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Availability of Advanced Courses in High Schools
Table 25-3.  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 10.7 11.6 38.4 39.3 3.3   19.9 13.0 21.5 45.6 3.9
Race/ethnicity1                      
  American Indian 13.4! 11.6! 50.5 24.5 2.8   21.8 17.3 24.5 36.4 2.8
  Asian/Pacific Islander 5.1! 3.0! 39.9 52.0 4.1   7.0 9.9! 17.4 65.6 5.0
  Black 6.7! 12.8 30.8 49.7 3.8   23.3 11.7! 18.5 46.5 4.7
  White 12.3 11.8 39.0 36.9 3.2   21.5 14.6 20.3 43.6 3.5
  Hispanic 8.5! 12.5 44.3 34.7 3.1   13.2 7.0! 33.7 46.1 4.2
Location                      
  Central city 3.3! 8.3! 39.0 49.3 4.0   5.9! 9.2! 25.3 59.7 5.7
  Urban fringe/large town 6.8! 6.9! 43.8 42.5 3.5   11.7 8.9! 25.1 54.3 4.3
  Rural/small town 26.5 24.8 26.7 21.9! 2.1   51.9 25.4 10.1! 12.5! 1.1
Region                      
  Northeast 5.7! 14.5! 26.0 53.8 4.1   12.0! 4.0! 19.5 64.6 4.9
  Southeast 16.0 13.1! 33.0 38.0 3.2   34.0 16.7! 11.2! 38.1 3.7
  Central 14.9! 15.1 41.9 28.1 2.6   23.5 17.8! 23.5 35.2 3.0
  West 6.9! 5.4! 48.6 39.1 3.5   12.3 12.7! 29.0 46.0 4.0
12th-grade enrollment                      
  Less than 150 33.7 21.6 32.6 12.1! 1.6   54.0 13.5! 12.0! 20.5 1.5
  150–299 9.0! 12.5! 46.9 31.7 3.2   17.1 15.2! 27.2 40.6 4.3
  300–449 0.8! 4.9! 33.6 60.8 4.3   10.4! 17.3! 25.6 46.8 4.2
  450 or more # 1.6! 43.0 55.5 4.3   1.6! 1.6! 19.4! 77.4 5.5

# Rounds to zero.

! Interpret data with caution (estimates are unstable).

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.

NOTE: See supplemental note 6 for a definition of advanced courses in science and foreign language courses. See supplemental note 1 for details on location and region. Results from these categories cannot be directly compared with results from previous years. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.

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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