| Q: |
How does the public high school graduation rate vary by State? |
| A: |
State-specific graduation rates in the South and West were lower than rates in the Northeast and Midwest. |
Averaged freshman graduation rates of public high school students by State
| State |
2001-02* |
2002-03* |
2003-04* |
|
| United States |
72.6 |
% |
73.9 |
% |
75.0 |
% |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Northeast |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Connecticut |
79.7 |
|
80.9 |
|
80.7 |
|
| Maine |
75.6 |
|
76.3 |
|
77.6 |
|
| Massachusetts |
77.6 |
|
75.7 |
|
79.3 |
|
| New Hampshire |
77.8 |
|
78.2 |
|
78.7 |
|
| New Jersey |
85.8 |
|
87.0 |
|
86.3 |
|
| New York |
60.5 |
|
60.9 |
|
— |
|
| Pennsylvania |
80.2 |
|
81.7 |
|
82.2 |
|
| Rhode Island |
75.7 |
|
77.7 |
|
75.9 |
|
| Vermont |
82.0 |
|
83.6 |
|
85.4 |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Midwest |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Illinois |
77.1 |
|
75.9 |
|
80.3 |
|
| Indiana |
73.1 |
|
75.5 |
|
73.5 |
|
| Iowa |
84.1 |
|
85.3 |
|
85.8 |
|
| Kansas |
77.1 |
|
76.9 |
|
77.9 |
|
| Michigan |
72.9 |
|
74.0 |
|
72.5 |
|
| Minnesota |
83.9 |
|
84.8 |
|
84.7 |
|
| Missouri |
76.8 |
|
78.3 |
|
80.4 |
|
| Nebraska |
83.9 |
|
85.2 |
|
87.6 |
|
| North Dakota |
85.0 |
|
86.4 |
|
86.1 |
|
| Ohio |
77.5 |
|
79.0 |
|
81.3 |
|
| South Dakota |
79.0 |
|
83.0 |
|
83.7 |
|
| Wisconsin |
84.8 |
|
85.8 |
|
— |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| South |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Alabama |
62.1 |
|
64.7 |
|
65.0 |
|
| Arkansas |
74.8 |
|
76.6 |
|
76.8 |
|
| Delaware |
69.5 |
|
73.0 |
|
72.9 |
|
| District of Columbia |
68.4 |
|
59.6 |
|
68.2 |
|
| Florida |
63.4 |
|
66.7 |
|
66.4 |
|
| Georgia |
61.1 |
|
60.8 |
|
61.2 |
|
| Kentucky |
69.8 |
|
71.7 |
|
73.0 |
|
| Louisiana |
64.4 |
|
64.1 |
|
69.4 |
|
| Maryland |
79.7 |
|
79.2 |
|
79.5 |
|
| Mississippi |
61.2 |
|
62.7 |
|
62.7 |
|
| North Carolina |
68.2 |
|
70.1 |
|
71.4 |
|
| Oklahoma |
76.0 |
|
76.0 |
|
77.0 |
|
| South Carolina |
57.9 |
|
59.7 |
|
60.6 |
|
| Tennessee |
59.6 |
|
63.4 |
|
66.1 |
|
| Texas |
73.5 |
|
75.5 |
|
76.7 |
|
| Virginia |
76.7 |
|
80.6 |
|
79.3 |
|
| West Virginia |
74.2 |
|
75.7 |
|
76.9 |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| West |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Alaska |
65.9 |
|
68.0 |
|
67.2 |
|
| Arizona |
74.7 |
|
75.9 |
|
66.8 |
|
| California |
72.7 |
|
74.1 |
|
73.9 |
|
| Colorado |
74.7 |
|
76.4 |
|
78.7 |
|
| Hawaii |
72.1 |
|
71.3 |
|
72.6 |
|
| Idaho |
79.3 |
|
81.4 |
|
81.5 |
|
| Montana |
79.8 |
|
81.0 |
|
80.4 |
|
| Nevada |
71.9 |
|
72.3 |
|
57.4 |
|
| New Mexico |
67.4 |
|
63.1 |
|
67.0 |
|
| Oregon |
71.0 |
|
73.7 |
|
74.2 |
|
| Utah |
80.5 |
|
80.2 |
|
83.0 |
|
| Washington |
72.2 |
|
74.2 |
|
74.6 |
|
| Wyoming |
74.4 |
|
73.9 |
|
76.0 |
|
|
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*The averaged freshman graduation rate provides an estimate of the percentage of public high school students who graduate with a regular diploma 4 years after starting 9th grade.
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Internet citation: OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book. Online. Available: http://ojjdp.ncjrs.gov/ojstatbb/population/qa01502.asp?qaDate=2004.
Released on December 13, 2007. Data Source: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. Dropout Rates in the United States: 2005. [Report no. 2007-059]. [ PDF]. Washington, D.C.: 2007.
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