Table 106.

Averaged freshman graduation rates for public secondary schools, by state or jurisdiction: Selected years, 1990–91 through 2005–06

State or jurisdiction	1990–91	1993–94	1994–95	1995–96	1996–97	1997–98	1998–99	1999–2000	2000–01	2001–02	2002–03	2003–04		2004–05	2005–06
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13		14	15
United States	73.7	73.1	71.8	71.0	71.3	71.3	71.1	71.7	71.7	72.6	73.9	74.3	1	74.7	73.4	2
Alabama	69.8	64.3	64.8	62.7	62.4	64.4	61.3	64.1	63.7	62.1	64.7	65.0		65.9	66.2
Alaska	74.6	73.8	71.2	68.3	67.9	68.9	70.0	66.7	68.0	65.9	68.0	67.2		64.1	66.5
Arizona	76.7	71.7	65.1	60.8	65.3	65.6	62.3	63.6	74.2	74.7	75.9	66.8		84.7	70.5
Arkansas	76.6	76.1	72.7	74.2	70.6	73.9	73.7	74.6	73.9	74.8	76.6	76.8		75.7	80.4
California	69.6	68.6	66.8	67.6	68.8	69.6	71.1	71.7	71.6	72.7	74.1	73.9		74.6	69.2
Colorado	76.3	77.3	76.0	74.8	74.7	73.9	73.4	74.1	73.2	74.7	76.4	78.7		76.7	75.5
Connecticut	80.2	79.9	77.2	76.1	76.7	76.9	76.0	81.9	77.5	79.7	80.9	80.7		80.9	80.9
Delaware	72.5	70.8	68.7	70.4	71.7	74.1	70.4	66.8	71.0	69.5	73.0	72.9		73.0	76.3	3
District of Columbia	54.5	58.7	54.6	49.7	54.6	53.9	52.0	54.5	60.2	68.4	59.6	68.2		66.3	65.4	3
Florida	65.6	64.2	63.5	62.3	62.7	62.1	61.4	61.0	61.2	63.4	66.7	66.4		64.6	63.6
Georgia	70.3	66.3	63.5	61.9	62.0	58.2	57.5	59.7	58.7	61.1	60.8	61.2		61.7	62.4
Hawaii	75.9	75.7	74.8	74.5	69.1	68.8	67.5	70.9	68.3	72.1	71.3	72.6		75.1	75.5
Idaho	79.6	79.9	80.2	80.5	80.1	79.7	79.5	79.4	79.6	79.3	81.4	81.5		81.0	80.5
Illinois	76.6	76.3	74.8	75.2	76.1	76.8	76.0	76.3	75.6	77.1	75.9	80.3		79.4	79.7
Indiana	76.9	74.7	73.8	73.6	74.0	73.8	74.3	71.8	72.1	73.1	75.5	73.5		73.2	73.3
Iowa	84.4	86.1	84.5	84.3	84.6	83.9	83.3	83.1	82.8	84.1	85.3	85.8		86.6	86.9
Kansas	80.8	80.2	78.8	77.1	76.9	76.0	76.7	77.1	76.5	77.1	76.9	77.9		79.2	77.5
Kentucky	72.9	79.2	73.8	71.3	71.1	70.2	70.0	69.7	69.8	69.8	71.7	73.0		75.9	77.2
Louisiana	57.5	61.5	62.4	61.7	59.3	61.3	61.1	62.2	63.7	64.4	64.1	69.4		63.9	59.5
Maine	80.7	74.0	73.6	73.7	75.2	78.5	74.7	75.9	76.4	75.6	76.3	77.6		78.6	76.3
Maryland	77.5	78.9	78.2	78.3	76.6	76.2	76.6	77.6	78.7	79.7	79.2	79.5		79.3	79.9
Massachusetts	79.1	79.7	78.1	78.0	78.4	78.3	77.9	78.0	78.9	77.6	75.7	79.3		78.7	79.5
Michigan	72.1	72.4	71.3	71.4	73.5	74.6	73.9	75.3	75.4	72.9	74.0	72.5		73.0	72.2
Minnesota	90.8	88.8	87.7	86.1	78.6	85.0	86.0	84.9	83.6	83.9	84.8	84.7		85.9	86.2
Mississippi	63.3	63.8	62.0	59.7	59.6	59.8	59.2	59.4	59.7	61.2	62.7	62.7		63.3	63.5
Missouri	76.0	76.8	76.0	75.0	74.7	75.2	75.8	76.3	75.5	76.8	78.3	80.4		80.6	81.0
Montana	84.4	85.5	86.5	83.9	83.2	82.2	81.3	80.8	80.0	79.8	81.0	80.4		81.5	81.9
Nebraska	86.7	87.2	86.9	85.6	84.8	85.6	87.3	85.7	83.8	83.9	85.2	87.6		87.8	87.0
Nevada	77.0	68.2	65.8	65.8	73.2	70.6	71.0	69.7	70.0	71.9	72.3	57.4		55.8	55.8
New Hampshire	78.6	80.5	78.4	77.5	77.3	76.7	75.3	76.1	77.8	77.8	78.2	78.7		80.1	81.1
New Jersey	81.4	83.4	82.1	82.8	83.9	76.3	77.5	83.6	85.4	85.8	87.0	86.3		85.1	84.8
New Mexico	70.1	66.9	64.4	63.7	62.5	61.6	63.3	64.7	65.9	67.4	63.1	67.0		65.4	67.3
