Among 2009 graduates who completed a standard curriculum but did not attain a midlevel curriculum, 65 to 92 percent were missing required coursework in only a single subject area needed to attain a midlevel curriculum. A greater percentage of Black and Hispanic than White graduates in 2009 lacked only science.
Among all racial/ethnic groups, between 8 percent and 35 percent of 2009 graduates completing a standard curriculum lacked multiple requirements needed to attain a midlevel curriculum. Fewer Black than White graduates were missing only the mathematics requirement.
Percentage distribution of graduates who attained a standard curriculum but not a midlevel curriculum, by missing requirement and race/ethnicity: 2009
| Percentage of graduates |
Standard error |
Percentage of graduates |
Standard error |
Percentage of graduates |
Standard error |
Percentage of graduates |
Standard error |
|---|
| White |
33.0 |
|
(1.85) |
18.9 |
|
(2.07) |
19.2 |
|
(1.20) |
29.0 |
|
(1.49) |
|---|
| Black |
38.9 |
* |
(2.47) |
11.2 |
* |
(2.10) |
15.3 |
|
(2.07) |
34.7 |
|
(3.00) |
|---|
| Hispanic |
45.5 |
* |
(2.72) |
19.1 |
|
(1.77) |
12.4 |
* |
(1.87) |
23.0 |
* |
(1.80) |
|---|
| Asian/Pacific Islander |
27.1 |
|
(6.10) |
55.6 |
* |
(6.65) |
9.7 |
* |
(2.50) |
7.6 |
* |
(2.19) |
|---|
* Significantly different (p<.05) from White graduates.
NOTE: Black includes African American, Hispanic includes Latino, Pacific Islander includes Native Hawaiian. Race categories exclude Hispanic origin. Details may not sum to total because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, High School Transcript Study (HSTS), 2009.