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Digest of Education Statistics: 2006
Digest of Education Statistics: 2006

NCES 2007-017
July 2007


Table 102. Public high school graduates and dropouts, by race/ethnicity and state or jurisdiction: 2001–02 and 2003–04 
State or other jurisdiction High school graduates, by race/ethnicity, 2003–04 Percent of 9th- to 12th-graders who
dropped out during 2001–02, by race/ethnicity1 
Total White Black Hispanic Asian/ Pacific Islander American Indian/ Alaska Native Total White Black Hispanic Asian/ Pacific Islander American Indian/ Alaska Native
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
United States2 , 3  2,747,239   1,850,709 371,585 359,380 137,128 28,436
Alabama 36,464   23,949 11,483 325 368 339 3.7 3.6 3.9 4.5 1.6 2.1
Alaska 7,236   4,972 280 198 461 1,325 8.1 6.2 11.4 8.9 6.7 13.4
Arizona 45,508   25,685 2,204 13,874 1,174 2,571 10.5 6.8 13.4 15.2 3.9 19.0
Arkansas 27,181   20,276 5,596 795 360 154 5.3 4.6 7.0 7.7 4.3 6.9
California 340,069   141,574 25,267 121,418 48,770 3,040
                           
Colorado 44,777   33,385 2,194 7,198 1,597 403
Connecticut 34,573   26,130 3,896 3,319 1,126 102 2.6 1.9 4.0 5.3 2.4 4.9
Delaware 6,951   4,566 1,858 297 210 20 6.2 4.6 9.0 11.6 3.5 5.1
District of Columbia 3,031   114 2,607 239 61 10
Florida 131,418   77,115 26,342 23,925 3,545 491 3.7 3.0 4.9 4.5 1.9 3.6
                           
Georgia 67,789   41,289 22,030 2,122 2,250 98 6.5 5.8 7.6 9.8 3.6 7.5
Hawaii 10,324   1,991 167 465 7,669 32 5.1 5.5 5.5 6.4 4.9 6.6
Idaho 15,547   13,822 79 1,175 289 182 3.9
Illinois 124,763   86,179 18,341 14,561 5,427 255 6.4 3.7 13.6 10.4 2.6 5.7
Indiana 56,008   49,248 4,342 1,602 696 120 2.3 2.1 3.1 4.0 1.1 2.8
                           
Iowa 34,339   31,718 900 928 672 121 2.4 2.1 6.8 7.1 2.7 6.6
Kansas 29,963   24,938 2,157 1,758 703 407 3.1 2.6 5.3 5.9 2.4 5.4
Kentucky 37,755   33,385 3,387 586 347 50 3.9 3.8 5.3 4.0 1.7 0.0
Louisiana 37,019   20,740 14,782 591 671 235 7.0 5.0 9.5 6.9 5.1 7.3
Maine 13,278   12,822 172 76 137 71 2.8 2.8 4.4 3.7 2.7 5.0
                           
Maryland 52,870   30,541 17,005 2,270 2,919 135 3.9 3.0 5.5 3.7 1.4 4.1
Massachusetts 58,326   46,535 4,584 4,205 2,873 129
Michigan 98,823   81,568 11,737 2,405 2,225 888
Minnesota 59,096   51,688 2,510 1,238 2,861 799 3.8 2.7 9.9 14.5 4.4 14.2
Mississippi 23,716   12,362 11,000 122 212 20 3.9 3.1 4.7 4.1 2.2 2.2
                           
Missouri 57,983   48,118 7,863 947 866 189 3.6 3.2 5.8 5.8 1.6 4.8
Montana 10,500   9,428 36 162 112 762 3.9 3.2 6.7 5.2 2.0 10.3
Nebraska 20,309   17,798 984 1,004 340 183 4.2 3.1 11.3 11.7 3.3 11.9
Nevada 15,216   9,961 1,155 2,659 1,238 203 6.4 5.0 8.9 9.3 5.2 5.6
New Hampshire 13,309   4.0 3.9 6.5 7.8 3.2 7.5
                           
