Table 225.46.

Percentage of public and private high school graduates who took selected science, technology, mathematics, and engineering (STEM) courses in high school, by selected student and school characteristics: 2019

[Standard errors appear in parentheses]
Selected student or school characteristic	Any STEM course			Advanced mathematics course															Advanced science and engineering course																		Technology course
				Any advanced mathematics course			Algebra II			Precalculus/ analysis			Calculus			Other advanced mathematics			Any advanced science and engineering course			Advanced biology			Chemistry			Advanced environmental/ earth science			Physics			Engineering			Any technology course			Engineering/ science technologies			Health science and technology			Computer science
1	2			3			4			5			6			7			8			9			10			11			12			13			14			15			16			17
Total	96.6		(0.16)	89.4		(0.28)	85.0		(0.42)	38.7		(0.61)	15.8		(0.39)	26.0		(0.66)	88.3		(0.40)	35.0		(0.56)	75.0		(0.58)	15.9		(0.49)	38.2		(0.75)	11.8		(0.44)	38.8		(0.62)	6.9		(0.27)	16.7		(0.33)	19.8		(0.60)
Sex
Male	95.9		(0.20)	87.6		(0.38)	83.2		(0.49)	36.9		(0.66)	15.9		(0.45)	25.1		(0.69)	86.7		(0.42)	27.1		(0.55)	71.9		(0.64)	16.1		(0.58)	40.9		(0.80)	17.7		(0.59)	40.7		(0.65)	9.9		(0.41)	10.9		(0.33)	25.5		(0.66)
Female	97.2		(0.17)	91.2		(0.28)	86.9		(0.44)	40.5		(0.69)	15.7		(0.50)	26.9		(0.71)	89.9		(0.46)	43.2		(0.67)	78.1		(0.63)	15.6		(0.49)	35.4		(0.80)	5.7		(0.35)	36.8		(0.76)	3.9		(0.25)	22.7		(0.48)	13.9		(0.73)
Race/ethnicity
White	96.9		(0.20)	90.9		(0.34)	87.1		(0.47)	41.8		(0.89)	18.3		(0.47)	27.5		(0.98)	89.1		(0.55)	37.1		(0.82)	75.5		(0.77)	16.3		(0.62)	37.7		(1.10)	13.2		(0.58)	39.1		(0.89)	8.6		(0.45)	14.9		(0.41)	20.6		(0.83)
Black	95.9		(0.36)	87.2		(0.80)	81.9		(1.02)	27.5		(0.94)	6.2		(0.41)	24.3		(1.17)	84.5		(0.73)	30.0		(0.82)	70.3		(0.90)	12.9		(0.62)	30.0		(1.25)	9.4		(0.63)	36.5		(1.19)	4.9		(0.62)	18.5		(0.84)	17.0		(0.85)
Hispanic	95.8		(0.29)	86.2		(0.60)	82.0		(0.74)	33.3		(0.94)	9.5		(0.50)	21.3		(0.83)	87.4		(0.51)	31.5		(0.81)	74.4		(0.81)	16.0		(0.76)	39.3		(1.11)	10.3		(0.54)	36.7		(0.87)	4.9		(0.30)	18.9		(0.63)	16.7		(0.78)
Asian	99.1		(0.24)	96.8		(0.37)	88.4		(0.95)	63.4		(1.73)	45.6		(1.81)	37.4		(1.53)	95.7		(0.47)	45.4		(1.36)	87.4		(1.20)	17.9		(1.33)	58.9		(1.80)	13.7		(0.87)	51.1		(1.38)	6.6		(0.66)	17.9		(1.05)	33.9		(1.60)
