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| Distribution of children, by parental reports of average grades in all subjects
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| 1996 | 1999 | 2003
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Selected characteristic | | | | Mostly| | | | Mostly| | | | Mostly
of children and schools |Mostly A's|Mostly B's|Mostly C's|D's or F's|Mostly A's|Mostly B's|Mostly C's|D's or F's|Mostly A's|Mostly B's|Mostly C's|D's or F's
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All students ...............|39.5(0.53)|37.7(0.56)|18.5(0.41)| 4.2(0.22)|40.3(0.52)|37.7(0.53)|17.8(0.42)| 4.3(0.23)|43.6(0.62)|37.0(0.58)|15.9(0.52)| 3.6(0.24)
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Sex of child | | | | | | | | | | | |
Male ........................|32.5(0.68)|38.3(0.82)|23.5(0.63)| 5.7(0.36)|33.7(0.70)|38.3(0.73)|21.9(0.63)| 6.2(0.39)|36.4(0.72)|38.6(0.86)|19.8(0.74)| 5.2(0.40)
Female ......................|46.9(0.78)|37.2(0.77)|13.2(0.60)| 2.7(0.27)|47.0(0.77)|37.1(0.76)|13.5(0.54)| 2.4(0.25)|51.0(0.84)|35.3(0.76)|11.9(0.61)| 1.9(0.24)
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Race/ethnicity of child | | | | | | | | | | | |
White, non-Hispanic .........|43.7(0.66)|36.1(0.61)|16.5(0.49)| 3.7(0.27)|44.6(0.67)|36.1(0.65)|15.8(0.50)| 3.4(0.25)|47.8(0.86)|35.2(0.75)|14.0(0.63)| 3.1(0.25)
Black, non-Hispanic .........|27.0(1.40)|41.0(1.48)|26.2(1.51)| 5.8(0.67)|27.5(1.20)|40.3(1.42)|26.4(1.22)| 5.8(0.72)|34.5(1.75)|39.5(1.65)|20.9(1.33)| 5.0(0.82)
Hispanic ....................|31.9(1.40)|43.6(1.47)|19.6(1.18)| 4.9(0.70)|33.3(1.17)|42.7(1.26)|17.4(0.98)| 6.5(0.73)|34.9(1.14)|42.3(1.24)|18.6(1.03)| 4.2(0.49)
Other non-Hispanic ..........|44.7(1.80)|33.7(2.10)|17.1(1.61)| 4.5(1.12)|45.8(2.38)|35.8(2.36)|14.2(2.03)| 4.2(1.18)|49.3(2.63)|33.7(2.32)|14.3(1.99)| 2.7(0.78)
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Highest education level | | | | | | | | | | | |
of parents | | | | | | | | | | | |
Less than high school .......|29.0(1.86)|39.0(1.89)|23.9(1.66)| 8.1(1.04)|26.3(1.58)|40.8(1.82)|22.3(1.62)|10.5(1.30)|27.8(2.17)|41.6(2.05)|22.7(2.28)| 7.8(1.46)
High school/GED .............|30.5(0.90)|40.5(1.09)|23.1(0.91)| 5.9(0.52)|31.6(0.99)|39.5(1.06)|23.3(0.90)| 5.6(0.49)|32.1(1.20)|41.4(1.23)|21.7(1.12)| 4.8(0.57)
Vocational/technical or | | | | | | | | | | | |
some college..............|36.9(0.99)|40.1(1.01)|19.1(0.64)| 3.9(0.43)|38.9(0.93)|39.0(0.94)|18.3(0.75)| 3.8(0.38)|42.0(1.13)|37.1(1.19)|16.9(0.76)| 4.0(0.42)
Bachelor's degree ..........|52.5(1.40)|32.9(1.29)|12.7(1.03)| 1.9(0.34)|51.1(1.28)|34.9(1.22)|12.1(0.85)| 1.8(0.34)|53.2(1.30)|34.2(1.29)|10.9(0.90)| 1.7(0.31)
Graduate/professional degree |58.2(1.30)|30.9(1.21)| 9.8(0.86)| 1.1(0.26)|54.8(1.30)|33.0(1.23)|10.3(0.82)| 1.9(0.39)|60.6(1.67)|30.9(1.70)| 7.5(0.73)| 1.0(0.24)
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Family income | | | | | | | | | | | |
