Table O3a. Percentage of 2009 ninth-graders who graduated on time and attended postsecondary education in the fall of 2013 who took postsecondary remedial courses, by math taken senior year in high school, 2017 (HSLS:09)

High School Longitudinal
Study of 2009 (HSLS:09)

	Senior math course in high school, all Fall 2013 postsecondary attendees								Senior math course in high school, all Fall 2013 postsecondary attendees
Students Characteristics	No senior year math taken	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	19.5	11.6		16.8	15.2	17.0	19.9		11.5		53.8	4.8		22.8		7.1

Level of attendance in Fall 2013
4-yr postsecondary institution	15.6	8.7		12.2	17.7	19.4	26.4		5.8		46.9	6.3		29.4		11.6
2-yr postsecondary institution	25.9	16.3		24.4	11.1	13.1	9.3		17.1		60.7	3.2	!	16.3		2.7	!

Public high school students	20.5	12.2		17.4	15.2	16.0	18.7		11.5		53.6	4.8		23.1		7.0
4-yr postsecondary institution attendees	16.8	9.3		12.6	18.0	18.3	25.0		5.8		46.6	6.4		29.7		11.5
2-yr postsecondary institution attendees	25.9	16.5		24.6	11.0	12.6	9.4		16.9		60.4	3.3	!	16.7		2.8	!

Private high school students	9.6	5.3		10.6	14.5	26.9	33.0		11.6	‡	58.9	4.2	‡	16.3		8.9	!
4-yr postsecondary institution attendees	7.0	4.7		9.3	14.8	27.0	37.3		4.9	‡	51.6	6.1	‡	23.1		14.3	!
2-yr postsecondary institution attendees	25.2	9.2	!	18.1	12.6	26.9	8.0	!	22.6	!	70.7	1.2	‡	5.4	‡	0.2	‡

! 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 high school 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: Because estimates 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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