Pacific Islander	92.8		(3.19)	86.7		(3.97)	83.0		(3.92)	40.8		(5.15)	8.9		(2.36)	18.3		(4.19)	82.2		(4.59)	27.1		(5.46)	72.0		(4.86)	13.7		(3.40)	32.4		(4.78)	8.8		(2.60)	40.8		(4.64)	9.0		(4.06)	16.7		(3.27)	19.0		(4.04)
American Indian/Alaska Native	92.8		(1.15)	79.6		(2.04)	76.4		(2.37)	24.5		(2.50)	7.3		(1.28)	23.1		(3.20)	78.1		(2.30)	31.0		(2.50)	57.3		(3.62)	11.2		(1.84)	21.3		(2.53)	7.0		(1.30)	34.3		(3.08)	6.0		(1.37)	14.7		(2.11)	17.3		(3.03)
Two or more races	96.5		(0.63)	90.8		(0.85)	86.2		(1.18)	41.3		(1.77)	18.7		(1.27)	29.2		(1.59)	87.3		(0.99)	36.2		(1.53)	75.7		(1.43)	19.5		(1.34)	39.2		(1.90)	10.7		(1.02)	41.6		(1.80)	6.5		(0.69)	18.9		(1.34)	20.9		(1.66)
English learner (EL) status
EL	91.0		(0.98)	74.6		(1.50)	68.4		(1.75)	16.8		(1.91)	3.1		(0.62)	16.8		(1.14)	77.0		(1.46)	18.2		(1.56)	60.7		(1.97)	10.9		(1.11)	34.1		(1.90)	8.1		(1.00)	35.4		(1.52)	5.8		(0.66)	14.6		(1.02)	18.7		(1.23)
Non-EL	96.8		(0.16)	90.2		(0.26)	85.8		(0.40)	39.7		(0.62)	16.4		(0.41)	26.4		(0.68)	88.7		(0.40)	35.8		(0.57)	75.6		(0.59)	16.0		(0.50)	38.4		(0.78)	11.9		(0.44)	38.9		(0.64)	7.0		(0.29)	16.8		(0.33)	19.9		(0.63)
Enrollment size of school
Under 500	95.7		(0.58)	86.6		(1.15)	81.8		(1.58)	33.5		(2.09)	12.7		(1.10)	20.0		(1.62)	86.3		(1.21)	35.8		(1.79)	72.1		(1.69)	7.9		(1.09)	32.3		(2.49)	9.8		(1.02)	37.8		(1.99)	7.9		(1.07)	13.6		(1.14)	20.4		(1.68)
500 to 999	96.4		(0.55)	90.7		(1.11)	86.1		(1.42)	38.4		(1.65)	15.9		(1.02)	24.3		(1.67)	89.2		(0.96)	39.8		(1.74)	75.8		(1.67)	11.5		(1.31)	38.0		(2.27)	13.1		(1.22)	37.7		(1.74)	6.8		(0.79)	14.5		(1.01)	20.8		(1.69)
1,000 to 1,499	97.1		(0.31)	90.8		(0.74)	87.1		(0.95)	38.4		(1.71)	15.0		(0.78)	27.9		(1.41)	86.0		(1.04)	34.0		(1.16)	71.3		(1.49)	15.4		(1.32)	35.7		(1.79)	12.6		(0.93)	41.5		(1.43)	10.2		(1.10)	17.8		(0.83)	19.1		(1.14)
1,500 to 1,999	96.7		(0.30)	90.1		(0.66)	86.2		(0.79)	40.2		(1.14)	18.1		(0.87)	28.3		(1.11)	87.9		(0.79)	32.3		(0.83)	74.8		(1.38)	17.5		(0.90)	37.1		(1.78)	13.9		(0.92)	39.3		(1.20)	6.3		(0.73)	18.7		(0.90)	19.1		(0.76)
2,000 or more	96.7		(0.25)	88.9		(0.56)	84.0		(0.73)	41.2		(1.13)	16.6		(0.71)	28.0		(1.05)	90.8		(0.53)	34.0		(0.83)	79.1		(0.98)	23.3		(0.83)	44.7		(1.34)	10.2		(0.51)	37.9		(0.82)	4.6		(0.38)	18.1		(0.63)	19.7		(0.72)
