Gender and Education:  Statistics for Teachers

Dropout rates  - - - Males

•12.3%* Male
•WHITE = 7.7% of all (M & F) dropouts
•BLACK (non-Hispanic) = 12.6% of all (M & F) drop out
•HISPANIC = 30.0 % of all (M & F) drop out
 
*% of h.s. dropouts among persons 16-24 yr. Old
Oct. 1994, NCES
**% of all h.s. dropouts 1994 =11.5%

 

Dropout rates - - - Females

•10.6%* Female
 
*Based on same %ages as males, 1994

Reading Proficiency

•Females outscored males by an average of 10 points
 
*Scores calculated at ages 9, 13, and 17 yrs. old (1992)
 

Hispanic* students next highest
 Black* students scored lowest

*Test scores were  tabulated by race only, not gender.

*Writing Proficiency

•Grade 4 - Females outscored males by 16 pts.
•Grade 8 – Females outscored males by 21 pts.
•Grade 11 – Females outscored males by 17 pts.
 
White students highest
Hispanic students second
Black students third

*1992 NCES statistics (not tabulated by gender)

*Math Proficiency

•9 yr. Olds – Males outscored females by 3 pts.
•13 yr. Olds – Males outscored females by 2 pts.
•17 yr. Olds – Males outscored females by 5 pts.

 

By ethnic group –
Math proficiency highest for
Whites . . .
then Hispanics . . .
then Blacks
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•*1992 NCES statistics

*Science Proficiency

 

•9 yr. Olds – Males outscored females by 9 pts.
•13 yr. Olds – Males outscored females by 4 pts.
•17 yr. Olds – Males outscored females by 11 pts.
Science proficiency highest for
Whites . . .
then Hispanics . . .
then Blacks

 

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•*1992 NCES statistics

*Employment Rates of 16 & 17 yr. old students

•Males:
White = 33.3%
Black = 9.8%
 
*Females:
White = 36%
Black = 13%
*1993 – Hispanic students included w/both white and black statistics (???)

*Additional Facts

•Males & Females almost = in amt. of TV watched on a school night (5 hrs. +)
  • •Black & Native American students watch TV more than Hispanic, White & Asian
•Native American students read more than all other groups
•Females participate more often in non-sport activities than males

•Females read more and do things w/parent more than males

Males use p.c. more than females
1996 NCES statistics

*Educational Aspirations

•More females than males plan on college right after h.s. graduation
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•Almost 2X number of males are undecided about p.s. education than females
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Asian/Pacific Islander students highest in planning to attend college right after h.s. graduation
    followed by Whites, Hispanic, Blacks, American Indian/Alaskan Native

*1992 NCES statistics

*Level of Educational Aspirations

•College graduate
White = 37.3%
Asian/Pacific Islander = 35.7%
Black = 34.0%
Hispanic = 31.6%
Amer. Indian/Alaskan Native = 25.8%
*1992 NCES statistics

*Postgraduate Degree Aspirants

•Females = 35.4%
•Males = 31.1%
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*1992 NCES statistics

*Post grad. degree aspirants by ethnic group . . .

•Asian/Pacific Islander = 42.3%
•Black = 37.9%
•Amer. Indian/Alaskan Native = 35.0%
•White = 32.3%
•Hispanic = 30.8%

Socio-economic Status & Educational Aspirations

•Low SES more often aspire to 2 yrs. of college or less or tech. College
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•Middle SES is only slightly less than High SES in aspiring to College degree
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•High SES more than double other SES’s in aspiring to postgrad. degree
 

Who’s running the schools?

Elementary:

  • *73% of teachers are female

  • 75%+ administrators are male

Secondary:

  • 13% of principals are female

Superintendents:

  • •4% are female HOWEVER women earn: 

  • 72.5% of all Bachelor's degrees

  • 76.4% of all Master's degrees

  • 63.2% of all Doctoral degrees             

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*1997-1998 NCES statistics

Statistics found on:  www.nces.ed.gov

 

 

 

 

 

 

*NCES, 1993-1994