| Table 10.—High school completion rates, by state: School years 1994–95 through 1997–98 |
|
State |
Four-year completion rate1 |
|
1997–98 |
1996–97 |
1995–96 |
1994–95 |
Alabama
| 78.3
| 76.8
| —
| —
|
|---|
Alaska
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
Arizona
| 65.3
| 62.5
| 61.4
| 62.0 |
|---|
Arkansas
| 81.2
| 80.0
| 80.7
| 80.4 |
|---|
California
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
| |
Colorado
|
|
—
| —
| —
|
|---|
Connecticut
| 83.2
| 81.8
| 81.4
| —
|
|---|
Delaware
| 81.9
| 80.4
| 81.3
| —
|
|---|
District of Columbia
| —
| —
| —
| 60.9 |
|---|
Florida
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
| |
Georgia
| 68.3
| 67.6
| —
| —
|
|---|
Hawaii
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
Idaho
| 73.2
| 72.4
| —
| —
|
|---|
Illinois
| 76.9
| 76.1
| —
| —
|
|---|
Indiana
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
| |
Iowa
| 88.0
| 87.1
| —
| —
|
|---|
Kansas
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
Kentucky
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
| 60.4
| 60.7
| —
| —
|
|---|
Maine
| 86.5
| 86.4
| —
| —
|
|---|
| |
Maryland
| 80.6
| 80.4
| —
| —
|
|---|
Massachusetts
| 85.6
| 85.8
| 84.6
| 85.3 |
|---|
Michigan
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
Minnesota
| 80.3
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
Mississippi
| 76.0
| 75.5
| 75.5
| 77.9 |
|---|
| |
Missouri
| 76.9
| 74.8
| 74.7
| 75.3 |
|---|
Montana
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
Nebraska
| 83.2
| 83.0
| 84.6
| 84.5 |
|---|
Nevada
| 64.5
| 64.4
| 64.1
| 64.1 |
|---|
New Hampshire
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
| |
New Jersey
| 84.6
| 85.2
| —
| —
|
|---|
New Mexico
| 69.0
| 68.6
| 68.8
| 70.0 |
|---|
New York
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
North Carolina
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
North Dakota
| 89.5
| 89.9
| 90.6
| —
|
|---|
| |
Ohio
| 79.5
| 79.4
| —
| —
|
|---|
Oklahoma
| 78.3
| 78.6
| —
| —
|
|---|
Oregon
| —
| —
| 74.2
| 75.6 |
|---|
Pennsylvania
| 83.8
| 84.2
| 84.2
| 84.2 |
|---|
Rhode Island
| 80.9
| 80.7
| 81.6
| 80.8 |
|---|
| |
South Carolina
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
South Dakota
| 81.3
| 81.9
| —
| —
|
|---|
Tennessee
| 83.5
| 78.3
| —
| —
|
|---|
Texas
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
Utah
| 81.3
| 83.7
| —
| —
|
|---|
| |
Vermont
| 81.8
| 82.0
| —
| —
|
|---|
Virginia
| 81.1
| 81.6
| —
| —
|
|---|
Washington
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
West Virginia
| 83.9
| 83.3
| —
| —
|
|---|
Wisconsin
| 89.8
| 89.0
| —
| —
|
|---|
Wyoming
| 77.3
| 76.8
| —
| —
|
|---|
| |
| Outlying areas and DOD Dependents Schools |
DOD Dependents Schools
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
American Samoa
| 95.9
| 96.4
| 94.8
| 94.4 |
|---|
Guam
| 54.5
| 46.5
| 45.8
| 64.3 |
|---|
Northern Marianas
| 71.1
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
Puerto Rico
| 91.5
| 93.4
| 92.3
| —
|
|---|
Virgin Islands
| 78.3
| 78.8
| 76.6
| 85.9 |
|---|
| |
| — Data missing. |
| 1 Includes regular and other diplomas as well as other completers but does not include high school equivalency. |
| 2 Effective with the 1995–96 school year, Louisiana changed its dropout data collection which increased their dropouts. In calculating the completion rates, 1995–96 data was used in place of older data. |
| NOTE: The completion rate is calculated by dividing the number of high school completers in a given year by the number of high school completers in that year and dropouts over a 4-year period. A state that reported completers but not dropouts would not have a high school completion rate. Other Completers is missing in the following states: Kentucky, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Washington, and Wisconsin. |
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, "State Public Elementary/Secondary Education Survey Dropout Data and Completion File: School Years 1991–92 through 1996–97 and 1997–98." |
