Table E-22-1.  Percentage of high school graduates who completed selected mathematics and science courses in high school, by sex and race/ethnicity: 2000, 2005, and 2009

Year, sex, and race/ethnicity	Geometry1		Algebra II/ Trigonometry2		Pre- calculus2		Calculus1		Biology1		Chemistry1		Physics1		Biology and chemistry3		Biology, chemistry, and physics4
2000
Total5	78.3		68.3		26.6		11.6		91.1		61.8		31.3		59.2		25.0
Sex
Male	74.8		65.2		25.3		12.1		88.9		57.7		34.1		54.3		26.3
Female	81.4		71.1		27.8		11.1		93.2		65.5		28.9		63.6		23.9
Race/ethnicity
White	79.2		69.6		28.1		12.5		91.7		62.9		32.3		60.1		25.6
Black	77.8		64.7		16.1		4.6		92.4		59.5		25.1		57.8		20.0
Hispanic	72.6		60.0		19.3		5.6		87.8		52.0		23.1		50.3		17.7
Asian/Pacific islander	81.3		81.3		48.7		30.4		87.8		75.1		53.8		70.6		47.0
American Indian/Alaska Native	65.0		60.3		12.6		2.4	!	88.4		43.6		17.5		39.4		11.9
Two or more races	—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
Race/ethnicity by sex
Male
White	75.3		66.2		26.7		13.4		89.1		59.1		35.6		55.5		27.5
Black	74.6		61.0		14.7		3.8		90.2		53.2		26.2		51.1		19.2
Hispanic	70.0		57.9		18.0		5.6		87.4		47.0		23.6		45.2		17.6
Asian/Pacific islander	79.3		77.1		45.3		28.3		85.5		71.2		54.0		65.4		45.9
American Indian/Alaska Native	67.6		63.7		9.5		‡		86.2		44.9		22.7		39.2		14.2	!
Two or more races	—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
Female
White	82.8		72.6		29.5		11.7		94.0		66.4		29.3		64.5		24.0
Black	80.3		67.5		17.4		5.3		94.1		64.5		24.4		63.1		20.7
Hispanic	75.0		61.8		20.5		5.6		88.2		56.6		22.8		54.8		17.8
Asian/Pacific islander	83.2		85.2		51.9		32.4		89.8		78.6		53.6		75.4		48.0
American Indian/Alaska Native	62.1		56.5		16.1		‡		91.0		42.1		11.6	!	39.7		9.2	!
Two or more races	—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
2005
Total5	83.8		71.3		29.4		13.6		92.5		66.4		32.9		64.3		27.4
Sex
Male	81.9		68.0		28.0		14.0		91.0		62.7		34.9		60.3		28.2
Female	85.6		74.4		30.8		13.2		93.9		70.0		31.0		68.0		26.5
Race/ethnicity
White	83.9		72.4		32.0		15.3		92.8		67.4		34.8		65.3		29.0
Black	85.0		69.3		17.9		5.5		93.7		63.6		25.8		62.0		21.3
Hispanic	81.0		63.1		20.4		6.4		89.2		59.3		23.4		57.2		18.8
Asian/Pacific islander	87.1		79.5		48.8		30.0		92.4		79.7		50.3		75.5		42.9
American Indian/Alaska Native	73.8		67.2		15.8		7.9	!	91.5		48.9		18.1		47.6		14.0
Two or more races	—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
Race/ethnicity by sex
Male
White	82.3		69.2		30.8		15.6		91.4		63.7		37.5		61.3		30.5
Black	81.0		64.0		15.3		5.4		91.8		57.4		24.5		55.4		18.6
Hispanic	78.8		60.5		16.8		5.9		87.7		55.7		22.7		53.7		18.2
Asian/Pacific islander	85.9		75.8		46.8		30.0		90.7		77.6		52.9		72.1		43.5
American Indian/Alaska Native	74.3		64.3		11.4	!	11.4	!	90.9		48.7		19.0		47.4		11.9	!
Two or more races	—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
Female
White	85.5		75.7		33.2		15.0		94.3		71.1		32.1		69.1		27.6
Black	88.1		73.3		19.8		5.6		95.1		68.3		26.7		67.1		23.3
Hispanic	82.9		65.4		23.7		6.8		90.5		62.5		24.0		60.3		19.4
Asian/Pacific islander	88.3		82.9		50.6		30.0		94.0		81.6		47.8		78.7		42.3
American Indian/Alaska Native	73.4		69.5		19.3		5.1	!	92.0		49.1		17.3		47.7		15.7
Two or more races	—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
2009
Total5	88.3		75.8		35.3		15.9		95.6		70.4		36.1		68.3		30.1
Sex
Male	86.6		73.8		33.8		16.1		94.9		67.4		39.2		65.0		31.9
Female	89.9		77.8		36.6		15.7		96.2		73.4		33.0		71.4		28.3
Race/ethnicity
White	88.8		77.4		37.9		17.5		95.6		71.5		37.6		68.9		31.4
Black	88.4		70.6		22.7		6.1		96.3		65.3		26.9		64.3		21.9
Hispanic	87.0		71.4		26.5		8.6		94.8		65.7		28.6		64.2		22.7
Asian/Pacific islander	86.1		83.0		60.5		42.2		95.8		84.8		61.1		82.7		54.4
American Indian/Alaska Native	81.6		66.6		18.5		6.3		94.5		44.5		19.8		43.9		13.6
Two or more races	—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
Race/ethnicity by sex
Male
White	86.8		75.6		36.4		17.5		95.0		68.5		41.8		65.6		34.0
Black	86.7		67.6		20.2		6.2		95.4		59.7		27.5		58.5		21.2
Hispanic	86.3		68.7		25.2		9.1		94.4		64.1		29.9		62.8		23.7
Asian/Pacific islander	85.5		81.0		58.0		41.9		94.4		81.8		61.3		78.8		52.6
American Indian/Alaska Native	74.5		58.9		20.5		4.6	!	93.2		42.5		18.3		42.0		14.3
Two or more races	—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
Female
White	90.8		79.2		39.5		17.6		96.2		74.7		33.4		72.2		28.7
Black	89.9		73.2		24.9		6.1		97.1		70.2		26.4		69.4		22.4
Hispanic	87.7		73.8		27.7		8.1		95.1		67.0		27.5		65.4		21.9
Asian/Pacific islander	86.6		85.0		62.9		42.5		97.1		87.7		60.8		86.7		56.2
American Indian/Alaska Native	87.6		73.1		16.9		7.7	!	95.6		46.2		21.2		45.5		13.0
Two or more races	—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—

— Not available.

! Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is 30 percent or greater.

‡ Reporting standards not met. Either there are too few cases or the coefficient of variation (CV) is 50 percent or greater.

1 Percentages are for students who earned at least one Carnegie credit.

2 Percentages are for students who earned at least 0.5 of a Carnegie credit.

3 Percentages are for students who earned at least one Carnegie credit each in biology and chemistry.

4 Percentages are for students who earned at least one Carnegie credit each in biology, chemistry, and physics.

5 Total includes other racial/ethnic groups not shown separately in the table.

NOTE: These data only report the percentage of students who earned the indicated Carnegie credit (0.5 = one semester; 1.0 = one academic year) for each high school course. For a transcript to be included in the analyses, it had to meet three requirements: (1) the graduate received either a standard or honors diploma, (2) the graduate’s transcript contained 16 or more Carnegie credits, and (3) the graduate’s transcript contained more than 0 Carnegie credits in English courses. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, High School Transcript Study (HSTS), 2000, 2005, and 2009.