New York	66.1	66.2	63.7	63.6	65.3	63.4	62.5	61.8	61.5	60.5	60.9	60.9	4	65.3	67.4
North Carolina	71.3	69.7	69.1	66.5	65.5	65.6	65.4	65.8	66.5	68.2	70.1	71.4		72.6	71.8
North Dakota	87.6	88.4	87.5	89.5	87.8	86.7	85.6	86.0	85.4	85.0	86.4	86.1		86.3	82.2
Ohio	77.5	81.1	79.9	74.5	76.4	77.0	75.0	75.2	76.5	77.5	79.0	81.3		80.2	79.2
Oklahoma	76.5	77.6	77.4	75.6	74.8	75.1	76.4	75.8	75.8	76.0	76.0	77.0		76.9	77.8
Oregon	72.7	72.9	71.2	68.3	69.1	69.0	68.2	69.6	68.3	71.0	73.7	74.2		74.2	73.0
Pennsylvania	79.7	81.0	80.1	80.0	79.8	79.4	79.1	78.7	79.0	80.2	81.7	82.2		82.5	83.5	3
Rhode Island	75.0	73.9	74.3	72.7	72.9	72.5	72.2	72.8	73.5	75.7	77.7	75.9		78.4	77.8
South Carolina	66.6	64.3	61.6	60.9	59.6	59.3	59.1	58.6	56.5	57.9	59.7	60.6		60.1	61.0	3
South Dakota	83.8	90.8	86.9	84.5	84.2	77.7	74.2	77.6	77.4	79.0	83.0	83.7		82.3	84.5
Tennessee	69.8	65.7	66.7	66.6	61.6	58.4	58.5	59.5	59.0	59.6	63.4	66.1		68.5	70.7
Texas	72.2	66.2	66.8	66.1	67.0	69.4	69.2	71.0	70.8	73.5	75.5	76.7		74.0	72.5
Utah	77.5	78.7	77.7	76.9	81.1	80.7	81.6	82.5	81.6	80.5	80.2	83.0		84.4	78.6
Vermont	79.5	83.5	88.9	85.3	83.6	83.9	81.9	81.0	80.2	82.0	83.6	85.4		86.5	82.3
Virginia	76.2	75.7	75.0	76.2	76.6	76.6	76.3	76.9	77.5	76.7	80.6	79.3		79.6	74.5
Washington	75.7	79.5	76.4	75.5	74.0	73.3	73.2	73.7	69.2	72.2	74.2	74.6		75.0	72.9
West Virginia	76.6	77.7	75.7	77.0	76.7	77.4	77.9	76.7	75.9	74.2	75.7	76.9		77.3	76.9
Wisconsin	85.2	84.7	84.0	83.6	83.7	83.1	82.6	82.7	83.3	84.8	85.8	85.8	4	86.7	87.5
Wyoming	81.1	84.0	78.8	77.7	78.4	77.1	76.6	76.3	73.4	74.4	73.9	76.0		76.7	76.1
Other jurisdictions
American Samoa	85.3	83.7	78.7	79.7	79.7	76.6	80.4	71.9	77.0	82.9	81.0	80.2		81.1	81.0
Guam	48.2	45.4	45.2	44.6	45.4	39.5	54.7	52.9	51.7	—	56.3	48.4		—	—
Northern Marianas	—	78.9	62.9	62.9	68.4	63.4	63.5	61.1	62.7	65.2	65.2	75.3		75.4	80.3
Puerto Rico	60.9	57.1	60.4	60.8	61.5	61.9	63.6	64.7	65.7	66.2	67.8	64.8		61.7	68.6
U.S. Virgin Islands	53.2	59.2	59.7	54.2	62.0	58.6	58.6	53.8	57.3	48.7	53.5	—		—	—

— Not available. 1 Includes estimates for New York and Wisconsin. Without estimates for these two states, the averaged freshman graduation rate for the remaining 48 states and the District of Columbia is 75.0 percent. 2 U.S. total includes estimates for nonreporting states. 3 Projected high school graduates from NCES 2008-078, Projections of Education Statistics to 2017. 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: The averaged freshman graduation rate provides an estimate of the percentage of students who receive a regular diploma within 4 years of entering ninth grade. The rate uses aggregate student enrollment data to estimate the size of an incoming freshman class and aggregate counts of the number of diplomas awarded 4 years later. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 1986–87 through 2006–07; and The Averaged Freshman Graduation Rate for Public High Schools From the Common Core of Data: School Years 2002–03 and 2003–04; and Projections of Education Statistics to 2017. (This table was prepared January 2009.)