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2000 High School Transcript Study Tabulations Report

Table 52-A.Number and percentage of high school graduates earning course credits in all secondary subjects, by Classification of Secondary School Courses (CSSC) code: Selected years 1982–2000 (Mathematics)

CSSC codeCourse titleHigh school graduation year
2000 1998 1994 1990 1987 1982
ALL MATHEMATICS COURSES
Number of graduates earning credits > 0 2,957,543 2,859,858 2,401,852 2,752,975 3,091,530 2,805,157
Percentage of graduates nationwide 99.86 99.92 99.96 99.95 99.85 99.23
110111 COMPUTER APPRECIATION
Number of graduates earning credits > 0 448,282 412,782 342,826 473,684 476,420 45,821
Percentage of graduates nationwide 15.14 14.42 14.27 17.20 15.39 1.62
110121 COMPUTER MATHEMATICS 1
Number of graduates earning credits > 0 9,618 35,069 41,634 71,147 114,804 78,835
Percentage of graduates nationwide 0.32 1.23 1.73 2.58 3.71 2.79
110122 COMPUTER MATHEMATICS 2
Number of graduates earning credits > 0 2,417 2,950 5,116 5,219 12,583 5,191
Percentage of graduates nationwide 0.08 0.10 0.21 0.19 0.41 0.18
110400 INFORMATION SCIENCES AND SYSTEMS, OTHER
Number of graduates earning credits > 0 216 84
Percentage of graduates nationwide 0.01 #
110500 SYSTEMS ANALYSIS, OTHER
Number of graduates earning credits > 0 1,470 513
Percentage of graduates nationwide 0.05 0.02
119900 COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SCIENCES, OTHER
Number of graduates earning credits > 0 1,981 95 155 1,873
Percentage of graduates nationwide 0.07 # 0.01 0.07
270100 MATHEMATICS, OTHER GENERAL
Number of graduates earning credits > 0 389 1,773 2,913 1,357 11,466 53,939
Percentage of graduates nationwide 0.01 0.06 0.12 0.05 0.37 1.91
270101 MATHEMATICS 7
Number of graduates earning credits > 0 804 2,702
Percentage of graduates nationwide 0.03 0.10
270102 MATHEMATICS 7, ACCELERATED
Number of graduates earning credits > 0 132 462 119
Percentage of graduates nationwide # 0.01 #
270103 MATHEMATICS 8
Number of graduates earning credits > 0 1,422 91 1,502 2,897
Percentage of graduates nationwide 0.05 # 0.05 0.10
270104 MATHEMATICS 8, ACCELERATED
Number of graduates earning credits > 0 94 1,845 2,908 3,061
Percentage of graduates nationwide # 0.06 0.09 0.11
270105 MATHEMATICS, BASIC (CHANGED TO 270601-270604)
Number of graduates earning credits > 0 97 925 12,046 232,397
Percentage of graduates nationwide # 0.03 0.39 8.22
270106 MATHEMATICS 1, GENERAL
Number of graduates earning credits > 0 282,434 306,835 322,085 512,694 585,977 764,534
Percentage of graduates nationwide 9.54 10.72 13.40 18.61 18.93 27.05
270107 MATHEMATICS 2, GENERAL
Number of graduates earning credits > 0 119,346 131,550 143,689 140,207 250,341 311,308
Percentage of graduates nationwide 4.03 4.60 5.98 5.09 8.09 11.01
270108 SCIENCE MATHEMATICS
Number of graduates earning credits > 0 5,789 4,359 2,035 189 1,595 5,501
Percentage of graduates nationwide 0.20 0.15 0.08 0.01 0.05 0.19
270109 MATHEMATICS IN THE ARTS
Number of graduates earning credits > 0 14,388 8,396 7,846 7,994 3,223 8,161
