Standard errors for the number and percentage of public high schools that offered dual-credit, Advanced Placement (AP), and International Baccalaureate (IB) courses, by selected school characteristics: 2002

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Standard errors for the number and percentage of public high schools that offered dual-credit, Advanced Placement (AP), and International Baccalaureate (IB) courses, by selected school characteristics: 2002–03

		Offered dual-credit courses		Offered Advanced Placement courses		Offered International Baccalaureate courses
School characteristic	Total number of high schools	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent

All public high schools	120	230	1.4	190	1.1	63	0.4
Enrollment size
Less than 500	120	200	2.5	80	2.3	†	†
500 to 1,199	80	90	1.7	110	1.6	30	0.6
1,200 or more	80	100	1.8	80	0.8	46	1.1
School locale
City	110	100	3.4	80	2.9	34	1.3
Urban fringe	130	110	1.9	100	2.2	37	0.9
Town	130	120	3.3	90	3.8	14	0.6
Rural	220	180	2.3	180	2.2	†	†
Region
Northeast	160	130	3.5	120	2.3	15	0.5
Southeast	180	150	3.4	130	2.6	36	1.1
Central	190	210	2.6	150	2.5	18	0.4
West	230	200	2.2	200	2.3	45	0.9
Percent minority enrollment
Less than 6 percent	90	150	2.5	130	2.1	†	†
6 to 20 percent	80	100	2.4	100	2.2	24	0.6
21 to 49 percent	120	130	3.5	110	3.0	41	1.3
50 percent or more	100	120	3.1	100	2.5	35	1.0

† Not applicable.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Fast Response Survey System (FRSS), “Dual Credit and Exam-Based Courses,” FRSS 85, 2003.