (3.15) 44.4   (2.79) 8.0   (1.64) 5.8   (1.51) #   (†)   (†) 4.2   (0.94)
51–75 percent 66.4   (7.59) 76.0   (8.59) 56.3   (14.68) 39.2   (5.05) 7.0 ! (3.06) 5.5   (1.52)   (†) #   (†)   (†)
76–100 percent 40.3   (4.96) 97.0   (3.00) 89.4   (0.92) 78.7   (2.96) #   (#)   (†) #   (†) #   (†) #   (†)

2000
                                                     
Total 34.6   (1.21) 77.1   (1.39) 81.8   (1.05) 70.8   (1.01) 7.3   (1.30) 26.7   (1.40) 3.1   (0.63) 5.7   (0.85) 12.5   (0.74)

Sex
                                                     
Male 37.3   (1.20) 76.4   (1.56) 78.6   (1.21) 66.8   (1.12) 7.1   (1.29) 25.3   (1.39) 3.5   (0.76) 5.8   (0.97) 13.2   (0.82)
Female 32.0   (1.41) 77.6   (1.38) 84.7   (1.02) 74.5   (1.15) 7.6   (1.35) 27.9   (1.61) 2.8   (0.56) 5.6   (0.85) 11.9   (0.78)

Race/ethnicity5
                                                     
White 31.9   (1.40) 74.9   (1.78) 82.2   (1.25) 71.9   (0.88) 8.2   (1.57) 28.0   (1.74) 3.5   (0.71) 6.1   (1.01) 13.3   (0.79)
Black 43.8   (2.94) 83.9   (1.69) 81.7   (1.92) 67.6   (2.13) 4.0   (0.98) 16.0   (1.53) 2.0   (0.54) 3.7 ! (1.23) 5.0   (0.62)
Hispanic 45.6   (2.61) 86.5   (1.43) 78.0   (2.81) 62.8   (5.32) 2.2   (0.59) 19.2   (3.21) 1.7 ! (0.58) 2.2   (0.53) 6.4   (0.94)
Asian/Pacific Islander 25.4   (2.36) 69.8   (2.59) 85.7   (1.36) 79.8   (2.97) 15.4 ! (6.01) 51.3   (2.79)   (†) 11.1   (2.53) 33.4   (5.39)
Asian ---   (†) ---   (†) ---   (†) ---   (†) ---   (†) ---   (†) ---   (†) ---   (†) ---   (†)
Pacific Islander ---   (†) ---   (†) ---   (†) ---   (†) ---   (†) ---   (†) ---   (†) ---   (†) ---   (†)
American Indian/Alaska Native 45.7   (5.42) 84.2   (4.76) 73.1   (5.91) 69.6   (4.73)   (†) 12.6 ! (4.39)   (†)   (†) 12.1 ! (3.94)
Two or more races 37.1 ! (12.82) 66.6   (11.17) 80.4   (7.01) 73.7   (5.01)   (†) 41.7   (6.92) #   (†)   (†)   (†)

Student with disabilities (SD) status
                                                     
Identified as SD7 75.0   (2.57) 58.3   (3.11) 40.0   (2.57) 25.5   (2.26) 1.6 ! (0.59) 5.7 ! (1.80)   (†) 1.4 ! (0.52) 2.7   (0.74)
Not identified as SD 30.9   (1.38) 78.3   (1.63) 85.1   (1.14) 75.7   (1.24) 8.5   (1.49) 28.7   (1.71) 3.4   (0.80) 6.3   (0.98) 13.6   (0.89)

English learner (EL) status
                                                     
EL 58.0   (5.06) 78.8   (2.79) 64.3   (4.54) 48.3   (5.25) 4.4 ! (2.17) 19.4   (5.07)   (†) 2.1 ! (0.74) 7.7   (2.00)
Non-EL10 33.2   (1.34) 77.1   (1.65) 82.6   (1.17) 73.0   (1.17) 8.1   (1.42) 27.4   (1.66) 3.3   (0.76) 6.1   (0.95) 13.0   (0.84)