Percentage of graduates nationwide 0.49 0.29 0.33 0.29 0.10 0.29
270110 MATHEMATICS, VOCATIONAL
Number of graduates earning credits > 0 43,830 64,326 55,307 57,297 48,302 50,283
Percentage of graduates nationwide 1.48 2.25 2.30 2.08 1.56 1.78
270111 TECHNICAL MATHEMATICS
Number of graduates earning credits > 0 132,224 72,430 22,086 21,255 12,298 20,295
Percentage of graduates nationwide 4.46 2.53 0.92 0.77 0.40 0.72
270112 MATHEMATICS REVIEW
Number of graduates earning credits > 0 28,299 62,727 23,088 39,403 72,348 32,348
Percentage of graduates nationwide 0.96 2.19 0.96 1.43 2.34 1.14
270113 MATHEMATICS TUTORING
Number of graduates earning credits > 0 3,474 4,826 70 138 2,819 6,967
Percentage of graduates nationwide 0.12 0.17 # 0.01 0.09 0.25
270114 CONSUMER MATHEMATICS
Number of graduates earning credits > 0 109,602 166,747 199,160 320,504 371,188 229,829
Percentage of graduates nationwide 3.70 5.83 8.29 11.64 11.99 8.13
270200 ACTUARIAL SCIENCES, OTHER
Number of graduates earning credits > 0 267
Percentage of graduates nationwide 0.01
270300 APPLIED MATHEMATICS, OTHER
Number of graduates earning credits > 0 6,786 159 1,450 3,154
Percentage of graduates nationwide 0.23 0.01 0.06 0.11
270400 PURE MATHEMATICS, OTHER
Number of graduates earning credits > 0 146 2,743 274 162 12,448
Percentage of graduates nationwide # 0.10 0.01 0.01 0.44
270401 PRE-ALGEBRA
Number of graduates earning credits > 0 361,960 439,601 497,745 538,890 405,990 385,538
Percentage of graduates nationwide 12.22 15.36 20.72 19.57 13.11 13.64
270402 ALGEBRA 1, PART 1
Number of graduates earning credits > 0 230,139 224,318 129,207 166,730 211,580 172,567
Percentage of graduates nationwide 7.77 7.84 5.38 6.05 6.83 6.10
270403 ALGEBRA 1, PART 2
Number of graduates earning credits > 0 176,177 148,842 95,081 109,918 161,895 124,601
Percentage of graduates nationwide 5.95 5.20 3.96 3.99 5.23 4.41
270404 ALGEBRA 1
Number of graduates earning credits > 0 1,878,326 1,710,185 1,596,101 1,763,884 1,969,100 1,628,712
Percentage of graduates nationwide 63.42 59.75 66.43 64.04 63.60 57.62
270405 ALGEBRA 2
Number of graduates earning credits > 0 1,791,977 1,644,716 1,346,531 1,297,690 1,395,183 882,939
Percentage of graduates nationwide 60.50 57.46 56.04 47.12 45.06 31.23
270406 GEOMETRY, PLANE
Number of graduates earning credits > 0 392,480 322,203 37,704 158,143 146,479 161,867
Percentage of graduates nationwide 13.25 11.26 1.57 5.74 4.73 5.73
270407 GEOMETRY, SOLID
Number of graduates earning credits > 0 28,708 18,262 262 2,461 21,382
Percentage of graduates nationwide 0.97 0.64 0.01 0.08 0.76
270408 GEOMETRY
Number of graduates earning credits > 0 1,633,208 1,512,303 1,525,631 1,451,310 1,559,228 1,131,348
Percentage of graduates nationwide 55.14 52.84 63.50 52.69 50.36 40.02
270409 GEOMETRY, INFORMAL
Number of graduates earning credits > 0 210,430 188,238 137,009 150,920 144,616 89,722
Percentage of graduates nationwide 7.10 6.58 5.70 5.48 4.67 3.17
270410 ALGEBRA 3
Number of graduates earning credits > 0 129,799 183,406 218,909 114,069 116,611 202,928
Percentage of graduates nationwide 4.38 6.41 9.11 4.14 3.77 7.18
270411 TRIGONOMETRY
