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Table S25-1.  Standard errors for the 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

    In all four subjects
Student or
school characteristic
Percent of
all students
At least one
course offered
At least two
courses offered
At least four
courses offered

    Total 2.41 2.96 3.11
Race/ethnicity        
  American Indian 0.14 7.96 7.00 3.59
  Asian/Pacific Islander 0.47 2.97 4.91 6.99
  Black 1.44 4.97 6.00 5.24
  White 2.03 2.92 3.64 3.11
  Hispanic 1.39 3.59 4.26 4.96
Location        
  Central city 2.30 3.57 6.14 6.43
  Urban fringe/large town 3.33 3.32 4.32 4.76
  Rural/small town 2.67 6.31 4.85 3.15
Region        
  Northeast 1.25 5.26 5.46 6.57
  Southeast 1.63 5.22 6.62 6.46
  Central 0.58 4.89 6.25 4.28
  West 1.61 3.33 4.59 5.82
12th-grade enrollment        
  Less than 150 2.59 5.28 5.15 1.12
  150–299 2.87 5.75 6.63 5.28
  300–449 2.71 5.03 7.59 7.63
  450 or more 2.77 1.57 2.72 7.90

† Not applicable.

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Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2000 High School Transcript Study (HSTS), previously unpublished tabulation (November 2004).

 
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