School locale
City	97.3		(0.29)	90.7		(0.51)	84.6		(0.78)	40.7		(1.17)	16.1		(0.72)	26.4		(0.97)	89.8		(0.65)	33.7		(0.93)	76.8		(1.07)	15.8		(0.74)	45.5		(1.32)	10.7		(0.71)	37.8		(1.24)	5.1		(0.50)	16.2		(0.81)	20.5		(0.98)
Large	98.3		(0.27)	93.0		(0.67)	86.2		(1.14)	39.7		(1.69)	15.3		(1.01)	25.1		(1.58)	90.2		(0.91)	30.7		(1.09)	78.5		(1.49)	14.1		(1.19)	47.0		(1.65)	10.6		(0.84)	37.7		(1.84)	5.2		(0.94)	14.4		(1.18)	21.8		(1.41)
Midsize	95.7		(0.89)	88.1		(1.56)	82.0		(2.62)	41.3		(2.84)	15.2		(1.78)	26.4		(1.82)	88.5		(1.40)	34.5		(2.39)	73.9		(2.45)	16.4		(2.02)	46.9		(3.26)	11.3		(1.47)	37.7		(2.38)	4.9		(0.74)	18.0		(1.70)	18.7		(2.29)
Small	96.8		(0.52)	88.7		(1.15)	83.9		(1.35)	42.1		(1.94)	18.1		(1.29)	28.6		(1.97)	90.0		(1.15)	38.3		(2.15)	76.2		(2.38)	18.3		(1.46)	41.8		(2.54)	10.5		(1.07)	38.0		(1.84)	5.0		(0.72)	17.9		(1.44)	19.5		(1.43)
Suburban	96.6		(0.21)	89.5		(0.48)	85.4		(0.62)	41.5		(0.85)	18.8		(0.62)	26.5		(0.90)	89.8		(0.48)	34.8		(0.81)	77.8		(0.69)	19.3		(0.75)	39.4		(1.03)	12.5		(0.67)	38.0		(0.91)	7.1		(0.50)	15.7		(0.58)	20.0		(0.77)
Large	96.8		(0.21)	89.6		(0.53)	85.5		(0.67)	42.5		(0.96)	19.3		(0.69)	26.6		(0.94)	90.6		(0.49)	35.1		(0.87)	78.8		(0.79)	19.6		(0.85)	41.2		(1.06)	13.0		(0.78)	37.5		(0.96)	6.9		(0.50)	15.5		(0.62)	20.0		(0.90)
Midsize	95.0		(0.79)	88.1		(1.35)	85.4		(1.40)	33.5		(2.26)	14.8		(1.61)	25.4		(2.40)	84.9		(2.17)	31.2		(2.93)	69.2		(3.06)	21.4		(2.68)	29.7		(3.19)	10.0		(1.72)	40.6		(1.86)	6.7		(1.08)	18.8		(1.55)	19.6		(2.41)
Small	95.9		(1.36)	88.7		(3.24)	83.5		(4.85)	36.7		(6.74)	16.3		(2.77)	25.2		(6.88)	83.1		(2.40)	36.0		(3.31)	73.6		(3.13)	12.0		(2.84)	24.7		(3.99)	7.9		(1.78)	41.6		(5.97)	12.0	!	(4.81)	13.8		(2.70)	20.6		(3.00)
Town	95.0		(0.63)	87.4		(1.03)	85.0		(1.19)	32.1		(2.08)	11.6		(0.91)	22.9		(1.84)	83.3		(1.21)	32.7		(1.58)	69.5		(1.76)	9.3		(1.48)	25.5		(1.88)	11.8		(1.26)	39.8		(2.13)	8.9		(1.64)	20.5		(1.12)	15.4		(1.45)
Fringe	96.4		(0.70)	87.8		(1.96)	85.5		(1.98)	34.7		(3.45)	12.0		(1.46)	26.5		(4.35)	85.6		(2.04)	27.3		(3.17)	70.4		(2.82)	17.8		(2.95)	26.7		(2.96)	14.4		(2.49)	43.0		(3.36)	11.0		(3.16)	23.0		(2.16)	14.9		(1.67)
