ED3.B High school academic coursetaking: Percentage of public high school students enrolled in selected secondary science courses by race and Hispanic origin and gender, 2017–18

Characteristic	Biology	Chemistry	Physics	Advanced Placement Science
Total	29.9	19.5	11.1	5.7
Male	29.0	18.5	11.8	5.3
Female	30.9	20.6	10.3	6.1
Race and Hispanic origin
White, non-Hispanic	29.3	19.8	11.2	6.2
Black, non-Hispanic	29.4	17.4	8.7	2.8
Hispanic	30.8	19.2	11.1	4.2
Asian, non-Hispanic	33.1	25.8	16.9	17.2
Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic	32.2	18.3	8.9	4.2
American Indian or Alaska Native, non-Hispanic	29.0	13.5	6.5	2.3
Two or more races, non-Hispanic	30.3	18.8	10.4	5.6
Gender
Male
White, non-Hispanic	28.1	18.7	12.2	5.8
Black, non-Hispanic	28.8	16.1	8.8	2.2
Hispanic	30.3	18.3	11.6	3.7
Asian, non-Hispanic	31.4	24.9	18.5	16.8
Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic	31.4	17.1	9.1	3.7
American Indian or Alaska Native, non-Hispanic	28.6	12.3	6.9	1.9
Two or more races, non-Hispanic	29.3	17.7	11.2	5.3
Female
White, non-Hispanic	30.5	20.9	10.2	6.6
Black, non-Hispanic	30.0	18.6	8.7	3.5
Hispanic	31.4	20.1	10.7	4.6
Asian, non-Hispanic	34.8	26.6	15.3	17.7
Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic	33.1	19.6	8.6	4.7
American Indian or Alaska Native, non-Hispanic	29.4	14.8	6.1	2.6
Two or more races, non-Hispanic	31.3	19.8	9.7	6.0
NOTE: Data reflect the percentage of students in Grades 9–12 and grade equivalents who were enrolled in each course during the 2017–18 school year. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, Civil Rights Data Collection; and National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey.

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