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Table 3. Public school averaged freshman graduation rate and components, Hispanic students, by state: School year 2004–05

State Averaged freshman graduation rate1Regular diplomas, school year 2004–05Estimated first-time 9th graders in 2001–022Grade 10 membership, school year 2002–03 Grade 9 membership, school year 2001–02 Grade 8 membership, school year 2000–01
Reporting states3  64.2 379,831 591,581 567,718 672,305 534,720
 
Alabama  59.9 404 675 657 743 624
Alaska  27.6 97 351 343 370 340
Arizona  76.9 17,616 22,913 23,018 24,845 20,874
Arkansas  79.6 998 1,254 1,385 1,241 1,136
California  65.6 129,671 197,790 195,766 216,277 181,326
 
Colorado  59.6 7,362 12,351 11,191 14,517 11,344
Connecticut  62.9 3,717 5,914 5,400 6,982 5,359
Delaware  62.4 322 516 465 601 482
District of Columbia  49.9 214 429 479 494 314
Florida  62.7 25,330 40,370 36,539 49,430 35,141
 
Georgia  51.2 2,590 5,060 4,709 6,065 4,407
Hawaii  71.5 489 684 639 773 639
Idaho4  1,260 538 1,614
Illinois  66.9 14,926 22,321 21,326 24,540 21,098
Indiana  63.7 1,636 2,566 2,596 2,793 2,310
 
Iowa  73.2 999 1,365 1,378 1,523 1,193
Kansas  60.1 2,019 3,361 3,257 3,867 2,960
Kentucky  91.0 406 446 486 487 366
Louisiana  71.9 572 796 774 819 794
Maine  97.3 92 95 91 94 99
 
Maryland  78.6 2,509 3,192 3,282 3,578 2,716
Massachusetts  56.5 4,532 8,015 7,235 9,285 7,526
Michigan  55.8 2,575 4,616 4,400 5,171 4,276
Minnesota  65.1 1,322 2,031 2,138 2,123 1,832
Mississippi  69.0 163 236 237 257 215
 
Missouri  86.4 1,075 1,244 1,255 1,319 1,159
Montana  84.4 198 234 222 246 236
Nebraska  76.3 1,194 1,565 1,546 1,765 1,385
Nevada  41.8 2,934 7,016 6,539 8,583 5,926
New Hampshire4  300 319 320 260
 
New Jersey  78.1 12,238 15,661 15,938 16,812 14,235
New Mexico  60.7 8,074 13,296 12,775 14,669 12,445
New York  43.6 18,761 43,015 42,294 50,892 35,860
North Carolina  66.9 2,864 4,279 3,966 5,119 3,751
North Dakota  75.7 76 100 89 116 96
 
Ohio  71.3 1,723 2,417 2,234 2,806 2,212
Oklahoma  71.3 1,937 2,718 2,584 3,028 2,542
Oregon  65.2 2,717 4,168 4,286 4,444 3,772
Pennsylvania  66.2 4,610 6,960 6,832 7,829 6,218
Rhode Island  71.0 1,153 1,624 1,611 1,884 1,378
 
South Carolina4  1,001 924 1,203 877
South Dakota  70.5 91 129 142 130 115
Tennessee  69.4 840 1,211 1,236 1,375 1,023
Texas  66.3 84,566 127,535 114,264 151,510 116,830
Utah  59.5 1,838 3,088 3,201 3,137 2,928
 
Vermont  (5) 58 50 57 53 39
Virginia  76.7 3,556 4,635 4,790 5,331 3,785
Washington  63.1 4,893 7,760 7,566 8,805 6,909
West Virginia  (5) 85 75 72 83 70
Wisconsin  70.9 2,201 3,105 3,053 3,460 2,802
Wyoming  64.6 328 508 519 510 495
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.
2First-time 9th-graders were estimated as the average of student membership in grades 8, 9, and 10 in 3 consecutive years.
3Reporting states totals include the 50 states and the District of Columbia for which data were available.
4Missing data prevented the caculation of AFGR.
5AFGR was more than 100 percent. Transfers in and out of public schools during high school can distort the AFGR for relatively small populations.
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.