Number of graduates earning credits > 0 216,899 243,594 280,680 271,790 348,241 213,898
Percentage of graduates nationwide 7.32 8.51 11.68 9.87 11.25 7.57
270412 ANALYTIC GEOMETRY
Number of graduates earning credits > 0 54,525 61,674 77,878 98,898 123,204 74,780
Percentage of graduates nationwide 1.84 2.15 3.24 3.59 3.98 2.65
270413 TRIGONOMETRY AND SOLID GEOMETRY
Number of graduates earning credits > 0 6,110 12,550 4,704 2,484 12,908 12,666
Percentage of graduates nationwide 0.21 0.44 0.20 0.09 0.42 0.45
270414 ALGEBRA AND TRIGONOMETRY
Number of graduates earning credits > 0 295,502 222,658 140,650 240,616 211,932 131,630
Percentage of graduates nationwide 9.98 7.78 5.85 8.74 6.85 4.66
270415 ALGEBRA AND ANALYTIC GEOMETRY
Number of graduates earning credits > 0 58,733 3,044 24,012 6,890 7,622 14,427
Percentage of graduates nationwide 1.98 0.11 1.00 0.25 0.25 0.51
270416 ANALYSIS, INTRODUCTORY
Number of graduates earning credits > 0 777,731 656,173 417,971 376,115 399,819 171,726
Percentage of graduates nationwide 26.26 22.93 17.40 13.66 12.91 6.07
270417 LINEAR ALGEBRA
Number of graduates earning credits > 0 5,712 7,868 394 512 20,393 26,552
Percentage of graduates nationwide 0.19 0.27 0.02 0.02 0.66 0.94
270418 CALCULUS AND ANALYTIC GEOMETRY
Number of graduates earning credits > 0 725 5,253 7,188 11,637 20,957 11,312
Percentage of graduates nationwide 0.02 0.18 0.30 0.42 0.68 0.40
270419 CALCULUS
Number of graduates earning credits > 0 141,187 130,680 59,065 72,101 108,171 105,856
Percentage of graduates nationwide 4.77 4.57 2.46 2.62 3.49 3.74
270420 CALCULUS, ADVANCED PLACEMENT
Number of graduates earning credits > 0 214,029 198,364 182,703 122,343 111,958 49,837
Percentage of graduates nationwide 7.23 6.93 7.60 4.44 3.62 1.76
270421 MATHEMATICS 1, UNIFIED
Number of graduates earning credits > 0 281,047 259,538 127,339 136,350 141,561 39,493
Percentage of graduates nationwide 9.49 9.07 5.30 4.95 4.57 1.40
270422 MATHEMATICS 2, UNIFIED
Number of graduates earning credits > 0 183,882 234,369 106,472 95,824 113,399 22,412
Percentage of graduates nationwide 6.21 8.19 4.43 3.48 3.66 0.79
270423 MATHEMATICS 3, UNIFIED
Number of graduates earning credits > 0 136,255 152,956 77,475 83,449 90,754 26,895
Percentage of graduates nationwide 4.60 5.34 3.22 3.03 2.93 0.95
270424 MATHEMATICS, INDEPENDENT STUDY
Number of graduates earning credits > 0 34,954 21,591 27,442 13,671 14,443 23,951
Percentage of graduates nationwide 1.18 0.75 1.14 0.50 0.47 0.85
270425 GEOMETRY, PART 1
Number of graduates earning credits > 0 18,518 24,696 1,835
Percentage of graduates nationwide 0.63 0.86 0.08
270426 GEOMETRY, PART 2
Number of graduates earning credits > 0 4,667 14,165 1,195
Percentage of graduates nationwide 0.16 0.49 0.05
270427 UNIFIED MATH 1, PART 1
Number of graduates earning credits > 0 4,759 20,419 3,915
Percentage of graduates nationwide 0.16 0.71 0.16
270428 UNIFIED MATH 1, PART 2
Number of graduates earning credits > 0 1,267 12,604 2,835
Percentage of graduates nationwide 0.04 0.44 0.12
270429 PRE-IB GEOMETRY
Number of graduates earning credits > 0 7,997 3,731
