Table Q4. College summer course taking for high school class of 2013: Among fall 2009 ninth-graders whose first postsecondary enrollment after high school was in 2013–14, percentage who ever enrolled in summer and, among those students, average number of credits earned in summer courses, by selected characteristics (June 2016)

High School Longitudinal
Study of 2009 (HSLS:09)

Characteristic	Percent who ever enrolled in summer		Among students who ever enrolled in summer, average number of credits earned in summer courses
Total	36.1		6.7
Demographic characteristics
Sex
Male	32.2		6.5
Female	39.6		6.9
Race/ethnicity¹
White	35.5		6.7
Black	36.5		6.9
Hispanic	38.1		6.5
Asian	45.0		6.9
Other or Two or more races	29.1		6.9
Highest education attained by either parent
High school credential or lower	33.4		6.9
Certificate or associate's degree	33.2		6.2
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.6		6.8
Family socioeconomic status quintile
Lowest quintile	36.3		6.7
Middle three quintiles	33.0		6.6
Highest quintile	43.0		6.8
Language student first learned to speak
English only	35.2		6.6
Non-English only	39.0		7.1
English and non-English equally	43.5		6.8
Ever had disability or special need²
Yes	36.8		6.5
No	36.3		7.0
High school characteristics
Mathematics achievement quintile
Lowest fifth	28.1		5.7
Middle three-fifths	35.2		6.5
Highest fifth	41.5		7.3
Cumulative high school grade point average
Lower than 2.50	26.1		5.4
2.50–2.99	38.5		6.6
3.00–3.49	38.4		7.3
3.50 or higher	42.1		7.0
Sector of last high school
Public	35.7		6.8
Private	43.2		6.6
High school credential type
Regular high school diploma	36.5		6.7
GED and other high school equivalency	24.7	!	‡
Postsecondary enrollment characteristics
Control and level of first postsecondary institution³
Public 2-year	34.9		6.2
Public 4-year	41.8		7.0
Private nonprofit 4-year	28.4		6.6
Private for-profit	24.4		9.0
Other⁴	‡		‡
State where student attended high school⁵
National (public schools only)	35.5		6.7
California	35.4		5.1
Florida	56.2		9.2
Georgia	29.9		7.8
Michigan	36.2		7.0
North Carolina	42.3		7.5
Ohio	34.6		6.2
Pennsylvania	33.4		6.6
Tennessee	26.1		6.7
Texas	47.0		7.5
Washington	23.5		6.3
! 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 there are too few cases for a reliable estimate or the standard error is greater than 50 percent of the estimate.
¹Black includes African American, Hispanic includes Latino, and Other includes American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, other Pacific Islander, and individuals who indicated Two or more races or Other. All race categories exclude Hispanic or Latino origin.
²This variable indicates if a student had a serious difficulty concentrating, remembering, or making decisions; had been told by a health or education professional that he/she had ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) or ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder); had a learning disability; was deaf or had a serious difficulty hearing; was blind or had a serious difficulty seeing; or had any other disability or special need.
³First institution is the first known postsecondary institution attended based on postsecondary transcripts.
⁴Includes public less-than-2-year, private nonprofit 2-year, and private nonprofit less-than-2-year institutions.
⁵Base-year (2009) public school and student samples are state representative for a subset of 10 states listed in the table. Students attending public schools in all other states are included in the "National (public schools only)" category.
NOTE: Summer enrollment is defined as enrolling in any course with a start date in May, June, July, or August, and an end date in June, July, or August of the same year. "Ever enrolled in summer" counts any summer enrollment through June 2016. This table excludes students whose postsecondary enrollment was exclusively through dual or concurrent enrollment while in high school (i.e., taking postsecondary courses while still in high school).
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 (HSLS:09), Base Year, First Follow-Up, 2013 Update, High School Transcript Study, and Postsecondary Education Transcript Study and Student Financial Aid Records Data Collection.

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