Table 1. Averaged Freshman Graduation Rate (AFGR), by state and locale: School year 2008–09
Locale
City
Suburb
Town
Rural
State
AFGR
AFGR
AFGR
AFGR
Reporting states
69.2
80.3
78.4
79.3
Alabama
63.9
74.7
72.4
70.9
Alaska
74.2
40.0
!
76.3
67.8
Arizona
72.7
80.1
71.6
76.6
Arkansas
71.0
69.8
75.1
77.5
California
—
—
—
—
Colorado
72.0
81.7
77.6
79.4
Connecticut
69.7
77.3
63.5
83.1
Delaware
59.8
68.4
67.1
83.0
District of Columbia
65.6
†
†
†
Florida
65.5
69.4
66.3
72.2
Georgia
58.5
70.9
67.4
68.7
Hawaii
†
75.3
!
†
†
Idaho
82.5
74.3
81.4
81.7
Illinois
60.3
81.8
84.4
89.7
Indiana
64.5
81.1
76.5
80.4
Iowa
77.0
95.6
86.8
91.0
Kansas
72.5
87.8
79.4
85.8
Kentucky
74.7
81.9
78.9
77.6
Louisiana
61.0
70.4
67.6
65.4
Maine
78.7
82.2
81.3
82.8
Maryland
59.8
82.9
84.4
82.6
Massachusetts
73.5
82.4
81.1
86.1
Michigan
62.4
82.0
82.5
81.2
Minnesota
76.3
85.9
89.0
86.0
Mississippi
57.1
67.7
60.3
63.9
Missouri
70.6
86.9
84.8
84.2
Montana
100.0
†
92.1
82.2
Nebraska
72.7
90.7
83.5
90.7
Nevada
—
—
—
—
New Hampshire
84.2
89.9
84.6
86.3
New Jersey
76.6
87.1
87.4
90.0
New Mexico
62.0
71.6
64.6
68.7
New York
78.5
88.7
79.4
84.2
North Carolina
76.8
74.7
72.4
74.6
North Dakota
91.3
84.8
88.3
85.8
Ohio
57.4
85.1
84.2
86.9
Oklahoma
65.7
81.8
80.2
82.9
Oregon
78.6
79.3
76.3
76.7
Pennsylvania
61.9
88.7
83.9
87.1
Rhode Island
72.4
76.3
83.6
!
83.7
South Carolina
62.6
70.2
62.0
67.3
South Dakota
76.3
†
82.6
82.7
Tennessee
71.2
76.8
76.5
84.4
Texas
69.5
79.5
76.0
81.0
Utah
71.4
79.1
81.5
81.8
Vermont
—
—
—
—
Virginia
67.0
84.9
75.4
78.4
Washington
70.9
75.3
72.7
77.2
West Virginia
77.6
78.2
76.3
77.9
Wisconsin
81.0
94.3
94.8
92.1
Wyoming
68.1
†
78.1
79.8
— Not available. State or jurisdiction did not report.
† Not applicable.
! Interpret data with caution. Estimate based on one school districts.
NOTE: AFGR is an estimate of the percentage of an entering freshman class graduating in 4 years. For 2008–09, it equals the total number of diploma recipients in 2008–09 divided by the average membership of the 8th-grade class in 2004–05, the 9th-grade class in 2005–06, and the 10th-grade class in 2006–07. Rates are based on average rates across disticts within each locale type weighted by each district's enrollment base of first-time freshmen.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "NCES Common Core of Data State Dropout and Completion Data File," School Year 2008–09, Version 1a and "Local Education Agency Universe Survey," 2008–09, Version 1a..