| Table 136. | Percent of high school graduates earning minimum credits in selected combinations of academic courses, by sex and race/ethnicity: 1982 to 1994 |
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Year of graduation | All | Sex | Race/ethnicity
and course | stu- |--------------|------------------------------------------
combinations taken\1\ | dents | Male |Female| White | Black |Hispanic| Asian |American
| | | | | | | | Indian/
| | | | | | | | Alaskan
| | | | | | | | Native
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9
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1982 graduates | | | | | | | |
4 Eng., 3 S.S., 3 Sci., 3 Math,| | | | | | | |
.5 Comp., & 2 F.L.\2\ .......| 2.0 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 5.6 | 0.1
4 Eng., 3 S.S., 3 Sci., 3 Math,| | | | | | | |
& .5 Comp.\3\ ...............| 2.9 | 3.6 | 2.3 | 3.4 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 6.6 | 0.1
4 Eng., 3 S.S., 3 Sci., 3 Math,| | | | | | | |
& 2 F.L. ....................| 9.2 | 8.8 | 9.6 | 10.5 | 5.3 | 3.7 | 17.1 | 5.7
4 Eng., 3 S.S., 3 Sci., 3 Math | 14.0 | 14.8 | 13.3 | 15.5 | 11.6 | 6.5 | 21.3 | 6.5
4 Eng., 3 S.S., 2 Sci., 2 Math | 31.5 | 31.6 | 31.5 | 32.5 | 31.7 | 25.2 | 34.3 | 35.7
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1987 graduates | | | | | | | |
4 Eng., 3 S.S., 3 Sci., 3 Math,| | | | | | | |
& .5 Comp., & 2 F.L.\2\ .....| 12.1 | 13.0 | 11.4 | 12.8 | 7.8 | 6.4 | 25.6 | 2.8
4 Eng., 3 S.S., 3 Sci., 3 Math,| | | | | | | |
& .5 Comp.\3\ ...............| 16.6 | 18.1 | 15.1 | 17.6 | 11.3 | 9.0 | 28.8 | 15.2
4 Eng., 3 S.S., 3 Sci., 3 Math,| | | | | | | |
& 2 F.L. ....................| 20.6 | 20.2 | 20.9 | 21.4 | 15.0 | 12.9 | 42.6 | 5.8
4 Eng., 3 S.S., 3 Sci., 3 Math | 27.9 | 28.8 | 27.1 | 29.2 | 22.0 | 17.6 | 48.8 | 26.6
4 Eng., 3 S.S., 2 Sci., 2 Math | 54.0 | 53.5 | 54.7 | 53.4 | 56.0 | 51.6 | 68.9 | 66.7
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1990 graduates | | | | | | | |
4 Eng., 3 S.S., 3 Sci., 3 Math,| | | | | | | |
& .5 Comp., & 2 F.L. \2\.....| 18.3 | 18.1 | 18.4 | 18.9 | 15.5 | 18.2 | 23.9 | 7.8
4 Eng., 3 S.S., 3 Sci., 3 Math,| | | | | | | |
& .5 Comp.\3\ ...............| 23.3 | 23.9 | 22.8 | 23.5 | 25.3 | 20.5 | 27.2 | 14.6
4 Eng., 3 S.S., 3 Sci., 3 Math,| | | | | | | |
& 2 F.L. ....................| 30.3 | 29.2 | 31.3 | 32.0 | 23.3 | 25.8 | 43.7 | 9.9
4 Eng., 3 S.S., 3 Sci., 3 Math | 38.8 | 39.2 | 38.4 | 39.8 | 39.5 | 30.3 | 48.8 | 20.9
4 Eng., 3 S.S., 2 Sci., 2 Math | 66.5 | 65.9 | 67.1 | 65.8 | 73.3 | 64.6 | 70.6 | 47.9
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1994 graduates | | | | | | | |
4 Eng., 3 S.S., 3 Sci., 3 Math,| | | | | | | |
& .5 Comp., & 2 F.L. \2\.....| 25.3 | 23.5 | 26.9 | 26.5 | 19.5 | 27.7 | 36.3 | 12.9
4 Eng., 3 S.S., 3 Sci., 3 Math,| | | | | | | |
& .5 Comp.\3\ ...............| 32.0 | 31.1 | 32.9 | 33.5 | 28.2 | 31.1 | 40.2 | 25.5
4 Eng., 3 S.S., 3 Sci., 3 Math,| | | | | | | |
& 2 F.L. ....................| 39.1 | 35.1 | 42.9 | 41.6 | 30.2 | 36.3 | 51.2 | 22.5
4 Eng., 3 S.S., 3 Sci., 3 Math | 49.8 | 47.5 | 51.9 | 52.7 | 45.0 | 41.2 | 56.1 | 46.0
4 Eng., 3 S.S., 2 Sci., 2 Math | 74.6 | 72.2 | 76.9 | 75.5 | 76.7 | 77.5 | 73.1 | 77.0
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\1\Eng. = English; S.S. = social studies; Sci. = science; Comp. = computer science;
and F.L. = foreign language.
\2\The National Commission on Excellence in Education recommended that all college-bound high school students take these courses as a minimum. \3\The National Commission on Excellence in Education recommended that all high school students take these courses as a minimum. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, The 1994 High School Transcript Study Tabulations: Comparative Data on Credits Earned and Demographics for 1994, 1990, 1987, and 1982 High School Graduates, 1996. (This table was prepared October 1996.)
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