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2000 High School Transcript Study Tabulations Report
Table 30-J.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 (Specific Labor Market Preparation)
| 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 | ||
| Specific Labor Market Preparation | 13.1 | 9.2 | 14.4 | 19.1 | 12.9 | 9.9 | 6.7 | 5.1 | 9.7 | 2.7 |
| Student gender | ||||||||||
| Male | 9.3 | 6.9 | 12.3 | 18.3 | 13.7 | 12.0 | 8.0 | 6.1 | 13.4 | 3.2 |
| Female | 16.5 | 11.2 | 16.3 | 19.8 | 12.3 | 8.0 | 5.4 | 4.1 | 6.3 | 2.2 |
| Student race/ethnicity1 | ||||||||||
| White | 13.2 | 9.3 | 14.2 | 18.9 | 12.7 | 9.8 | 6.5 | 5.0 | 10.5 | 2.8 |
| Black | 10.7 | 8.5 | 14.0 | 19.3 | 14.1 | 11.4 | 7.6 | 5.3 | 9.1 | 2.7 |
| Hispanic | 12.4 | 7.3 | 16.0 | 20.0 | 14.2 | 9.9 | 6.9 | 6.1 | 7.2 | 2.5 |
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 18.6 | 13.6 | 17.3 | 20.3 | 10.5 | 7.5 | 5.7 | 2.6 | 3.9 | 1.9 |
| American Indian | 9.2 | 12.3 | 9.7 | 20.0 | 14.9 | 7.5 | 7.2 | 3.5 | 15.6 | 3.1 |
| Student program | ||||||||||
| Academic | 17.4 | 12.1 | 19.2 | 25.0 | 14.5 | 7.6 | 2.8 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 1.6 |
| Vocational | # | # | # | # | 4.4 | 11.1 | 13.8 | 15.8 | 54.8 | 6.8 |
| Both | # | # | # | # | 8.2 | 17.4 | 19.2 | 18.1 | 37.2 | 6.1 |
| Neither | 14.2 | 11.6 | 14.3 | 25.4 | 14.9 | 11.5 | 5.6 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 1.9 |
| Community type | ||||||||||
| Urban | 17.8 | 10.0 | 15.7 | 19.8 | 11.0 | 8.7 | 5.6 | 4.4 | 6.9 | 2.2 |
| Suburban | 14.0 | 11.3 | 15.4 | 19.4 | 12.9 | 9.1 | 5.7 | 3.9 | 8.2 | 2.5 |
| Rural | 6.5 | 4.1 | 11.0 | 17.8 | 14.9 | 12.7 | 9.6 | 8.0 | 15.5 | 3.6 |
| School type | ||||||||||
| Public | 12.1 | 7.6 | 14.0 | 18.9 | 13.4 | 10.6 | 7.2 | 5.5 | 10.6 | 2.9 |
| Nonpublic | 23.6 | 25.9 | 18.5 | 20.8 | 7.9 | 2.5 | 0.6 | 0.2 | # | 1.0 |
| Region of the country2 | ||||||||||
| Northeast | 20.6 | 9.1 | 13.1 | 18.1 | 11.7 | 7.1 | 4.8 | 3.7 | 12.0 | 2.6 |
| South | 9.6 | 8.0 | 14.5 | 19.0 | 14.1 | 11.2 | 7.9 | 6.1 | 9.6 | 2.9 |
| Midwest | 10.5 | 9.0 | 14.4 | 18.8 | 12.1 | 10.7 | 7.1 | 5.5 | 11.7 | 3.0 |
| West | 15.9 | 11.4 | 15.3 | 20.3 | 13.0 | 9.1 | 5.5 | 4.0 | 5.5 | 2.2 |
# 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 21 May 2007 (MH)