The expected 8 percent national increase in public high school graduates, by state: 2004–05 through high school graduates between 2004–05 and 2017–18 2017–18 plays out differently among the states (reference figure 23 and tables 25 and 26).
State | Percent change | State | Percent change | |
Nevada | 66.1 | Louisiana | -43.2 | |
Arizona | 62.5 | Vermont | -23.9 | |
Utah | 37.6 | North Dakota | -21.5 | |
Georgia | 34.4 | Rhode Island | -20.6 | |
Texas | 32.9 | Maine | -17.9 | |
North Carolina | 28.3 | New Hampshire | -13.5 | |
Idaho | 26.4 | Montana | -12.5 | |
Florida | 24.9 | South Dakota | -11.4 | |
Colorado | 18.4 | Hawaii | -10.3 | |
Arkansas | 17.0 | Wyoming | -10.1 | |
Delaware | 15.8 | New York | -9.8 | |
Indiana | 15.4 | Massachusetts | -7.2 | |
Virginia | 11.3 | Kansas | -5.5 | |
Tennessee | 10.9 | Michigan | -5.2 | |
New Jersey | 8.9 | Maryland | -4.9 | |
South Carolina | 8.2 | Wisconsin | -4.6 | |
Alabama | 6.4 | Connecticut | -4.5 | |
Washington | 5.9 | Minnesota | -4.0 | |
Kentucky | 5.7 | West Virginia | -3.7 | |
Iowa | 4.6 | Pennsylvania | -2.9 | |
New Mexico | 4.5 | Ohio | -2.9 | |
District of Columbia | 4.3 | Alaska | -1.6 | |
Illinois | 4.0 | Nebraska | -0.9 | |
Oklahoma | 3.6 | |||
Mississippi | 3.1 | |||
California | 2.4 | |||
Missouri | 2.1 | |||
Oregon | 1.9 | |||
SOURCE: U.S. Dept. of Education, NCES, Common Core of Data surveys and State Public High School Graduates Model. (See reference table 26.) |
The expected 8 percent national increase in public high school graduates, by state: 2004–05 through high school graduates between 2004–05 and 2017–18 2017–18 plays out differently among the states (reference figure 23 and tables 25 and 26).
Between 2004–05 and 2017–18, the number of public high school graduates is projected to