School type
                                                     
Traditional public 36.7   (1.17) 76.8   (1.51) 80.7   (1.07) 69.0   (1.04) 7.8   (1.40) 24.1   (1.44) 2.9   (0.66) 5.5   (0.85) 12.0   (0.72)
Public charter11 ---   (†) ---   (†) ---   (†) ---   (†) ---   (†) ---   (†) ---   (†) ---   (†) ---   (†)
Private 11.9   (2.44) 79.8   (3.26) 93.2   (2.42) 90.5   (3.06)   (†) 53.8   (5.88) 5.2 ! (2.55) 7.8 ! (3.33) 18.2   (3.99)

Percentage of students eligible for free
    or reduced-price lunch
                                                     
0–25 percent 30.4   (1.77) 75.9   (1.97) 83.4   (1.55) 72.7   (1.39) 9.2   (2.03) 29.6   (2.41) 3.3 ! (1.00) 6.5   (1.53) 14.3   (1.32)
26–50 percent 42.1   (2.18) 76.4   (2.84) 76.1   (2.53) 67.3   (1.69) 4.8 ! (1.52) 19.1   (2.12) 2.1 ! (1.06) 3.5   (1.00) 9.7   (1.18)
51–75 percent 42.6   (2.77) 85.3   (2.71) 81.4   (2.93) 65.5   (5.65) 7.1 ! (2.13) 18.0   (2.97) 1.8 ! (0.89) 3.4 ! (1.62) 6.2   (1.25)
76–100 percent 39.5   (7.54) 88.0   (3.14) 87.0   (4.51) 74.4   (6.94)   (†) 23.9   (4.40)   (†) 1.5 ! (0.63) 6.1   (1.32)

2009
                                                     
Total 26.4   (0.68) 78.1   (0.80) 90.6   (0.45) 79.7   (0.80) 6.1   (0.77) 35.9   (0.84) 2.4   (0.33) 13.0   (0.77) 18.3   (0.70)

Sex
                                                     
Male 27.9   (0.76) 78.1   (0.80) 89.0   (0.67) 77.5   (0.99) 5.8   (0.78) 34.4   (0.99) 2.5   (0.36) 13.0   (0.80) 18.5   (0.74)
Female 24.8   (0.73) 78.0   (0.90) 92.1   (0.44) 81.9   (0.79) 6.4   (0.81) 37.4   (0.91) 2.3   (0.33) 13.1   (0.83) 18.1   (0.76)

Race/ethnicity5
                                                     
White 24.7   (0.79) 75.5   (1.04) 90.5   (0.65) 80.8   (0.90) 7.1   (1.01) 38.6   (0.96) 2.7   (0.44) 14.7   (1.01) 20.1   (0.73)
Black 34.2   (1.62) 88.8   (0.86) 91.1   (0.92) 76.7   (1.53) 3.2   (0.55) 23.4   (1.35) 2.3   (0.41) 8.5   (1.07) 9.1   (0.94)
Hispanic 30.0   (1.46) 85.5   (0.96) 91.0   (0.84) 74.6   (1.64) 3.5   (0.69) 26.8   (1.35) 1.2   (0.30) 7.9   (0.80) 9.9   (0.62)
Asian/Pacific Islander 15.3   (1.33) 59.1   (3.72) 88.4   (1.50) 89.0   (1.47) 8.4   (1.96) 62.3   (2.73) 2.1   (0.62) 19.1   (1.98) 44.1   (3.06)
Asian ---   (†) ---   (†) ---   (†) ---   (†) ---   (†) ---   (†) ---   (†) ---   (†) ---   (†)
Pacific Islander ---   (†) ---   (†) ---   (†) ---   (†) ---   (†) ---   (†) ---   (†) ---   (†) ---   (†)
American Indian/Alaska Native 38.9   (6.23) 86.0   (2.62) 85.8   (3.69) 68.5   (3.98) 5.5 ! (1.81) 18.5   (2.98) 2.4 ! (1.34) 7.9 ! (2.53) 8.9   (2.19)
Two or more races 18.8   (3.02) 77.9   (3.53) 93.6   (1.64) 85.7   (2.11) 11.1 ! (4.08) 38.6   (4.51) 4.4   (1.29) 14.7   (2.26) 18.3   (2.65)

