Table J6. Percentage of high school students with foreign language credits earned in 2000, 2005, 2009 and 2013, by language type (NAEP HSTS 2000, 2005 and 2009, HSLS:09)
Foreign language credit earned 2000   2005   2009   2013
               
Any Language other than English 84.0   85.7   88.5   89.1
Spanish 60.1   63.7   69.2   70.7
               
! Interpret data with caution. Estimate is unstable because the standard error represents more than 30 percent of the estimate.
‡ Reporting standards are not met.
NOTE: NAEP HSTS figures for 2000, 2005, and 2009 are from Digest of Education Statistics Table 225.70. (https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d14/tables/dt14_225.70.asp). The weight used for the added HSLS figures was W3HSTRANS.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 (HSLS:09), Second Follow-up and High School Transcript Data; National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) High School Transcript Study of 2000 (HSTS), High School Transcript Study.