Table E22. Percentage distribution of high school students who took Algebra I in grade 9, by final Algebra I grade and high school completion type (HSLS:09)

  Final Algebra I Grade in high school1
Characteristic   A   B   C   D   Below D  
                 
Total   28.1   38.9   24.7   6.7   1.6  
                 
High School completion as of 2016                    
High school diploma   30.3   39.3   23.4   5.8   1.3  
GED, certificate of attendance, or other HS equivalency   11.1   44.4   28.9   13.1 !  
Noncompleter   7.4   30.0   43.0   14.7   4.9  
! Interpret data with caution. Estimate is unstable because the standard error is between 30 and 50 percent of the estimate.
‡ Reporting standards not met either because the standard error is greater than 50 percent of the estimate or because there were too few cases for a reliable estimate.
1Grades were standardized to enable comparisons. Grades reported as letter grades were recorded as A, B, C, D and Below D. Grades reported numerically were recorded as A if the score was between 90 and 100; B if the score reported was 80-89; C if the score was 70-79; D if the score was 60-69; and Below D grades were any reported scores less than 60.
NOTE: The names of the variables used in this analysis are: S2ALG1GRADE, X3HSCOMPSTAT, and X3TWHENALG1. The weight variable used in this analysis is W2STUDENT.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 (HSLS:09).