Table 4. Public school averaged freshman graduation rate and components, Black, non-Hispanic students, by state: School year 2004

State	Averaged freshman graduation rate¹	Regular diplomas, school year 2004–05	Estimated first-time 9th graders in 2001–02²	Grade 10 membership, school year 2002–03	Grade 9 membership, school year 2001–02	Grade 8 membership, school year 2000–01

Reporting states³	60.3	371,649	640,063	589,186	734,599	596,404

Alabama	57.2	11,803	20,650	18,851	22,881	20,219
Alaska	51.5	229	445	417	483	434
Arizona	88.0	2,790	3,170	3,252	3,345	2,913
Arkansas	69.5	5,509	7,931	7,736	8,265	7,791
California	64.4	26,800	41,588	40,720	44,984	39,061

Colorado	68.9	2,224	3,226	2,991	3,708	2,980
Connecticut	68.0	4,051	5,961	5,543	6,793	5,547
Delaware	64.4	1,970	3,058	2,691	3,598	2,884
District of Columbia	70.4	2,379	3,381	3,572	3,531	3,041
Florida	51.8	26,569	51,289	43,018	66,098	44,750

Georgia	52.4	23,034	43,942	39,811	51,249	40,765
Hawaii	67.5	183	271	230	310	273
Idaho⁴	—	88	28	85	—	—
Illinois	58.6	18,771	32,034	29,333	36,666	30,104
Indiana	52.2	4,549	8,719	8,359	9,580	8,217

Iowa	69.0	1,021	1,479	1,394	1,662	1,383
Kansas	66.6	2,229	3,345	3,315	3,602	3,117
Kentucky	69.9	3,527	5,048	4,851	5,660	4,632
Louisiana	54.1	14,262	26,355	21,620	25,533	31,912
Maine	91.7	173	189	210	191	165

Maryland	71.1	18,001	25,334	23,989	28,453	23,560
Massachusetts	68.0	4,638	6,820	6,449	7,820	6,191
Michigan	50.5	13,129	26,017	24,223	30,491	23,336
Minnesota	62.1	2,637	4,247	4,375	4,409	3,957
Mississippi	59.7	10,938	18,317	16,538	19,976	18,437

Missouri	67.5	8,234	12,198	11,525	13,904	11,166
Montana	61.6	40	65	66	66	62
Nebraska	63.0	961	1,526	1,320	1,871	1,388
Nevada	42.7	1,262	2,956	2,815	3,494	2,559
New Hampshire⁴	—	—	191	195	204	172

New Jersey	72.5	13,090	18,061	17,537	19,797	16,849
New Mexico	64.3	364	566	571	600	528
New York	45.8	22,670	49,471	49,055	58,356	41,003
North Carolina	65.7	21,155	32,198	29,152	37,043	30,398
North Dakota	96.2	68	71	71	79	62

Ohio	61.3	14,308	23,348	20,354	27,843	21,847
Oklahoma	68.2	3,449	5,058	4,783	5,596	4,795
Oregon	58.4	692	1,184	1,183	1,264	1,106
Pennsylvania	66.2	15,610	23,594	22,068	27,609	21,107
Rhode Island	76.4	794	1,039	1,031	1,178	908

South Carolina⁴	—	—	23,414	19,848	28,135	22,258
South Dakota	79.3	91	115	127	126	91
Tennessee	59.8	10,086	16,855	15,619	19,151	15,794
Texas	68.6	32,811	47,861	43,768	55,992	43,824
Utah	68.0	218	321	344	313	304

Vermont	92.1	69	75	71	89	65
Virginia	69.0	17,042	24,685	22,673	28,370	23,013
Washington	63.3	2,673	4,226	4,165	4,643	3,869
West Virginia	69.5	659	948	908	1,011	926
Wisconsin	52.6	3,751	7,126	6,299	8,495	6,583
Wyoming	69.6	48	69	65	84	58

¹ Averaged freshman graduation rate (AFGR) is an estimate of the percentage of an entering freshman class graduating in 4 years. For 2004–05, it equals the total number of diploma recipients in 2004–05 divided by the average membership of the 8th-grade class in 2000–01, the 9th-grade class in 2001–02, and the 10th-grade class in 2002–03.
² First-time 9th-graders were estimated as the average of student membership in grades 8, 9, and 10 in 3 consecutive years.
³ Reporting states totals include the 50 states and the District of Columbia for which data were available.
⁴ Missing data prevented the caculation of AFGR.
NOTE: Ungraded students were allocated to individual grades proportional to each state's enrollment in those grades.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 2000–01, Version 1b; 2001–02, Version 1b; 2002–03, Version 1b; and 2005–06, Version 1a.

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