Table 5. Percentage distribution of academic year 2003–2004 high school graduates, by the highest level postsecondary institution attended and select student characteristics: 2006

Education Longitudinal
Study of 2002 (ELS:2002)

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Characteristic	High school diploma	Less than 2-year postsecondary institution		2-year postsecondary institution	4-year postsecondary institution
Total	20.2	1.8		27.0	51.0

Sex
Female	17.1	1.4		26.6	53.4
Male	23.6	2.1		27.5	48.3

Race/ethnicity¹
American Indian or Alaska Native	30.4	0.9	!	28.9	39.8
Asian or Pacific Islander	10.6	0.7	!	25.2	63.5
Black or African American	23.8	2.7		27.5	46.1
Hispanic or Latino	27.6	3.1		37.6	31.8
White	18.1	1.4	!	25.2	55.3
Two or more races	26.0	1.6		19.2	53.3

Family income
$0–20,000	34.8	3.5		31.0	30.7
$20,001–50,000	26.2	2.2		30.9	40.7
$50,001–100,000	15.0	1.2		26.2	57.7
$100,001 or more	5.7	0.6	!	15.8	77.9

Parental education²
High school or less	34.4	2.9		32.1	30.7
Some college	22.3	1.9		32.5	43.3
Bachelor's degree	12.0	1.2		22.8	64.0
Graduate/professional degree	7.8	0.6		15.4	76.2

Native language³
English	20.0	1.7		25.6	52.7
Non-English	21.9	2.4		36.4	39.3

High school sector
Public	21.6	1.8		28.1	48.5
Catholic	3.9	0.8	!	15.2	80.0
Other private	8.0	0.9	!	16.4	74.7

Educational expectation in 10th grade
High school or less	74.8	4.0		16.0	5.3
Some college	41.2	4.8		42.1	11.9
Bachelor's degree	11.9	1.2		29.6	57.3
Graduate/professional degree	6.8	0.5		17.6	75.1
Don't know	45.8	2.2		33.0	19.1

Highest math course taken in high school
No math	64.6	5.2	!	21.4	8.9	!
Basic math/pre-algebra	56.5	3.7		32.2	7.6
Algebra I, geometry, or algebra II	29.9	2.6		37.9	29.6
Trigonometry, statistics, pre-calculus	9.3	0.8		21.7	68.3
Calculus	2.8	0.2	!	6.9	90.1
No transcript collected	23.4	3.1		23.2	50.3
! Interpret data with caution. Estimate is unstable because the standard error represents more than 30 percent of the estimate.
¹ All race categories exclude Hispanic or Latino origin, unless specified. Asian or Pacific Islander includes Native Hawaiian.
² Parental education is the highest level of education attained by the student’s mother and father (including guardians); or, if the student had only one parent, the educational attainment of that parent (or guardian).
³ The first language students learned to speak.
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS:2002), “Second Follow-up, 2006.”

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