Student with disabilities (SD) status
                                                     
Identified as SD7 62.1   (1.66) 73.3   (1.41) 64.3   (1.75) 43.4   (1.83) 1.6   (0.35) 9.9   (1.28) 1.5   (0.38) 5.3   (0.74) 3.9   (0.65)
Not identified as SD 23.1   (0.70) 78.5   (0.85) 92.9   (0.45) 83.0   (0.80) 6.5   (0.82) 38.3   (0.89) 2.5   (0.34) 13.7   (0.82) 19.6   (0.73)

English learner (EL) status
                                                     
EL 46.6   (3.03) 86.5   (1.44) 82.1   (2.08) 61.0   (2.47) 2.4 ! (0.92) 19.6   (2.37)   (†) 5.1   (1.10) 6.2   (1.15)
Non-EL10 26.0   (0.68) 77.9   (0.81) 90.7   (0.46) 80.1   (0.80) 6.1   (0.78) 36.2   (0.86) 2.4   (0.34) 13.2   (0.79) 18.6   (0.70)

School type
                                                     
Traditional public 27.5   (0.71) 78.0   (0.86) 90.4   (0.45) 78.8   (0.82) 5.2   (0.71) 34.7   (0.97) 2.5   (0.35) 13.1   (0.86) 17.6   (0.77)
Public charter12 40.0   (8.55) 84.4   (4.02) 90.5   (2.45) 78.3   (6.18)   (†) 34.1   (9.95)   (†)   (†) 12.7 ! (5.81)
Private 13.2   (1.58) 77.7   (2.97) 92.0   (3.70) 88.4   (3.39) 14.9 ! (4.56) 47.6   (3.77)   (†) 13.4   (1.78) 26.6   (2.08)

Percentage of students eligible for free
    or reduced-price lunch
                                                     
0–25 percent 21.9   (1.32) 69.6   (1.69) 91.1   (0.80) 83.2   (1.61) 7.0   (1.35) 43.6   (1.83) 3.1   (0.65) 19.5   (1.88) 24.6   (1.43)
26–50 percent 29.8   (1.44) 81.7   (1.66) 90.6   (0.72) 77.7   (1.07) 5.1   (1.01) 30.5   (1.46) 3.0   (0.63) 9.8   (0.90) 14.7   (0.86)
51–75 percent 35.3   (1.98) 81.9   (1.48) 90.1   (1.25) 75.9   (2.12) 3.1   (0.84) 27.0   (2.08) 1.4 ! (0.51) 7.9   (1.12) 11.6   (1.25)
76–100 percent 28.5   (3.78) 90.7   (1.65) 92.3   (1.72) 78.0   (3.01) 4.9 ! (1.52) 25.6   (2.78)   (†) 5.2   (1.09) 8.1   (1.41)

School locale15
                                                     
City 23.6   (1.28) 80.5   (1.73) 92.0   (0.80) 81.0   (1.73) 5.8   (1.47) 38.2   (2.06) 2.0   (0.51) 10.8   (0.88) 18.0   (1.56)
Suburban 21.6   (1.15) 72.4   (1.51) 91.1   (1.21) 81.9   (1.52) 6.7   (1.47) 39.3   (1.70) 3.1   (0.60) 18.2   (1.73) 21.1   (1.09)
Town 31.0   (1.58) 84.1   (1.56) 89.0   (0.88) 75.4   (1.79) 6.3   (1.48) 30.2   (2.40)   (†) 9.0   (1.48) 12.7   (1.11)
Rural 35.6   (1.63) 81.0   (1.51) 88.5   (0.76) 76.6   (1.24) 5.4   (1.21) 30.3   (1.41) 2.6 ! (0.85) 9.5   (1.15) 17.2   (1.12)

2019
                                                     
Total 29.4   (0.66) 84.5   (0.61) 92.3   (0.37) 85.0   (0.42) 3.4   (0.25) 40.4   (0.60) 7.0   (0.39) 16.7   (0.48) 15.8   (0.39)

Sex
                                                     
Male 30.8   (0.75) 84.7   (0.63) 91.7   (0.39) 83.2   (0.49) 3.2   (0.25) 38.5   (0.69) 7.1   (0.42) 15.8   (0.50) 15.9   (0.45)
Female 27.9   (0.66) 84.4   (0.66) 93.0   (0.39) 86.9   (0.44) 3.6   (0.28) 42.4   (0.64) 6.9   (0.41) 17.6   (0.55) 15.7   (0.50)

