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2000 High School Transcript Study Tabulations Report
Table 30-C.Percentage of high school graduates who earned various numbers of course credits and mean number of earned course credits, by subject field and selected school and student demographic characteristics: 2000 (English)
| Characteristic | Number of credits earned | Mean course credits earned | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0.01–0.5 | 0.51–1 | 1.01–2 | 2.01–3 | 3.01–4 | 4.01–5 | 5.01–6 | More than 6 | ||
| English | † | 0.1 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 7.2 | 52.9 | 27.7 | 7.0 | 3.2 | 4.3 |
| Student gender | ||||||||||
| Male | † | 0.2 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 8.4 | 54.6 | 26.5 | 5.8 | 2.6 | 4.2 |
| Female | † | 0.1 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 6.2 | 51.4 | 28.8 | 8.1 | 3.7 | 4.3 |
| Student race/ethnicity1 | ||||||||||
| White | † | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 7.4 | 54.0 | 27.8 | 6.6 | 2.9 | 4.3 |
| Black | † | 0.1 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 5.4 | 52.2 | 29.7 | 7.6 | 3.6 | 4.4 |
| Hispanic | † | 0.2 | 1.3 | 2.8 | 6.8 | 48.1 | 27.4 | 8.8 | 4.7 | 4.3 |
| Asian/Pacific Islander | † | 0.4 | 0.8 | 3.6 | 8.2 | 50.7 | 27.7 | 5.7 | 2.8 | 4.1 |
| American Indian | † | # | # | 0.2 | 11.1 | 61.4 | 21.7 | 4.8 | 0.8 | 4.1 |
| Student program | ||||||||||
| Academic | † | # | 0.1 | 0.6 | 4.7 | 52.4 | 30.2 | 8.1 | 3.8 | 4.4 |
| Vocational | † | 0.4 | 2.2 | 7.7 | 32.8 | 45.7 | 10.8 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 3.4 |
| Both | † | # | 0.1 | 0.8 | 5.6 | 58.3 | 27.1 | 5.9 | 2.2 | 4.2 |
| Neither | † | 1.9 | 5.4 | 11.0 | 32.4 | 43.1 | 5.9 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 3.1 |
| Community type | ||||||||||
| Urban | † | 0.2 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 7.0 | 51.0 | 27.3 | 7.7 | 4.6 | 4.3 |
| Suburban | † | 0.1 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 6.5 | 55.3 | 27.3 | 6.7 | 2.6 | 4.2 |
| Rural | † | 0.1 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 8.8 | 50.1 | 29.1 | 6.9 | 2.9 | 4.3 |
| School type | ||||||||||
| Public | † | 0.1 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 7.1 | 52.4 | 28.2 | 7.1 | 3.2 | 4.3 |
| Nonpublic | † | # | 0.2 | 0.3 | 8.5 | 58.7 | 23.2 | 6.3 | 3.0 | 4.2 |
| Region of the country2 | ||||||||||
| Northeast | † | 0.1 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 7.3 | 56.2 | 25.9 | 5.9 | 2.1 | 4.1 |
| South | † | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 4.8 | 52.4 | 28.0 | 9.1 | 4.6 | 4.4 |
| Midwest | † | 0.1 | 0.5 | 1.8 | 10.4 | 46.3 | 31.5 | 6.4 | 2.9 | 4.2 |
| West | † | 0.2 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 7.2 | 59.3 | 24.2 | 5.2 | 2.0 | 4.1 |
† Not applicable. The inclusion/exclusion criteria used to produce the tabulations require high school graduates to have a positive number of English credits.
# Rounds to zero.
1 American Indian includes Alaska Native, Black includes African American, Pacific Islander includes Native Hawaiian, and Hispanic includes Latino. Race categories exclude Hispanic origin unless specified.
2 "Region of the country" refers to the Census-defined regions. For more information about Census-defined regions, see the U.S. Census Bureau online publication "Census Regions and Divisions of the United States" (http://www.census.gov/geo/www/us_regdiv.pdf [1.1M PDF]).
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, High School Transcript Study (HSTS), 2000.
Last updated 2 December 2005 (HM)