Tables: Secondary/High School

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Table H159. Percentage distribution of fall 2009 public school ninth-graders in 2012 according to students' main expected activity for fall of 2013, by student, family, and school characteristics: 2012

Characteristic	Number of students	Main activity¹
Characteristic	Number of students	Postsecondary education	Work	Other

Total	3,811,000	74.3	19.5	6.2

Student sex
Male	1,930,000	65.9	28.2	6.0
Female	1,881,000	82.8	10.8	6.4

Student race/ethnicity
White	1,933,000	74.4	19.7	5.9
Black or African American	541,000	75.1	18.8	6.1
Hispanic or Latino	870,000	70.8	21.8	7.4
Asian	135,000	90.5	6.8	2.6
All other races²	332,000	75.2	18.8	6.0

Student mathematics achievement (quintile rank)
Lowest fifth	785,000	55.0	33.3	11.7
Middle three-fifths	2,305,000	75.3	19.1	5.6
Highest fifth	720,000	91.6	6.1	2.3

Parent's highest education
High school diploma, GED, or less	1,881,000	67.3	24.4	8.2
Associate's degree	653,000	75.5	19.5	5.1
Bachelor's degree	785,000	82.5	13.4	4.2
Graduate/professional degree	492,000	86.3	10.7	3.0

Family socioeconomic status (quintile rank)
Lowest fifth	791,000	64.1	27.0	8.9
Middle three-fifths	2,345,000	73.6	20.1	6.3
Highest fifth	674,000	88.5	8.8	2.7

School locale
City	1,159,000	74.7	18.0	7.3
Suburb	1,269,000	77.3	17.9	4.8
Town	469,000	66.5	26.2	7.4
Rural	914,000	73.8	20.2	6.1

¹Indicates the one activity that students expect will be their main focus in fall 2013. "Work" includes military service; "Other" includes starting a family, caring for own children, or attending high school or a GED completion course.
²"All other races" includes American Indian or Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, and persons of two or more races.
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics. High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 (HSLS:09) First Follow-up Restricted-Use Data File.

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