Table 4.7. Percentage of high school graduates who completed advanced academic coursework, by school subject and race/ethnicity: 2000
Race/ethnicity
Science1
Mathematics2
English3
Foreign language4
Total
63.1
44.6
33.9
29.8
White, non-Hispanic
63.7
47.4
36.2
30.8
Black, non-Hispanic
60.8
32.4
27.3
19.7
Hispanic
56.2
31.1
26.1
30.7
Asian/Pacific Islander
79.7
68.6
42.7
36.1
American Indian/Alaska Native
43.1
29.2
26.8
17.0
1 Includes students who completed courses in chemistry I, physics I, chemistry II, physics II, or advanced biology.
2 Includes students who completed precalculus, calculus, or other courses labeled as "advanced," such as trigonometry.
3 Includes students who completed more honors courses than "below grade level" courses.
4 Includes students who completed 3 years or more of foreign language courses or an Advanced Placement course in a foreign language. These figures include only students who studied French, German, Latin, or Spanish as these are the only foreign languages commonly offered in high schools for 4 years or more. Some students also studied more than one foreign language.
NOTE: Students classified at any particular level need not have taken courses at a lower level and may have taken more than one course at that level. For more detailed descriptions of these categories, please see Supplemental Note 6 in The Condition of Education, 2003 and 2004. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, The Condition of Education, 2003 (NCES 2003-077) and The Condition of Education, 2004 (NCES 2004-077), based on National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), High School Transcript Study (HSTS), 2000.
