Table 4.6. Percentage of public high school graduates who had completed the core academic track, by race/ethnicity: Various years, 1982 to 2000
Race/ethnicity
1982
1987
1990
1994
1998
2000
Total
10
18
30
39
44
46
White, non-Hispanic
11
19
32
42
46
48
Black, non-Hispanic
5
13
23
30
40
44
Hispanic
4
11
25
36
32
38
Asian/Pacific Islander
17
36
43
50
58
57
American Indian/Alaska Native
3
5
10
22
28
26
NOTE: The core academic track is defined as at least 4 year-long courses in English; 3 each in social studies, science, and mathematics; and 2 in foreign languages. Black includes African American, Pacific Islander includes Native Hawaiian, and Hispanic includes Latino. Total includes other race/ethnicity categories not separately shown.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, High School and Beyond Longitudinal Study of 1980 Sophomores (HS&B-So:80); National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88/90), "First Follow-up, 1990;" and National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), High School Transcript Studies (HSTS), selected years 1982 to 2000.
