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Table A-19-1. Averaged freshman graduation rate for public high school students and number of graduates, by state: School years 2000–01 through 2005–06

  2000–01   2001–02   2002–03   2003–04   2004–05   2005–06  
State Averaged
freshman
graduation
rate		 Total
number
of
  graduates		   Averaged
freshman
graduation
rate		 Total
number
of
  graduates		   Averaged
freshman
graduation
rate		 Total
number
of
  graduates		   Averaged
freshman
graduation
rate		 Total
number
of
  graduates		   Averaged
freshman
graduation
rate		 Total
number
of
  graduates		   Averaged
freshman
graduation
rate		   Total
number
of
  graduates		  
United States 71.7 2,569,200   72.6 2,621,534   73.9 2,719,947   74.3 2,753,438 1 74.7 2,799,250   73.4 1 2,815,544 1
Reporting 48 states and D.C. † †   † †   † †   75.0 2,548,128   † †   73.2   2,649,594  
Alabama 63.7 37,082   62.1 35,887   64.7 36,741   65.0 36,464   65.9 37,453   66.2   37,918  
Alaska 68.0 6,812   65.9 6,945   68.0 7,297   67.2 7,236   64.1 6,909   66.5   7,361  
Arizona 74.2 46,733   74.7 47,175   75.9 49,986   66.8 45,508   84.7 59,498   70.5   54,091  
Arkansas 73.9 27,100   74.8 26,984   76.6 27,555   76.8 27,181   75.7 26,621   80.4   28,790  
California 71.6 315,189   72.7 325,895   74.1 341,097   73.9 343,480   74.6 355,217   69.2   343,515  
                                       
Colorado 73.2 39,241   74.7 40,760   76.4 42,379   78.7 44,777   76.7 44,532   75.5   44,424  
Connecticut 77.5 30,388   79.7 32,327   80.9 33,667   80.7 34,573   80.9 35,515   80.9   36,222  
Delaware 71.0 6,614   69.5 6,482   73.0 6,817   72.9 6,951   73.1 6,934   76.3   7,275  
District of Columbia 60.2 2,808   68.4 3,090   59.6 2,725   68.2 3,031   68.8 2,781   65.4   3,150  
Florida 61.2 111,112   63.4 119,537   66.7 127,484   66.4 131,418   64.6 133,318   63.6   134,686  
                                       
Georgia 58.7 62,499   61.1 65,983   60.8 66,890   61.2 68,550   61.7 70,834   62.4   73,498  
Hawaii 68.3 10,102   72.1 10,452   71.3 10,013   72.6 10,324   75.1 10,813   75.5   10,922  
Idaho 79.6 15,941   79.3 15,874   81.4 15,858   81.5 15,547   81.0 15,768   80.5   16,096  
Illinois 75.6 110,624   77.1 116,657   75.9 117,507   80.3 124,763   79.4 123,615   79.7   126,817  
Indiana 72.1 56,172   73.1 56,722   75.5 57,897   73.5 56,008   73.2 55,444   73.3   57,920  
                                       
Iowa 82.8 33,774   84.1 33,789   85.3 34,860   85.8 34,339   86.6 33,547   86.9   33,693  
Kansas 76.5 29,360   77.1 29,541   76.9 29,963   77.9 30,155   79.2 30,355   77.6   29,818  
Kentucky 69.8 36,957   69.8 36,337   71.7 37,654   73.0 37,787   75.9 38,399   77.2   38,449  
Louisiana 63.7 38,314   64.4 37,905   64.1 37,610   69.4 37,019   63.9 36,009   59.5   33,275  
Maine 76.4 12,654   75.6 12,593   76.3 12,947   77.6 13,278   78.6 13,077   76.3   12,950  
                                       
Maryland 78.7 49,222   79.7 50,881   79.2 51,864   79.5 52,870   79.3 54,170   79.9   55,536  
Massachusetts 78.9 54,393   77.6 55,272   75.7 55,987   79.3 58,326   78.7 59,665   79.5   61,272  
Michigan 75.4 96,515   72.9 95,001   74.0 100,301   72.5 98,823   73.0 101,582   72.2   102,582  
Minnesota 83.6 56,581   83.9 57,440   84.8 59,432   84.7 59,096   85.9 58,391   86.2   58,898  
Mississippi 59.7 23,748   61.2 23,740   62.7 23,810   62.7 23,735   63.3 23,523   63.5   23,848  
                                       
Missouri 75.5 54,138   76.8 54,487   78.3 56,925   80.4 57,983   80.6 57,841   81.0   58,417  
Montana 80.0 10,628   79.8 10,554   81.0 10,657   80.4 10,500   81.5 10,335   81.9   10,283  
Nebraska 83.8 19,658   83.9 19,910   85.2 20,161   87.6 20,309   87.8 19,940   87.0   19,764  
Nevada 70.0 15,127   71.9 16,270   72.3 16,378   57.4 15,201   55.8 15,740   55.8   16,455  
New Hampshire 77.8 12,294   77.8 12,452   78.2 13,210   78.7 13,309   80.1 13,775   81.1   13,988  
                                       