Percentage of graduates nationwide 0.27 0.13
270430 PRE-IB ALGEBRA 2/TRIGONOMERY
Number of graduates earning credits > 0 12,911 1,598
Percentage of graduates nationwide 0.44 0.06
270431 IB MATH METHODS 1
Number of graduates earning credits > 0 9,868 21,526
Percentage of graduates nationwide 0.33 0.75
270432 IB MATH STUDIES 1
Number of graduates earning credits > 0 816 22,594
Percentage of graduates nationwide 0.03 0.79
270433 IB MATH STUDIES 2
Number of graduates earning credits > 0 11,732 7,305
Percentage of graduates nationwide 0.40 0.26
270434 IB MATH STUDIES/CALCULUS
Number of graduates earning credits > 0 8,012 1,435
Percentage of graduates nationwide 0.27 0.05
270435 AP CALCULUS CD
Number of graduates earning credits > 0 41,040 12,600
Percentage of graduates nationwide 1.39 0.44
270436 DISCRETE MATH
Number of graduates earning credits > 0 23,362 25,016
Percentage of graduates nationwide 0.79 0.87
270437 FINITE MATH
Number of graduates earning credits > 0 3,959 10,858
Percentage of graduates nationwide 0.13 0.38
270500 STATISTICS, OTHER
Number of graduates earning credits > 0 987
Percentage of graduates nationwide 0.03
270511 STATISTICS
Number of graduates earning credits > 0 54,709 33,836 15,848 7,125 10,693 8,721
Percentage of graduates nationwide 1.85 1.18 0.66 0.26 0.35 0.31
270521 PROBABILITY
Number of graduates earning credits > 0 244 3,691 174 238 1,978
Percentage of graduates nationwide 0.01 0.13 0.01 0.01 0.07
270531 PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS
Number of graduates earning credits > 0 79,739 52,889 33,741 20,352 23,776 20,856
Percentage of graduates nationwide 2.69 1.85 1.40 0.74 0.77 0.74
270532 AP STATISTICS
Number of graduates earning credits > 0 39,236 15,171
Percentage of graduates nationwide 1.32 0.53
270601 BASIC MATH 1
Number of graduates earning credits > 0 76,423 151,196 146,848 247,277 234,827
Percentage of graduates nationwide 2.58 5.28 6.11 8.98 7.58
270602 BASIC MATH 2
Number of graduates earning credits > 0 10,278 31,189 15,737 59,636 97,066
Percentage of graduates nationwide 0.35 1.09 0.65 2.17 3.14
270603 BASIC MATH 3
Number of graduates earning credits > 0 5,553 13,809 2,482 13,657 21,034
Percentage of graduates nationwide 0.19 0.48 0.10 0.50 0.68
270604 BASIC MATH 4
Number of graduates earning credits > 0 4,867 8,991 1,414 12,083 13,989
Percentage of graduates nationwide 0.16 0.31 0.06 0.44 0.45
279900 MATHEMATICS, OTHER
Number of graduates earning credits > 0 319 820 678 3,014 648 14,767
Percentage of graduates nationwide 0.01 0.03 0.03 0.11 0.02 0.52
320108 MATHEMATICS, VOCATIONAL (CHANGED TO 270110)
Number of graduates earning credits > 0 1,975 13,807
Percentage of graduates nationwide 0.06 0.49
5XXXXX ALL SPECIAL EDUCATION MATHEMATICS COURSES
Number of graduates earning credits > 0 97,724 57,575 53,533 46,356 56,359
Percentage of graduates nationwide 3.30 2.01 2.23 1.68 1.82

— Data not available.

# Rounds to zero.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, High School Transcript Study (HSTS), Selected years 1987–2000; High School and Beyond (HS&B), 1982.


Last updated 2 December 2005 (HM)