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Table 101. | Averaged freshman graduation rates for public secondary schools, by state: 1990–91 through 2003–04 |
State or jurisdiction | 1990–91 | 1991–92 | 1992–93 | 1993–94 | 1994–95 | 1995–96 | 1996–97 | 1997–98 | 1998–99 | 1999–2000 | 2000–01 | 2001–02 | 2002–03 | 2003–04 | |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | |
United States | 73.7 | 74.2 | 73.8 | 73.1 | 71.8 | 71.0 | 71.3 | 71.3 | 71.1 | 71.7 | 71.7 | 72.6 | 73.9 | 74.3 | 1 |
Alabama | 69.8 | 70.4 | 66.1 | 64.3 | 64.8 | 62.7 | 62.4 | 64.4 | 61.3 | 64.1 | 63.7 | 62.1 | 64.7 | 65.0 | |
Alaska | 74.6 | 76.0 | 75.4 | 73.8 | 71.2 | 68.3 | 67.9 | 68.9 | 70.0 | 66.7 | 68.0 | 65.9 | 68.0 | 67.2 | |
Arizona | 76.7 | 75.0 | 75.0 | 71.7 | 65.1 | 60.8 | 65.3 | 65.6 | 62.3 | 63.6 | 74.2 | 74.7 | 75.9 | 66.8 | |
Arkansas | 76.6 | 77.8 | 77.9 | 76.1 | 72.7 | 74.2 | 70.6 | 73.9 | 73.7 | 74.6 | 73.9 | 74.8 | 76.6 | 76.8 | |
California | 69.6 | 70.6 | 69.8 | 68.6 | 66.8 | 67.6 | 68.8 | 69.6 | 71.1 | 71.7 | 71.6 | 72.7 | 74.1 | 73.9 | |
Colorado | 76.3 | 77.8 | 77.8 | 77.3 | 76.0 | 74.8 | 74.7 | 73.9 | 73.4 | 74.1 | 73.2 | 74.7 | 76.4 | 78.7 | |
Connecticut | 80.2 | 81.4 | 81.4 | 79.9 | 77.2 | 76.1 | 76.7 | 76.9 | 76.0 | 81.9 | 77.5 | 79.7 | 80.9 | 80.7 | |
Delaware | 72.5 | 74.4 | 74.5 | 70.8 | 68.7 | 70.4 | 71.7 | 74.1 | 70.4 | 66.8 | 71.0 | 69.5 | 73.0 | 72.9 | |
District of Columbia | 54.5 | 56.8 | 57.9 | 58.7 | 54.6 | 49.7 | 54.6 | 53.9 | 52.0 | 54.5 | 60.2 | 68.4 | 59.6 | 68.2 | |
Florida | 65.6 | 69.5 | 65.8 | 64.2 | 63.5 | 62.3 | 62.7 | 62.1 | 61.4 | 61.0 | 61.2 | 63.4 | 66.7 | 66.4 | |
Georgia | 70.3 | 69.5 | 68.2 | 66.3 | 63.5 | 61.9 | 62.0 | 58.2 | 57.5 | 59.7 | 58.7 | 61.1 | 60.8 | 61.2 | |
Hawaii | 75.9 | 77.7 | 74.9 | 75.7 | 74.8 | 74.5 | 69.1 | 68.8 | 67.5 | 70.9 | 68.3 | 72.1 | 71.3 | 72.6 | |
Idaho | 79.6 | 81.6 | 81.7 | 79.9 | 80.2 | 80.5 | 80.1 | 79.7 | 79.5 | 79.4 | 79.6 | 79.3 | 81.4 | 81.5 | |
Illinois | 76.6 | 77.6 | 77.5 | 76.3 | 74.8 | 75.2 | 76.1 | 76.8 | 76.0 | 76.3 | 75.6 | 77.1 | 75.9 | 80.3 | |
Indiana | 76.9 | 78.5 | 77.8 | 74.7 | 73.8 | 73.6 | 74.0 | 73.8 | 74.3 | 71.8 | 72.1 | 73.1 | 75.5 | 73.5 | |
Iowa | 84.4 | 86.4 | 86.9 | 86.1 | 84.5 | 84.3 | 84.6 | 83.9 | 83.3 | 83.1 | 82.8 | 84.1 | 85.3 | 85.8 | |
Kansas | 80.8 | 80.2 | 80.5 | 80.2 | 78.8 | 77.1 | 76.9 | 76.0 | 76.7 | 77.1 | 76.5 | 77.1 | 76.9 | 77.9 | |
Kentucky | 72.9 | 72.8 | 75.4 | 79.2 | 73.8 | 71.3 | 71.1 | 70.2 | 70.0 | 69.7 | 69.8 | 69.8 | 71.7 | 73.0 | |
Louisiana | 57.5 | 56.9 | 59.4 | 61.5 | 62.4 | 61.7 | 59.3 | 61.3 | 61.1 | 62.2 | 63.7 | 64.4 | 64.1 | 69.4 | |