Race/ethnicity
                                                     
White 26.1   (0.72) 81.3   (0.90) 92.4   (0.46) 87.1   (0.47) 4.2   (0.40) 43.9   (0.84) 5.9   (0.40) 18.9   (0.79) 18.3   (0.47)
Black 40.1   (1.30) 91.4   (0.59) 93.9   (0.58) 81.9   (1.02) 2.2   (0.26) 28.9   (0.93) 11.2   (0.99) 12.4   (0.80) 6.2   (0.41)
Hispanic 33.0   (1.11) 91.0   (0.59) 93.2   (0.53) 82.0   (0.74) 2.4   (0.26) 34.2   (0.94) 7.5   (0.74) 12.0   (0.61) 9.5   (0.50)
Asian/Pacific Islander 17.6   (1.20) 68.3   (2.05) 84.9   (1.40) 88.2   (0.92) 2.6   (0.40) 64.8   (1.73) 5.3   (0.76) 29.6   (1.38) 44.1   (1.78)
Asian 16.9   (1.22) 67.8   (2.06) 84.7   (1.42) 88.4   (0.95) 2.7   (0.42) 65.7   (1.76) 5.4   (0.78) 30.3   (1.41) 45.6   (1.81)
Pacific Islander 32.9   (4.58) 78.7   (4.85) 90.8   (3.51) 83.0   (3.92) #   (†) 41.7   (5.24) 4.3 ! (2.17) 13.0   (3.64) 8.9   (2.36)
American Indian/Alaska Native 37.2   (3.18) 84.6   (2.08) 89.6   (1.71) 76.4   (2.37) 6.4   (1.55) 25.5   (2.42) 9.2   (2.23) 9.3   (1.89) 7.3   (1.28)
Two or more races 24.9   (1.39) 82.4   (1.19) 91.0   (1.01) 86.2   (1.18) 4.2   (0.63) 44.2   (1.81) 6.1   (0.73) 18.8   (1.21) 18.7   (1.27)

Student with disabilities (SD) status
                                                     
Identified as SD7 50.5   (1.16) 88.5   (0.64) 84.2   (0.77) 60.4   (0.94) 1.4   (0.24) 12.9   (0.83) 8.2   (0.61) 7.5   (0.54) 3.6   (0.41)
Not identified as SD 26.9   (0.70) 84.1   (0.65) 93.3   (0.39) 87.9   (0.43) 3.6   (0.27) 43.6   (0.63) 6.9   (0.40) 17.8   (0.52) 17.2   (0.41)

English learner (EL) status
                                                     
EL 50.1   (2.03) 91.5   (1.22) 88.2   (1.41) 68.4   (1.75) 1.6   (0.29) 17.5   (1.95) 9.9   (1.10) 5.8   (0.68) 3.1   (0.62)
Non-EL10 28.4   (0.64) 84.2   (0.63) 92.5   (0.36) 85.7   (0.40) 3.5   (0.26) 41.4   (0.61) 6.9   (0.38) 17.2   (0.50) 16.4   (0.40)

School type
                                                     
Traditional public 30.4   (0.72) 84.8   (0.54) 92.2   (0.37) 84.2   (0.44) 3.6   (0.29) 38.6   (0.54) 7.1   (0.42) 16.7   (0.47) 15.1   (0.32)
Public charter13 33.0   (3.80) 87.3   (3.40) 87.7   (4.13) 83.0   (3.38) 1.2 ! (0.52) 44.8   (5.16) 4.1 ! (1.54) 14.6   (3.00) 9.3   (1.92)
Private 17.4   (1.86) 81.0   (3.49) 95.0   (0.89) 93.1   (1.28) 2.2 ! (0.74) 56.8   (3.00) 6.4   (1.53) 17.7   (2.82) 24.3   (2.19)

