TIMSS - Advanced Mathematics at the End of High School: Student Race/Ethnicity and School Poverty

Advanced Mathematics at the End of High School: Student Race/Ethnicity and School Poverty

Table 52. Average advanced mathematics scores of U.S. TIMSS Advanced students, by selected characteristics: 2015
Characteristics	Average score	s.e.
Average score is higher than U.S. average score at the .05 level of statistical significance. Average score is lower than U.S. average score at the .05 level of statistical significance. NOTE: Standard error is abbreviated as s.e. Reporting standards were not met for Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander and American Indian/Alaskan Native. Black includes African American and Hispanic includes Latino. Racial categories exclude Hispanic origin. Data on free or reduced-price lunch are for public schools only. SOURCE: International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA), Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) Advanced, 2015.
U.S. total	485	5.2

Sex
Female	470	5.3
Male	500	6.4

Race/ethnicity
White	495	5.3
Black	400	17.3
Hispanic	440	11.0
Asian	506	10.3
Multiracial	525	10.3

Percentage of public school students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch
Less than 10 percent	534	6.9
10 to 24.9 percent	515	7.4
25 to 49.9 percent	485	8.1
50 to 74.9 percent	454	10.1
75 percent or more	425	15.3