Maine | 80.7 | 83.3 | 76.4 | 74.0 | 73.6 | 73.7 | 75.2 | 78.5 | 74.7 | 75.9 | 76.4 | 75.6 | 76.3 | 77.6 | |
Maryland | 77.5 | 80.3 | 80.0 | 78.9 | 78.2 | 78.3 | 76.6 | 76.2 | 76.6 | 77.6 | 78.7 | 79.7 | 79.2 | 79.5 | |
Massachusetts | 79.1 | 81.3 | 79.9 | 79.7 | 78.1 | 78.0 | 78.4 | 78.3 | 77.9 | 78.0 | 78.9 | 77.6 | 75.7 | 79.3 | |
Michigan | 72.1 | 73.2 | 72.2 | 72.4 | 71.3 | 71.4 | 73.5 | 74.6 | 73.9 | 75.3 | 75.4 | 72.9 | 74.0 | 72.5 | |
Minnesota | 90.8 | 90.0 | 90.2 | 88.8 | 87.7 | 86.1 | 78.6 | 85.0 | 86.0 | 84.9 | 83.6 | 83.9 | 84.8 | 84.7 | |
Mississippi | 63.3 | 63.4 | 64.6 | 63.8 | 62.0 | 59.7 | 59.6 | 59.8 | 59.2 | 59.4 | 59.7 | 61.2 | 62.7 | 62.7 | |
Missouri | 76.0 | 76.7 | 76.4 | 76.8 | 76.0 | 75.0 | 74.7 | 75.2 | 75.8 | 76.3 | 75.5 | 76.8 | 78.3 | 80.4 | |
Montana | 84.4 | 85.0 | 86.3 | 85.5 | 86.5 | 83.9 | 83.2 | 82.2 | 81.3 | 80.8 | 80.0 | 79.8 | 81.0 | 80.4 | |
Nebraska | 86.7 | 88.3 | 88.3 | 87.2 | 86.9 | 85.6 | 84.8 | 85.6 | 87.3 | 85.7 | 83.8 | 83.9 | 85.2 | 87.6 | |
Nevada | 77.0 | 70.6 | 69.5 | 68.2 | 65.8 | 65.8 | 73.2 | 70.6 | 71.0 | 69.7 | 70.0 | 71.9 | 72.3 | 57.4 | |
New Hampshire | 78.6 | 80.4 | 80.5 | 80.5 | 78.4 | 77.5 | 77.3 | 76.7 | 75.3 | 76.1 | 77.8 | 77.8 | 78.2 | 78.7 | |
New Jersey | 81.4 | 82.9 | 84.1 | 83.4 | 82.1 | 82.8 | 83.9 | 76.3 | 77.5 | 83.6 | 85.4 | 85.8 | 87.0 | 86.3 | |
New Mexico | 70.1 | 68.1 | 68.4 | 66.9 | 64.4 | 63.7 | 62.5 | 61.6 | 63.3 | 64.7 | 65.9 | 67.4 | 63.1 | 67.0 | |
New York | 66.1 | 68.0 | 67.0 | 66.2 | 63.7 | 63.6 | 65.3 | 63.4 | 62.5 | 61.8 | 61.5 | 60.5 | 60.9 | 60.9 | 2 |
North Carolina | 71.3 | 71.5 | 70.9 | 69.7 | 69.1 | 66.5 | 65.5 | 65.6 | 65.4 | 65.8 | 66.5 | 68.2 | 70.1 | 71.4 | |
North Dakota | 87.6 | 88.7 | 86.6 | 88.4 | 87.5 | 89.5 | 87.8 | 86.7 | 85.6 | 86.0 | 85.4 | 85.0 | 86.4 | 86.1 | |
Ohio | 77.5 | 77.7 | 80.6 | 81.1 | 79.9 | 74.5 | 76.4 | 77.0 | 75.0 | 75.2 | 76.5 | 77.5 | 79.0 | 81.3 | |
Oklahoma | 76.5 | 77.6 | 77.4 | 77.6 | 77.4 | 75.6 | 74.8 | 75.1 | 76.4 | 75.8 | 75.8 | 76.0 | 76.0 | 77.0 | |
Oregon | 72.7 | 74.2 | 75.0 | 72.9 | 71.2 | 68.3 | 69.1 | 69.0 | 68.2 | 69.6 | 68.3 | 71.0 | 73.7 | 74.2 | |
Pennsylvania | 79.7 | 81.9 | 81.9 | 81.0 | 80.1 | 80.0 | 79.8 | 79.4 | 79.1 | 78.7 | 79.0 | 80.2 | 81.7 | 82.2 | |
Rhode Island | 75.0 | 77.6 | 76.3 | 73.9 | 74.3 | 72.7 | 72.9 | 72.5 | 72.2 | 72.8 | 73.5 | 75.7 | 77.7 | 75.9 | |
South Carolina | 66.6 | 63.7 | 65.4 | 64.3 | 61.6 | 60.9 | 59.6 | 59.3 | 59.1 | 58.6 | 56.5 | 57.9 | 59.7 | 60.6 | |
South Dakota | 83.8 | 84.8 | 88.7 | 90.8 | 86.9 | 84.5 | 84.2 | 77.7 | 74.2 | 77.6 | 77.4 | 79.0 | 83.0 | 83.7 | |
