Standard errors for the percentage distribution of students by the number of advanced science and foreign language courses offered in their school and the average number of advanced courses offered by subject, by student and school characteristics: 2000

Availability of Advanced Courses in High Schools

Table S25-3. Standard errors for the percentage distribution of students by the number of advanced science and foreign language courses offered in their school and the average number of advanced courses offered by subject, by student and school characteristics: 2000

	Advanced science					Advanced foreign language
	Percentage of students in schools offering					Percentage of students in schools offering
Student or school characteristic	No courses	One course	Two to three courses	Four or more courses	Average number of courses offered	No courses	One course	Two to three courses	Four or more courses	Average number of courses offered

Total	1.90	1.88	2.97	3.35	0.16	1.91	2.69	2.68	3.04	0.26
Race/ethnicity
American Indian	5.19	4.11	7.63	4.81	0.28	6.00	4.71	5.93	6.83	0.30
Asian/Pacific Islander	2.16	1.09	6.98	7.12	0.35	2.08	4.07	2.94	5.43	0.49
Black	2.02	2.89	4.97	6.32	0.29	4.36	3.74	4.23	6.22	0.84
White	2.31	2.19	3.77	3.77	0.19	2.49	3.38	3.02	3.53	0.24
Hispanic	3.07	3.44	5.52	5.42	0.23	2.74	2.31	5.49	5.95	0.47
Location
Central city	1.76	3.25	6.26	6.68	0.35	2.36	3.71	5.26	6.94	0.75
Urban fringe/large town	2.29	2.48	4.94	5.06	0.24	3.04	2.71	4.02	4.36	0.30
Rural/small town	5.42	5.77	5.52	7.26	0.32	6.49	6.82	4.16	4.63	0.22
Region
Northeast	2.89	4.86	7.52	7.19	0.42	3.97	2.47	5.82	5.39	0.55
Southeast	3.52	3.95	6.42	5.35	0.37	4.55	5.28	4.20	6.76	0.70
Central	5.00	3.96	5.09	7.80	0.32	3.81	7.89	6.73	5.96	0.34
West	2.71	2.28	5.52	5.41	0.27	2.88	4.01	4.43	5.41	0.45
12th-grade enrollment
Less than 150	6.33	4.97	5.52	4.87	0.22	5.60	4.99	5.05	5.04	0.20
150–299	3.59	4.63	6.77	6.40	0.31	4.72	4.67	5.80	7.70	0.79
300–449	0.82	2.45	6.57	6.99	0.40	4.54	6.06	7.62	7.52	0.60
450 or more	†	1.52	8.77	8.56	0.40	1.51	1.64	6.14	6.59	0.44

† Not applicable.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2000 High School Transcript Study (HSTS), previously unpublished tabulation (November 2004).