Table 4.8a. Number and percent change of 12th-grade students taking Advanced Placement (AP) examinations, by race/ethnicity: 1999 to 2003
Race/ethnicity
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
Percent change, 1999 to 2003
Total1
349,300
378,540
407,572
440,916
470,398
34.7
White, non-Hispanic
234,307
262,399
280,165
302,463
321,074
37.0
Black, non-Hispanic
16,942
19,469
21,027
23,105
25,649
51.4
Hispanic
28,501
33,641
37,438
41,429
47,233
65.7
Asian/Asian American
37,182
41,538
44,539
48,040
50,710
36.4
AmericanIndian/Alaska Native
1,679
1,779
1,799
1,948
2,106
25.4
1 Includes other race/ethnicity categories not separately shown.
NOTE: The College Board collects race/ethnic information based on the categories American Indian/Alaskan, Asian/Asian American, Black/Afro-American, Latino: Chicano/Mexican, Puerto Rican, Other Latino, White, and Other. Black, non-Hispanic refers to test-takers who identified themselves as Black/Afro-American, and Hispanic refers to the sum of all Latino subgroups. Pacific Islander may or may not be included in Asian/Asian American.
SOURCE: The College Board, Advanced Placement Program, National Summary Report, 1999 to 2003.