Distant	95.7		(1.00)	88.0		(1.74)	84.8		(2.23)	32.3		(2.95)	12.3		(1.34)	24.3		(2.55)	84.0		(2.19)	36.8		(2.65)	71.9		(3.15)	5.8		(1.53)	26.5		(3.40)	10.7		(1.82)	37.1		(3.99)	8.4	!	(3.14)	18.2		(1.78)	14.5		(2.58)
Remote	92.8		(1.36)	85.9		(2.37)	84.8		(2.41)	29.2		(4.63)	10.2		(2.14)	17.0		(2.32)	80.0		(2.52)	31.6		(2.53)	64.8		(3.14)	6.5	!	(2.51)	22.7		(2.65)	10.9		(2.56)	40.8		(2.94)	7.6		(1.27)	21.8		(2.10)	17.4		(2.88)
Rural	96.1		(0.52)	88.3		(0.93)	84.8		(1.16)	33.4		(1.29)	11.6		(0.68)	26.2		(1.59)	85.7		(1.22)	38.8		(1.73)	69.6		(1.62)	12.7		(1.30)	31.7		(2.05)	12.1		(1.07)	41.5		(1.75)	8.3		(1.05)	17.6		(0.98)	20.9		(1.56)
Fringe	96.3		(0.56)	90.0		(0.89)	85.4		(1.31)	38.2		(1.69)	14.0		(0.93)	30.3		(2.19)	86.0		(1.49)	36.6		(2.12)	73.2		(1.90)	15.3		(1.85)	34.7		(2.25)	14.0		(1.41)	40.5		(1.89)	7.6		(0.91)	17.6		(1.23)	20.3		(1.94)
Distant	95.9		(1.15)	85.2		(2.47)	84.0		(2.48)	24.7		(2.42)	8.5		(1.24)	17.0		(2.51)	85.8		(2.24)	46.3		(3.60)	65.0		(3.17)	8.0		(2.20)	26.3		(3.50)	7.7		(1.89)	44.6		(4.54)	12.0		(3.43)	15.4		(1.82)	23.7		(3.74)
Remote	95.4		(1.27)	84.8		(3.17)	83.1		(3.86)	23.8		(4.80)	4.3	!	(1.38)	20.9		(4.15)	83.2		(2.86)	36.0		(4.22)	57.9		(4.47)	7.1	!	(2.34)	24.9		(5.00)	9.8	!	(3.33)	40.6		(4.06)	4.9		(1.46)	22.6		(3.17)	18.3		(3.52)
School region
Northeast	96.7		(0.46)	88.7		(1.04)	83.3		(1.37)	41.3		(1.56)	24.3		(1.33)	27.8		(1.63)	89.4		(1.07)	31.3		(1.49)	76.8		(1.70)	15.5		(1.28)	47.2		(1.87)	16.1		(1.39)	39.7		(1.72)	11.3		(0.93)	8.3		(0.71)	25.4		(1.86)
Midwest	97.0		(0.33)	91.4		(0.66)	87.5		(1.02)	35.7		(1.65)	15.1		(0.86)	24.7		(1.54)	89.2		(0.83)	36.8		(1.68)	76.8		(1.31)	10.2		(1.02)	39.1		(1.64)	11.5		(0.83)	39.4		(1.32)	9.3		(0.81)	14.1		(1.01)	21.1		(1.19)
South	97.3		(0.23)	91.4		(0.48)	86.9		(0.74)	41.4		(0.81)	13.1		(0.45)	29.3		(0.99)	89.1		(0.58)	37.4		(0.78)	76.6		(0.83)	19.8		(0.82)	38.9		(1.02)	11.9		(0.61)	39.4		(1.10)	5.2		(0.42)	20.1		(0.67)	18.3		(0.92)
West	94.8		(0.42)	84.8		(0.80)	80.8		(0.88)	35.0		(1.23)	15.4		(0.71)	20.5		(0.89)	85.3		(0.88)	32.0		(1.07)	69.7		(1.25)	14.6		(1.02)	30.4		(1.33)	9.2		(0.56)	36.8		(1.10)	5.1		(0.52)	18.8		(0.78)	17.6		(0.87)

!Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is between 30 and 50 percent.

NOTE: Percentages are for students who earned any Carnegie credits. 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.)