The percentage of all students that graduated from high school with a regular diploma in the standard number of years (i.e., four years) statewide. More about State Graduation Rate, All Students: 2009-10.
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State assessments, which are used to measure student achievement in reading, math, and science, are designed by each state to measure the content the state has determined appropriate for that grade and subject. As a result, both the content on the tests and achievement standards students must meet to be considered “proficient” vary widely across states, so proficiency rates should not be compared across states. Many states have also changed their standards and assessments at some point in the process of measuring their students, so it is often not possible to create a trend line that looks at changes in achievement across years, since a change could actually reflect a change in the assessment.
Similarly, states are allowed to calculate student graduation rates differently, as long as the figure represents students who graduated in the standard number of years (i.e., four). Due to the potential differences, caution should be used when comparing graduation rates across states.
For detailed information about state assessments and graduation rates, please see the state Accountability Workbooks, which can be found at: State Accountability Workbooks: http://www2.ed.gov/admins/lead/account/stateplans03/index.html
51 (98.1%) states are within the specified range
State   |
State Graduation Rate, All Students: 2009-10 1 |
In the Range 67% - 95% |
|---|---|---|
| National | † | |
| Alabama | 88% | √ |
| Alaska | 68% | √ |
| Arizona | 78% | √ |
| Arkansas | 85% | √ |
| California | 81% | √ |
| Colorado | 72% | √ |
| Connecticut | 91% | √ |
| Delaware | 87% | √ |
| District of Columbia | 76% | √ |
| Florida | 78% | √ |
| Georgia | 81% | √ |
| Hawaii | 80% | √ |
| Idaho | 92% | √ |
| Illinois | 88% | √ |
| Indiana | 84% | √ |
| Iowa | 89% | √ |
| Kansas | 80% | √ |
| Kentucky | 77% | √ |
| Louisiana | 67% | √ |
| Maine | 82% | √ |
| Maryland | 87% | √ |
| Massachusetts | 82% | √ |
| Michigan | 76% | √ |
| Minnesota | 92% | √ |
| Mississippi | 73% | √ |
| Missouri | 86% | √ |
| Montana | 80% | √ |
| Nebraska | 89% | √ |
| Nevada | 70% | √ |
| New Hampshire | 85% | √ |
| New Jersey | 95% | √ |
| New Mexico | 67% | √ |
| New York | 76% | √ |
| North Carolina | 74% | √ |
| North Dakota | 88% | √ |
| Ohio | 84% | √ |
| Oklahoma | 82% | √ |
| Oregon | 85% | √ |
| Pennsylvania | 91% | √ |
| Puerto Rico | >97% | |
| Rhode Island | 76% | √ |
| South Carolina | 72% | √ |
| South Dakota | 89% | √ |
| Tennessee | 89% | √ |
| Texas | 84% | √ |
| Utah | 90% | √ |
| Vermont | 87% | √ |
| Virginia | 80% | √ |
| Washington | 83% | √ |
| West Virginia | 84% | √ |
| Wisconsin | 90% | √ |
| Wyoming | 80% | √ |
| Key | |
|---|---|
| √ | This symbol means state data value was within the range. |
| < | This symbol means state data value was less than the lower bound number. |
| > | This symbol means state data value was greater than the upper bound number. |
| An empty cell means state data value was not applicable, not available, or suppressed. | |
| † | This symbol means not applicable. |
| - | This symbol means data value was not available. |
| n< | This symbol means that the data have been suppressed based on the state’s established data suppression rules. |
| # | This symbol means data value rounds to zero. |
| ‡ | This symbol means reporting standards not met. |
| <3% | This symbol means data value was less than 3%. |
| >97% | This symbol means data value was greater than 97%. |
