Fifty-five percent of students with disabilities completed at least a standard curriculum level in 2009, with 24 percent completing at least a midlevel curriculum level.
Forty-five percent of students with disabilities completed a below standard curriculum.
Seventy-six percent of students without disabilities completed at least a standard curriculum, with 62 percent completing at least a midlevel curriculum.
Percentage distribution of graduates completing each curriculum level, by student disability status: 2009
| Students with disabilities |
Students without disabilities |
| Percentage of graduates |
Standard error |
Percentage of graduates |
Standard error |
|---|
| Below Standard |
45.5 |
* |
(1.96) |
23.6 |
|
(0.81) |
|---|
| Standard |
30.3 |
* |
(1.80) |
14.2 |
|
(0.71) |
|---|
| Midlevel |
21.2 |
* |
(1.25) |
48.3 |
|
(0.72) |
|---|
| Rigorous |
3.0 |
* |
(0.65) |
13.9 |
|
(0.68) |
|---|
* Significantly different (p<.05) from students without disabilities.
NOTE: 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.