Table G1. Percentage distribution of academic year 2009-10 ninth-graders who are on an academic track, by race/ethnicity: 2009
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| Total |
68.5 |
|
31.6 |
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| Race/ethnicity |
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|
|
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| White |
65.0 |
|
35.1 |
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| Black |
72.7 |
|
27.3 |
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| Hispanic2 |
75.1 |
|
24.9 |
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| Asian |
46.5 |
|
53.5 |
|
| American Indian/Pacific Islander3 |
83.1 |
|
16.9 |
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| Asian |
73.3 |
|
26.7 |
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| ! Interpret data with caution. Estimate is unstable because the standard error represents more than 30 percent of the estimate. |
| 1Academic track indicates whether the student has taken at least 4 English credits, 3 math credits (including Algebra II), 3 science credits (including biology), 3 social studies credits (including US or World History), and 2 credits in a particular foreign language.
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| 2Hispanic includes both Hispanic, no race specified and Hispanic, race specified.
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| 3American Indiana/Pacific Islander includes Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian.
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| NOTE: Totals are weighted by W3HSTRANS. Totals may not fall within the range of categorical values due to missing data. Details may not sum to 100 percent due to rounding.
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| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 (HSLS:09), First Follow-Up and High School Transcripts. |
