2000 High School Transcript Study Tabulations Report

Table 43-M.Mean NAEP mathematics scores of high school graduates, by course credits earned, in subject fields and selected school and student demographic characteristics: 2000 (Religion)

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Subject field	Statistic	Credits earned in subject field
Subject field	Statistic	0	0.01–0.50		0.51–1.00		1.01–2.00		2.01–3.00		3.01–4.00	4.01–5.00	More than 5.00
Religion	Mean	300	310		298	!	319		315	!	315	‡	‡
	s.e.	1.2	4.8		6.4	!	4.7		4.1	!	3.9	‡	‡
	N	5,519	65		32		79		50		268	‡	‡
Student gender
Male	Mean	302	‡		‡		‡		‡		307	‡	‡
	s.e.	1.6	‡		‡		‡		‡		7.4	‡	‡
	N	2,605	‡		‡		‡		‡		107	‡	‡
Female	Mean	299	‡		‡		‡		‡		321	‡	‡
	s.e.	1.2	‡		‡		‡		‡		1.9	‡	‡
	N	2,893	‡		‡		‡		‡		161	‡	‡
Student race/ethnicity¹
White	Mean	306	310	!	‡		324		314	!	317	‡	‡
	s.e.	1.4	6.4	!	‡		3.8		4.8	!	3.0	‡	‡
	N	3,155	45		‡		62		37		234	‡	‡
Black	Mean	274	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	2.2	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	975	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
Hispanic	Mean	283	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	2.3	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	948	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
Asian/Pacific Islander	Mean	323	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	3.7	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	295	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
American Indian	Mean	‡	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	‡	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	‡	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
Other	Mean	‡	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	‡	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	‡	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
Student program
Academic	Mean	305	310	!	‡		321		319	!	317	‡	‡
	s.e.	1.2	5.1	!	‡		5.3		3.4	!	3.5	‡	‡
	N	3,841	58		‡		69		43		238	‡	‡
Vocational	Mean	272	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	4.6	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	139	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
Both	Mean	293	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	2.1	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	1,294	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
Neither	Mean	274	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	2.0	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	245	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
Community type
Urban	Mean	295	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	2.5	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	1,587	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
Suburban	Mean	303	‡		‡		312	!	310	!	314	‡	‡
	s.e.	1.9	‡		‡		5.2	!	4.5	!	5.0	‡	‡
	N	2,534	‡		‡		43		40		194	‡	‡
Rural	Mean	298	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	2.0	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	1,398	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
School type
Public	Mean	300	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	1.2	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	5,436	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
Nonpublic	Mean	327	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	7.5	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	83	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
Region of the country²
Northeast	Mean	301	‡		‡		313	!	311	!	314	‡	‡
	s.e.	4.2	‡		‡		4.0	!	5.5	!	4.2	‡	‡
	N	723	‡		‡		33		30		93	‡	‡
South	Mean	296	‡		‡		‡		‡		320	‡	‡
	s.e.	1.9	‡		‡		‡		‡		1.4	‡	‡
	N	2,744	‡		‡		‡		‡		74	‡	‡
Midwest	Mean	305	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	2.3	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	892	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
West	Mean	301	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	s.e.	2.9	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡
	N	1,160	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡

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! Interpret data with caution. Users are cautioned against performing t-tests on cells with NAEP proficiency estimates that have been calculated with less than 62 observations (N). NAEP considers a cell size of 62 the minimum required for performing meaningful comparisons.

‡ Reporting standards not met. Means and standard errors based on less than 30 observations are not reported.

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]).

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, High School Transcript Study (HSTS), 2000.

Last updated 23 May 2007 (MH)