The highest level of math r completed in high school

hsmath

Source

General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org

Details

Question 1050. Now, let me ask you to think about the courses you took in high school. What was the highest level of math that you completed in high school?

Overview

For further details see the official GSS documentation.

Counts by year:

year	iap	calculus	don't know	general math, business, or vocational math	geometry (plane or solid or both)	no answer	no math in hs; didn't go to hs	one year of algebra	other	pre-algebra	pre-calculus	statistics/probability	trigonometry/linear programming/analysis	two years of algebra	not available in this year	Total
1972	1613	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1613
1973	1504	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1504
1974	1484	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1484
1975	1490	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1490
1976	1499	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1499
1977	1530	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1530
1978	1532	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1532
1980	1468	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1468
1982	1860	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1860
1983	1599	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1599
1984	1473	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1473
1985	1534	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1534
1986	1470	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1470
1987	1819	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1819
1988	1481	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1481
1989	1537	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1537
1990	1372	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1372
1991	1517	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1517
1993	1606	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1606
1994	2992	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2992
1996	2904	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2904
1998	2832	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2832
2000	2817	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2817
2002	2765	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2765
2004	2812	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2812
2006	2690	180	30	266	334	3	29	256	15	82	98	33	209	285	-	4510
2008	597	115	38	230	236	2	24	201	11	57	92	25	183	212	-	2023
2010	1370	82	20	60	96	64	3	76	10	17	40	17	80	109	-	2044
2012	1068	106	42	114	142	3	8	126	3	23	65	25	91	158	-	1974
2014	1348	122	43	159	187	4	25	168	1	50	65	16	121	229	-	2538
2016	1532	137	50	173	227	10	19	185	7	58	86	28	128	227	-	2867
2018	1222	118	60	117	163	8	19	176	6	33	85	29	121	191	-	2348
2021	4032	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4032
2022	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3544	3544
2024	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3309	3309
Total	60369	860	283	1119	1385	94	127	1188	53	320	531	173	933	1411	6853	75699

Values

• 0 no math in hs; didn't go to hs

• 1 general math, business, or vocational math

• 2 pre-algebra

• 3 one year of algebra

• 4 two years of algebra

• 5 geometry (plane or solid or both)

• 6 trigonometry/linear programming/analysis

• 7 pre-calculus

• 8 calculus

• 9 statistics/probability

• 10 other

• NA(d) don't know

• NA(i) iap

• NA(j) I don't have a job

• NA(m) dk, na, iap

• NA(n) no answer

• NA(p) not imputable

• NA(r) refused

• NA(s) skipped on web

• NA(u) uncodeable

• NA(x) not available in this release

• NA(y) not available in this year

• NA(z) see codebook