New Jersey 85.4 76,130   85.8 77,664   87.0 81,391   86.3 83,826   85.1 86,502   84.8   90,049  
New Mexico 65.9 18,199   67.4 18,094   63.1 16,923   67.0 17,892   65.4 17,353   67.3   17,822  
New York 61.5 141,884   60.5 140,139   60.9 143,818   60.9 142,526   65.3 153,203   67.4   161,817  
North Carolina 66.5 63,288   68.2 65,955   70.1 69,696   71.4 72,126   72.6 75,010   71.8   76,710  
North Dakota 85.4 8,445   85.0 8,114   86.4 8,169   86.1 7,888   86.3 7,555   82.1   7,192  
                                       
Ohio 76.5 111,281   77.5 110,608   79.0 115,762   81.3 119,029   80.2 116,702   79.2   117,356  
Oklahoma 75.8 37,458   76.0 36,852   76.0 36,694   77.0 36,799   76.9 36,227   77.8   36,497  
Oregon 68.3 29,939   71.0 31,153   73.7 32,587   74.2 32,958   74.2 32,602   73.0   32,394  
Pennsylvania 79.0 114,436   80.2 114,943   81.7 119,933   82.2 123,474   82.5 124,758   83.5   127,830  
Rhode Island 73.5 8,603   75.7 9,006   77.7 9,318   75.9 9,258   78.4 9,881   77.8   10,108  
                                       
South Carolina 56.5 30,026   57.9 31,302   59.7 32,482   60.6 33,235   60.1 33,439   61.0   34,970  
South Dakota 77.4 8,881   79.0 8,796   83.0 8,999   83.7 9,001   82.3 8,585   84.5   8,589  
Tennessee 59.0 40,642   59.6 40,894   63.4 44,113   66.1 46,096   68.5 47,967   70.6   50,880  
Texas 70.8 215,316   73.5 225,167   75.5 238,111   76.7 244,165   74.0 239,717   72.5   240,485  
Utah 81.6 31,036   80.5 30,183   80.2 29,527   83.0 30,252   84.4 30,253   78.6   29,050  
                                       
Vermont 80.2 6,856   82.0 7,083   83.6 6,970   85.4 7,100   86.5 7,152   82.3   6,779  
Virginia 77.5 66,067   76.7 66,519   80.6 72,943   79.3 72,042   79.6 73,667   74.5   69,597  
Washington 69.2 55,081   72.2 58,311   74.2 60,435   74.6 61,274   75.0 61,094   72.9   60,213  
West Virginia 75.9 18,440   74.2 17,128   75.7 17,287   76.9 17,339   77.3 17,137   76.9   16,763  
Wisconsin 83.3 59,341   84.8 60,575   85.8 63,272   85.8 62,784   86.7 63,229   87.5   63,003  
Wyoming 73.4 6,071   74.4 6,106   73.9 5,845   76.0 5,833   76.7 5,616   76.1   5,527  
† Not applicable.
1 The 2003–04 national estimates are based on imputed data for New York and Wisconsin. The 2005–06 national estimates are based on imputed data for the District of Columbia, Pennsylvania, and South Carolina.
2 Projected high school graduates from NCES 2008–078, Projections of Education Statistics to 2017.
3 To impute the number of graduates in these states in 2003–04, the 2002–03 averaged freshman graduation rates for Wisconsin and New York were applied to the average of the grade-specific enrollment data in the state for grade 8 in 1999–2000, grade 9 in 2000–01, and grade 10 in 2001–02.
NOTE: The averaged freshman graduation rate is the number of graduates divided by the estimated count of freshmen 4 years earlier. The estimated averaged freshman enrollment count is the sum of the number of 8th-graders 5 years earlier, the number of 9th-graders 4 years earlier (when current-year seniors were freshmen), and the number of 10th-graders 3 years earlier, divided by 3. Enrollment counts include a proportional distribution of students not enrolled in a specific grade. Graduates include only those who earned regular diplomas or diplomas for advanced academic achievement (e.g., honors diploma) as defined by the state or jurisdiction. Totals for reporting states include any of the 50 states and the District of Columbia that reported data for a given year. For more information on the Common Core of Data (CCD), see supplemental note 3; for more information on measures of student progress and persistence, see supplemental note 6.
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 2005–06, version 1a; and “State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education,” 2001–02, Version 1c, 2002–03, Version 1b, 2003–04, Version 1b, and 2004–05, Version 1b.
 
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