Table E-ELS-1b.  Mean socioeconomic status score, 10th-grade mathematics score, and 9th-grade GPA for on-time high school graduates, overall and by immediate postsecondary enrollment status: 2006

Characteristic	Total			Immediate postsecondary enrollment status
				Immediate enrollment		No immediate enrollment
Standardized socioeconomic status (SES) score	0.06	(0.013)		0.20	(0.015)	-0.27	(0.014)
Standardized 10th-grade mathematics test score	51.49	(0.165)		53.65	(0.176)	46.47	(0.214)
Grade point average (GPA) in 9th grade	2.83	(0.013)		3.02	(0.014)	2.38	(0.018)

NOTE: The SES score is based on five equally weighted, standardized components: father’s/guardian’s education, mother’s/guardian’s education, family income, father’s/ guardian’s occupation, and mother’s/guardian’s occupation. Estimates are based on the sample of students who had graduated from high school by August 2004 and who had a valid F2BYWT weight. Standard errors appear in parentheses.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS:2002), "Second Follow-up, 2006."