Table 25-1. Percentage distribution of all students and percentage of students in schools offering some advanced coursework in mathematics, English, science, and foreign language, by student and school characteristics: 2000
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In all four subjects
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Student or
school characteristic |
Percent of
all students |
At least one
course offered |
At least two
courses offered |
At least four
courses offered |
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| Total |
100.0 |
74.0 |
58.3 |
22.2 |
| Race/ethnicity1 |
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|
|
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| American Indian |
0.8 |
73.4 |
52.8 |
10.8! |
| Asian/Pacific Islander |
4.3 |
90.6 |
78.3 |
37.5 |
| Black |
13.4 |
73.5 |
56.5 |
24.7 |
| White |
67.6 |
71.3 |
56.0 |
20.9 |
| Hispanic |
13.0 |
82.8 |
66.5 |
23.3 |
| Location |
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|
|
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| Central city |
26.0 |
90.2 |
71.7 |
32.0 |
| Urban fringe/large town |
49.9 |
83.6 |
72.4 |
25.3 |
| Rural/small town |
24.2 |
36.6 |
14.5! |
5.3! |
| Region |
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|
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| Northeast |
22.1 |
81.9 |
71.6 |
30.6 |
| Southeast |
22.5 |
57.0 |
47.7 |
26.7 |
| Central |
25.1 |
67.2 |
43.9 |
9.8! |
| West |
30.4 |
86.3 |
68.2 |
23.0 |
| 12th-grade enrollment |
|
|
|
|
| Less than 150 |
22.0 |
32.0 |
25.0 |
1.1! |
| 150–299 |
24.6 |
74.0 |
55.4 |
17.1! |
| 300–449 |
22.0 |
87.7 |
67.8 |
29.3 |
| 450 or more |
17.2 |
98.4 |
95.2 |
43.0 |
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! Interpret data with caution (estimates are unstable).
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1American Indian includes Alaska Native, Black includes African American, Pacific Islander includes Native Hawaiian, and Hispanic includes Latino. Race categories exclude Hispanic origin unless specified.
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NOTE: See supplemental note 6 for a definition of advanced courses in mathematics, English, science, and foreign language. See supplemental note 1 for details on location and region. Percentage distributions may not add up to 100 because nonresponse categories are not shown. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
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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).
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