New Jersey 83,816   53,298 12,768 11,406 6,072 272 2.5 1.5 4.9 4.7 0.9 2.2
New Mexico 17,892   7,205 405 8,123 265 1,894 5.2 3.5 2.6 6.4 3.4 5.8
New York 142,526 4  7.1 3.3 12.9 14.2 5.9 9.4
North Carolina 72,126   47,657 19,685 2,291 1,659 834 5.7 4.9 7.0 9.4 3.7 9.9
North Dakota 7,888   7,253 69 83 66 417 2.0 1.5 2.7 3.4 1.9 8.0
                           
Ohio 118,173   100,613 14,084 1,696 1,648 132 3.1 2.4 7.2 6.6 2.0 7.1
Oklahoma 36,799   24,679 3,386 1,726 727 6,281 4.4 3.8 6.7 9.4 3.2 3.8
Oregon 32,395   26,981 692 2,583 1,565 574 4.6 4.0 9.9 10.5 3.6 0.0
Pennsylvania 123,478   101,989 14,303 4,134 2,952 100 3.3 2.4 7.0 8.9 2.9 3.3
Rhode Island 9,258   7,335 640 950 294 39 4.3 3.3 6.9 8.2 4.6 5.9
                           
South Carolina 33,235   3.3 3.1 3.7 3.9 1.7 3.1
South Dakota 9,001   8,262 108 98 118 415 2.8 2.0 7.3 6.1 1.9 13.0
Tennessee 46,096   35,364 9,301 642 726 63 3.8
Texas 244,167   116,499 33,213 85,412 8,304 739 3.8 2.2 4.9 5.5 1.6 4.1
Utah 30,252   26,975 218 1,838 844 377 3.7 3.1 8.8 8.2 5.2 8.1
                           
Vermont 7,092   6,753 89 63 147 40 4.0 3.9 7.3 9.0 2.2 5.9
Virginia 71,754   48,300 16,751 2,956 3,591 156 2.9 2.3 4.0 5.8 2.0 4.1
Washington 61,194   47,582 2,630 4,549 5,163 1,270 7.1 5.6 16.8 12.3 6.6 15.2
West Virginia 17,339   16,462 636 80 149 12 3.7 3.7 3.9 1.8 1.8 8.9
Wisconsin 62,784 4  1.9 1.2 8.3 5.6 1.8 4.1
Wyoming 5,833   5,329 33 318 51 102 5.8 5.2 9.9 12.3 2.7 13.0
Bureau of Indian Affairs schools  
DoDDS, overseas 2,352   1,333 416 288 299 16
DoDDS, domestic 534   172 103 218 39 2
Other jurisdictions                          
American Samoa 852   0 0 0 852 0 1.1 1.1
Guam 1,350   22 4 4 1,319 1
Northern Marianas 575   4 0 0 571 0 7.1 0.0 16.7 7.2
Puerto Rico 30,083   0 0 30,083 0 0 1.2 1.2
Virgin Islands 819   5 699 112 2 1
—Not available.
1 Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Tennessee, Vermont, and Puerto Rico reported data on an alternative July through June cycle, rather than the specified October through September cycle for dropout data.
2 Includes estimates for nonreporting states, based on 2003 12th-grade enrollment racial/ethnic distribution reported by state.
3 Data differ slightly from figures reported in other tables due to varying reporting practices for racial/ethnic survey data.
4 Estimated high school graduates from NCES 2006-606rev, The Averaged Freshman Grad­uation Rate for Public High Schools From the Common Core of Data: School Years 2002–03 and 2003–04.
NOTE: Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic origin.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Com­mon Core of Data (CCD), "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Educa­tion," 2004–05, and "Local Education Agency Universe Survey Dropout and Completion Data File," 2001–02; and unpublished tabulations. (This table was prepared March 2007.)