$5,000 or less ..............|28.9(2.50)|38.8(2.39)|23.3(2.35)| 8.9(1.67)|25.0(2.59)|42.9(3.46)|24.4(2.77)| 7.7(1.77)|31.8(4.43)|38.9(4.27)|21.0(3.53)| 8.3(3.25)
$5,001 to $10,000 ...........|26.6(1.97)|41.9(2.30)|24.6(2.33)| 6.9(1.15)|32.1(2.37)|36.5(2.35)|24.0(2.14)| 7.4(1.32)|31.6(2.90)|40.1(3.70)|24.9(2.70)| 3.4(0.98)
$10,001 to 15,000 ...........|28.0(1.98)|39.8(2.27)|26.0(1.97)| 6.2(1.10)|30.3(2.00)|38.9(2.16)|23.7(1.92)| 7.1(1.21)|33.5(3.49)|35.1(2.85)|23.9(2.67)| 7.5(1.44)
$15,001 to 20,000 ...........|32.7(2.34)|38.4(1.99)|21.6(1.81)| 7.3(1.35)|32.0(2.03)|40.0(2.10)|22.3(1.89)| 5.7(0.94)|34.6(2.28)|41.1(2.41)|18.8(2.00)| 5.4(1.26)
$20,001 to 25,000 ...........|34.4(1.92)|40.8(2.19)|20.6(1.77)| 4.2(0.88)|32.8(1.83)|38.9(1.88)|21.6(1.60)| 6.7(1.09)|33.5(2.51)|42.1(2.93)|19.8(1.99)| 4.7(0.96)
$25,001 to 30,000 ...........|33.0(1.88)|42.0(2.05)|19.8(1.41)| 5.2(0.76)|37.4(1.91)|37.4(1.90)|19.7(1.54)| 5.4(0.86)|34.5(2.67)|42.6(3.13)|17.9(1.92)| 5.0(1.21)
$30,001 to 35,000 ...........|40.0(1.88)|38.0(1.66)|18.1(1.44)| 3.9(0.69)|38.2(1.88)|38.8(1.95)|19.2(1.53)| 3.8(0.75)|35.1(2.76)|43.1(2.57)|16.9(1.84)| 5.0(1.09)
$35,001 to 40,000 ...........|40.4(1.70)|37.3(1.69)|19.4(1.22)| 2.8(0.65)|37.5(1.83)|42.1(1.89)|17.4(1.40)| 3.0(0.62)|39.6(3.20)|37.8(2.79)|19.1(1.78)| 3.6(0.93)
$40,001 to 50,000 ...........|43.2(1.49)|36.0(1.51)|16.8(1.09)| 4.0(0.57)|45.0(1.52)|35.1(1.44)|16.6(1.14)| 3.3(0.55)|43.9(2.06)|35.8(1.95)|15.8(1.51)| 4.4(0.75)
$50,001 to 75,000 ...........|50.2(1.05)|32.7(1.04)|14.9(0.86)| 2.2(0.34)|45.8(1.20)|36.8(1.17)|14.5(0.84)| 2.9(0.41)|48.0(1.29)|35.0(1.22)|14.0(0.81)| 3.0(0.45)
Over $75,000 ................|51.0(1.58)|36.8(1.55)|10.9 (0.9)| 1.3(0.31)|51.9(1.15)|35.4(1.11)|10.9(0.72)| 1.8(0.32)|54.0(1.19)|33.8(1.18)|11.0(0.78)| 1.2(0.19)
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Child attending public | | | | | | | | | | | |
schools ....................|38.2(0.54)|37.9(0.56)|19.3(0.44)| 4.6(0.23)|39.0(0.55)|37.8(0.56)|18.5(0.45)| 4.7(0.26)|41.8(0.64)|37.5(0.62)|16.8(0.57)| 3.8(0.26)
Elementary (kindergarten | | | | | | | | | | | |
to grade 8) ...............|43.2(0.75)|36.6(0.69)|16.3(0.55)| 3.9(0.26)|43.5(0.71)|36.6(0.71)|15.9(0.54)| 4.1(0.29)|46.1(0.80)|35.9(0.84)|14.6(0.74)| 3.4(0.32)
Secondary (grades 9 to 12) ..|29.6(0.89)|40.2(1.00)|24.5(0.89)| 5.7(0.46)|31.8(0.87)|39.9(0.92)|22.7(0.79)| 5.6(0.48)|34.6(0.96)|40.2(0.97)|20.6(0.94)| 4.6(0.46)
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Child attending private | | | | | | | | | | | |
schools ....................|50.8(1.64)|36.1(1.58)|11.8(0.96)| 1.3(0.40)|51.9(1.61)|36.1(1.55)|11.0(1.09)| 1.0(0.27)|57.6(1.72)|33.0(1.68)| 8.1(0.91)| 1.3(0.45)
Elementary (kindergarten | | | | | | | | | | | |
to grade 8) ...............|55.7(2.02)|35.3(1.90)| 7.5(0.86)| 1.4(0.57)|56.2(1.88)|34.4(1.80)| 9.0(1.21)| 0.5(0.21)|61.6(2.39)|30.3(2.28)| 7.3(1.03)| 0.8(0.28)
Secondary (grades 9 to 12) ..|41.5(2.97)|37.7(2.40)|20.4(2.30)| 1.0(0.44)|41.2(3.09)|40.6(3.03)|15.9(2.31)| 2.2(0.79)|48.8(3.22)|38.9(2.94)|10.0(1.77)| 2.3(1.30)
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