Average economics scale scores of 12th-grade students, by content area and student and school characteristics: 2006

Academic Outcomes

Table 15-2. Average economics scale scores of 12th-grade students, by content area and student and school characteristics: 2006

		Content area
Student or school characteristic	Overall	Market economy	National economy	International economy

Total	150	150	150	150
Sex
Male	152	152	152	152
Female	148	148	148	148
Race/ethnicity1
White	158	158	158	158
Black	127	128	127	129
Hispanic	133	133	132	133
Asian/Pacific Islander	153	153	153	152
American Indian/Alaska Native	137	138	138	134
Highest level of parental education
Did not finish high school	129	128	129	133
Graduated from high school	138	138	137	138
Some education after high school	150	151	150	149
Graduated from college	160	160	161	160
Region
West	‡	‡	‡	‡
Midwest	153	153	154	153
South	147	147	147	147
Northeast	153	153	153	154
Locale
City	148	148	148	148
Suburban	153	153	153	152
Town	148	147	148	149
Rural	149	149	149	149
Students in school eligible for free or reduced-price lunch
10 percent or less	164	164	164	163
11–25 percent	153	153	154	153
26–50 percent	147	147	146	147
51–75 percent	134	134	134	134
More than 75 percent	130	130	129	132

‡ Reporting standards not met (too few cases).
¹ Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity.
NOTE: See supplemental note 4 for more information on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP).
SOURCE: Mead, N., and Sandene, B. (2007). The Nation’s Report Card: Economics 2006 (NCES 2007-475), data from U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, NAEP Data Explorer.