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Public High School Dropouts and Completers from the Common Core of Data: School Years 1991-92 through 1997-98
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A-5b.—Number of high school completers in reporting states, by locale code and state: School year 1996–97
State Total2 Number of completers1
Large city Midsize city Urban fringe of a large city Urban fringe of a midsize city Large town Small town Rural
Alabama
39,216 1,668 8,953 5,518 5,851 241 7,369 9,616
Alaska
6,175 ? 2,318 ? ? 1,014 1,833 1,010
Arizona
34,183 14,582 4,554 8,121 ? 1,435 4,092 1,399
Arkansas
25,146 ? 6,532 229 2,265 934 7,888 7,298
California
269,207 60,426 43,474 139,406 13,078 1,525 7,555 3,743
 
Colorado
34,786 6,084 6,034 13,985 83 1,097 3,460 4,043
Connecticut
27,029 ? 7,087 8,100 8,188 227 ? 3,427
Delaware
5,681 ? 2,785 510 938 ? 458 990
District of Columbia
2,853 2,853 ? ? ? ? ? ?
Florida
98,250 25,064 24,086 19,281 21,682 ? 5,879 2,258
 
Georgia
60,927 2,072 6,775 25,405 3,593 1,896 14,903 6,283
Hawaii
9,741 ? ? 9,741 ? ? ? ?
Idaho
15,439 ? 1,591 ? 1,629 3,129 4,545 4,545
Illinois
110,096 15,733 14,359 49,843 4,776 1,697 11,734 11,954
Indiana
57,245 5,183 12,930 12,224 5,135 1,835 9,661 10,277
 
Iowa
33,069 ? 7,699 ? 3,162 1,895 9,202 11,111
Kansas
26,648 2,041 4,376 4,845 382 1,396 5,584 8,024
Kentucky
36,941 5,173 3,878 3,175 2,037 1,848 10,337 10,493
Louisiana
37,413 3,749 11,583 2,832 2,033 706 13,150 3,360
Maine
12,027 ? 1,324 385 1,679 ? 4,067 4,572
 
Maryland
43,365 3,843 3,003 30,672 773 ? 1,341 3,733
Massachusetts
48,897 2,852 8,716 27,280 4,353 ? 1,158 4,538
Michigan
91,016 6,406 13,843 33,163 10,685 ? 9,094 17,825
Minnesota
Mississippi
25,457 ? 2,805 756 3,045 1,746 10,133 6,972
 
Missouri
50,227 4,180 4,786 17,768 1,690 896 8,828 12,079
Montana
10,322 ? 1,879 ? 337 1,106 3,751 3,249
Nebraska
18,605 3,810 1,865 1,195 199 533 4,653 6,350
Nevada
12,647 7,799 2,195 258 ? 391 564 1,440
New Hampshire
11,197 ? 2,534 3,754 ? 660 1,810 2,439
 
New Jersey
70,028 4,380 3,465 27,982 15,368 878 13,752 4,203
New Mexico
15,917 4,469 1,720 656 715 2,264 3,624 2,469
New York
141,138 40,929 10,917 45,109 17,970 582 6,629 19,002
North Carolina
59,647 4,432 19,930 3,699 8,857 1,059 9,602 12,068
North Dakota
8,025 ? 1,977 ? 559 476 1,411 3,602
 
Ohio
104,035 11,247 14,663 32,647 14,221 1,661 11,121 18,475
Oklahoma
33,009 3,615 2,410 9,856 248 1,433 6,804 8,643
Oregon
31,014 3,635 4,839 9,686 1,340 978 7,387 3,149
Pennsylvania
108,817 13,759 12,220 33,787 20,573 670 10,034 17,774
Rhode Island
7,858 ? 2,452 ? 4,449 152 157 648
 
South Carolina
32,900 ? 9,925 636 10,180 ? 8,392 3,767
South Dakota
9,266 ? 1,799 ? 321 ? 2,914 4,232
Tennessee
43,533 6,923 6,295 7,214 5,884 1,256 8,449 7,512
Texas
181,813 52,830 30,845 44,997 9,412 1,779 20,671 21,279
Utah
31,041 ? 9,427 ? 13,415 1,578 4,025 2,596
 
Vermont
6,222 ? 376 ? 660 ? 2,163 3,023
Virginia
62,258 5,468 8,605 20,210 10,674 727 2,937 13,637
Washington
West Virginia
19,573 ? 2,515 647 3,983 609 3,984 7,835
Wisconsin
55,189 3,035 11,275 9,902 6,862 915 10,309 12,891
Wyoming
6,420 ? 1,535 ? ? 292 3,076 1,517
 
Outlying areas and DOD Dependents Schools
DOD Dependents Schools
American Samoa
727 ? ? ? ? ? ? 727
Guam
1,074 ? ? ? ? ? ? 1,074
Northern Marianas
309 ? ? ? ? ? ? 309
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
912 ? ? ? ? ? ? 912
 
— Data missing.
? Not applicable. There were no districts in the particular locale code for this state.
1 Includes regular and other diplomas as well as other completers.
2 Total excludes those districts for whom locale was not available.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, "Local Education Agency Universe Survey Dropout Data and Completion File: School Years 1991–92 through 1996–97."
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