Tennessee | 69.8 | 71.1 | 70.0 | 65.7 | 66.7 | 66.6 | 61.6 | 58.4 | 58.5 | 59.5 | 59.0 | 59.6 | 63.4 | 66.1 | |
Texas | 72.2 | 67.4 | 65.8 | 66.2 | 66.8 | 66.1 | 67.0 | 69.4 | 69.2 | 71.0 | 70.8 | 73.5 | 75.5 | 76.7 | |
Utah | 77.5 | 79.3 | 78.8 | 78.7 | 77.7 | 76.9 | 81.1 | 80.7 | 81.6 | 82.5 | 81.6 | 80.5 | 80.2 | 83.0 | |
Vermont | 79.5 | 80.7 | 80.2 | 83.5 | 88.9 | 85.3 | 83.6 | 83.9 | 81.9 | 81.0 | 80.2 | 82.0 | 83.6 | 85.4 | |
Virginia | 76.2 | 76.5 | 77.0 | 75.7 | 75.0 | 76.2 | 76.6 | 76.6 | 76.3 | 76.9 | 77.5 | 76.7 | 80.6 | 79.3 | |
Washington | 75.7 | 78.5 | 77.8 | 79.5 | 76.4 | 75.5 | 74.0 | 73.3 | 73.2 | 73.7 | 69.2 | 72.2 | 74.2 | 74.6 | |
West Virginia | 76.6 | 76.0 | 77.4 | 77.7 | 75.7 | 77.0 | 76.7 | 77.4 | 77.9 | 76.7 | 75.9 | 74.2 | 75.7 | 76.9 | |
Wisconsin | 85.2 | 84.9 | 85.8 | 84.7 | 84.0 | 83.6 | 83.7 | 83.1 | 82.6 | 82.7 | 83.3 | 84.8 | 85.8 | 85.8 | 2 |
Wyoming | 81.1 | 83.5 | 86.5 | 84.0 | 78.8 | 77.7 | 78.4 | 77.1 | 76.6 | 76.3 | 73.4 | 74.4 | 73.9 | 76.0 | |
Other jurisdictions | |||||||||||||||
American Samoa | 85.3 | 91.7 | 86.8 | 83.7 | 78.7 | 79.7 | 79.7 | 76.6 | 80.4 | 71.9 | 77.0 | 82.9 | 81.0 | 80.2 | |
Guam | 48.2 | 45.8 | 45.6 | 45.4 | 45.2 | 44.6 | 45.4 | 39.5 | 54.7 | 52.9 | 51.7 | — | 56.3 | 48.4 | |
Northern Marianas | — | 58.7 | 59.3 | 78.9 | 62.9 | 62.9 | 68.4 | 63.4 | 63.5 | 61.1 | 62.7 | 65.2 | 65.2 | 75.3 | |
Puerto Rico | 60.9 | 60.6 | 60.8 | 57.1 | 60.4 | 60.8 | 61.5 | 61.9 | 63.6 | 64.7 | 65.7 | 66.2 | 67.8 | 64.8 | |
Virgin Islands | 53.2 | 58.0 | 58.2 | 59.2 | 59.7 | 54.2 | 62.0 | 58.6 | 58.6 | 53.8 | 57.3 | 48.7 | 53.5 | — |
—Not available. 1 Includes estimates for New York and Wisconsin. Without estimates for these two states, the averaged freshman graduation rate for the remaining 48 states and the District of Columbia is 75.0 percent. 2 Estimated high school graduates from NCES 2006-606rev, The Averaged Freshman Graduation Rate for Public High Schools From the Common Core of Data: School Years 2002–03 and 2003–04. NOTE: The averaged freshman graduation rate provides an estimate of the percentage of high school students who graduate. The rate uses aggregate student enrollment data to estimate the size of an incoming freshman class and aggregate counts of the number of diplomas awarded 4 years later. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 1986–87 through 2004–05; and The Averaged Freshman Graduation Rate for Public High Schools From the Common Core of Data: School Years 2002–03 and 2003–04. (This table was prepared March 2007.) |