Table O2. Percentage of 2009 ninth-graders who graduated on time and attended postsecondary education in the fall of 2013 who took postsecondary remedial courses, by highest math taken in high school, 2017 (HSLS:09)

High School Longitudinal
Study of 2009 (HSLS:09)

	Highest math taken in high school, all Fall 2013 postsecondary attendees							Highest math taken in high school, remedial postsecondary coursetakers
Students Characteristics	Geometry, Algebra I or lower		Algebra II/III or Trigonometry	Analytical Geometry or Statistics	Pre-calculus	Calculus		Geometry, Algebra I or lower		Algebra II/III or Trigonometry	Analytical Geometry or Statistics		Pre-calculus		Calculus
Total	5.3		32.9	10.6	28.0	23.2		68.0		48.3	37.9		23.1		7.4

Level of attendance in Fall 2013
4-yr postsecondary institution	2.1		23.5	11.4	32.0	31.0		49.8		41.9	34.3		17.1		6.7
2-yr postsecondary institution	10.6		48.2	9.3	21.5	10.4		73.8		53.4	45.3		37.7		11.3

Public high school students	5.7		34.2	10.7	27.4	22.1		68.3		48.5	38.7		23.7		7.8
4-yr postsecondary institution attendees	2.3		24.6	11.7	31.5	30.0		49.8		42.1	35.5		17.1		7.1
2-yr postsecondary institution attendees	10.7		48.4	9.2	21.2	10.4		74.1		53.2	44.8		38.2		10.9

Private high school students	1.8	‡	19.5	9.7	33.9	35.0		58.1		45.8	23.0		18.3		5.1
4-yr postsecondary institution attendees	0.8	‡	15.6	9.3	34.7	39.6		50.4		39.8	14.8	!	17.2		4.3
2-yr postsecondary institution attendees	7.9	!	42.8	11.7	29.5	8.1	!	62.5	!	58.8	57.4	!	25.9	‡	26.7	‡

! 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: Remedial courses taken during HS were not included, only those after high school graduation.
NOTE: PETS transcript for first attendance after high school was required for this analysis sample of after graduation fall postsecondary attendance. Those that had a transfer transcript indicating a positive event of remedial course taking were an exception to this rule. Only students with complete high school and postsecondary transcripts were included in these analyses.
NOTE: Since figures were computed based on high school type, only those students that attended the same school type in last year and in freshman year were included.
NOTE: W5PSTRANS weight was used.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 (HSLS:09), "PETS and SR Transcript Data."

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