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

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

Table 61. Average physics 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	437	9.7

Sex
Female	409	11.9
Male	455	9.3

Race/ethnicity
White	463	9.9
Black	334	19.6
Hispanic	390	10.8
Asian	433	20.7
Multiracial	470	24.1

Percentage of public school students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch
Less than 10 percent	506	14.3
10 to 24.9 percent	482	16.7
25 to 49.9 percent	414	12.9
50 to 74.9 percent	426	15.0
75 percent or more	363	18.4