Homeschool Data · 11th Grade
Across 48,400 eleventh-grade science courses on homeschool transcripts, Chemistry is the standard junior lab science (29%), while Physics (10%) marks the accelerated students who finished Chemistry early.
| Course | Share | |
|---|---|---|
| Chemistry | 29% | |
| Biology | 11% | |
| Physics | 10% | |
| Anatomy & Physiology | 4% | |
| Physical Science | 4% | |
| Earth Science | 4% | |
| Other science courses | ~38% |
Chemistry is the standard junior lab science (29%). Physics appears strongly (10%) among students who completed Chemistry a year early, and specialized courses like Anatomy and Environmental Science show up as rigorous electives.
The sample is shrinking (48,400, against 66,930 in 9th grade) as some students complete their science requirement before senior year. Reaching Physics by 11th, or lining it up for 12th, completes the Biology, Chemistry, Physics core that selective and STEM programs expect.
Does Computer Science count as a science? It can count toward a college's science or math core, and the NCAA counts an approved Computer Science course toward its core if the high school awards credit for it. Computer-applications and keyboarding courses do not count. Computer Science is valuable, but it is not a lab science, so it complements Biology, Chemistry, and Physics rather than replacing one of them.
Chemistry is the most common, with Physics for accelerated students and Biology for those who started the lab sequence later.
It can count toward a college's science or math core, and the NCAA counts approved courses if the school awards credit, but computer-applications courses do not, and it does not replace a lab science.
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