Percentage of students eligible for free
    or reduced-price lunch
                                                     
0–25 percent 19.1   (1.27) 78.5   (1.75) 90.6   (1.22) 89.4   (0.89) 5.0   (1.07) 52.3   (1.69) 5.2   (0.71) 25.1   (1.58) 25.4   (1.24)
26–50 percent 30.1   (1.52) 81.0   (1.31) 91.5   (0.82) 84.7   (0.93) 4.6   (0.63) 38.2   (1.04) 7.4   (0.87) 17.9   (0.90) 15.1   (0.67)
51–75 percent 36.2   (1.48) 89.4   (0.93) 94.4   (0.48) 82.4   (1.02) 2.5   (0.54) 29.3   (1.54) 8.4   (1.17) 11.6   (0.83) 9.3   (0.54)
76–100 percent 38.6   (3.21) 92.5   (0.85) 91.7   (1.67) 77.2   (2.18) 1.5 ! (0.59) 29.1   (2.06) 5.5   (1.30) 9.0   (0.93) 8.6   (0.85)

School locale
                                                     
City 28.9   (1.34) 87.5   (0.81) 91.6   (0.73) 84.6   (0.78) 2.6   (0.33) 43.2   (1.20) 7.5   (0.69) 16.8   (0.76) 16.1   (0.72)
Suburban 27.4   (0.91) 80.5   (0.89) 91.8   (0.57) 85.4   (0.62) 3.1   (0.42) 43.2   (0.89) 5.5   (0.39) 18.8   (0.73) 18.8   (0.62)
Town 33.7   (1.90) 87.4   (1.33) 93.5   (0.69) 85.0   (1.19) 4.6   (1.02) 33.6   (2.04) 6.5   (1.12) 13.8   (1.49) 11.6   (0.91)
Rural 31.6   (1.57) 86.7   (1.45) 93.7   (0.57) 84.8   (1.16) 4.7   (0.79) 34.1   (1.25) 9.6   (1.09) 13.8   (1.19) 11.6   (0.68)
---Not available.
†Not applicable.
#Rounds to zero.
!Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is between 30 and 50 percent.
‡Reporting standards not met (too few cases for a reliable estimate).
1 Includes courses that are generally taken before or with algebra I. Occupational and technical mathematics courses may cover basic elements of algebra and geometry.
2 Includes courses that taught both algebra II and trigonometry.
3 Taken as a separate course.
4 Includes courses such as discrete and finite mathematics.
5 Race/ethnicity categories used for 1990, 2000, and 2009 are the pre-2011 categories. Black includes African American, Hispanic includes Latino, and Pacific Islander includes Native Hawaiian. Additional information was collected by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) beginning in 2011 so that results could be reported separately for Asian students, Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander students, and students identifying with two or more races.
6 Students with disabilities (SD) and English learner (EL) students were identified in 1990 by whether they had an Individualized Education Plan (IEP)/limited English proficient (LEP) questionnaire completed for them.
7 SD estimates include both students with an IEP and students with a plan under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act (a "504 plan"). IEPs are only for students who require specialized instruction, whereas 504 plans apply to students who require accommodations but may not require specialized instruction.
8 The first law allowing the establishment of charter schools was passed in 1991, and the first charter school was opened in 1992.
9 A school's percentage of free or reduced-price lunch students was not asked about on the NAEP 1990 school questionnaire; it had to be calculated from questions about student enrollment and number of students in a subsidized lunch program.
10 Includes students who were formerly English learners.
11 Information about public charter schools was collected from the NAEP school questionnaire. None of the participating High School Transcript Study (HSTS) schools in 2000 were public charter schools.
12 Information about public charter schools was collected from the NAEP school questionnaire.
13 Information about public charter schools was collected from the schools prior to the NAEP assessment.
NOTE: Totals include students for whom information on a certain characteristic was missing. Completion of a mathematics course means that the graduate earned credits in a mathematics course within the category. It differs from graduates who took a course but did not pass or complete it. 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 NAEP and HSTS assessment year, (4) the graduate’s transcript contained 16 or more Carnegie credits, and (5) the graduate’s transcript contained at least 1 Carnegie credit in English courses. The urban-centric defined school locale codes were not available for the HSTS prior to 2009. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 1990, 2000, 2009, and 2019 High School Transcript Study (HSTS). (This table was prepared January 2022.)

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