The State school boards of Andhra Pradesh, Manipur, Tamil Nadu and Telangana had more than 65% of class 12 students in the science stream in 2023, while the State boards of Meghalaya, Tripura, West Bengal, and Nagaland had more than 75% of class 12 students in the Arts stream, data with the Union government shows.

Among the boards, the Board of Intermediate Education, Andhra Pradesh had the highest percentage of class 12 students in the science stream (78%), while the Meghalaya Board of School Education had the lowest (11.4%). In the Meghalaya State board, 81.1% of class 12 students were in the Arts stream. The Tripura Board of Secondary Education had 84.6% of students in the Arts stream, while the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education had 78.4% of class 12 students in the Arts stream.