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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-5c.—Number of high school completers in reporting states, by locale code and state: School year 1995–96
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
38,684 1,695 8,822 5,379 5,706 205 7,452 9,425
Alaska
6,018 ? 2,291 ? ? 934 1,747 1,046
Arizona
30,181 12,665 4,338 7,595 ? 1,076 3,400 1,107
Arkansas
25,094 ? 6,672 203 2,333 867 7,817 7,202
California
259,158 58,615 41,657 134,341 12,251 1,544 7,397 3,353
 
Colorado
33,207 5,665 5,885 13,347 82 1,140 3,352 3,736
Connecticut
26,398 ? 6,786 7,906 8,143 216 ? 3,347
Delaware
5,676 ? 2,724 554 974 ? 423 1,001
District of Columbia
2,696 2,696 ? ? ? ? ? ?
Florida
93,310 24,600 25,991 17,778 17,263 ? 6,160 1,518
 
Georgia
59,444 2,054 6,894 24,512 3,456 1,848 14,333 6,347
Hawaii
9,992 ? ? 9,992 ? ? ? ?
Idaho
14,776 ? 2,035 ? 1,471 2,865 4,303 4,102
Illinois
104,605 14,889 13,195 47,282 4,655 1,616 11,403 11,565
Indiana
57,245 5,183 12,930 12,224 5,135 1,835 9,661 10,277
 
Iowa
31,958 ? 7,405 ? 3,181 1,732 9,093 10,547
Kansas
25,786 2,012 4,206 4,636 345 1,281 5,608 7,698
Kentucky
36,597 5,017 3,823 3,152 2,068 1,948 9,787 10,802
Louisiana
37,192 3,340 11,825 5,529 5,559 601 6,102 4,236
Maine
11,965 ? 1,355 391 1,741 ? 3,970 4,508
 
Maryland
42,281 3,827 3,096 29,368 820 ? 1,392 3,778
Massachusetts
47,861 3,001 8,428 26,699 4,251 ? 1,051 4,431
Michigan
89,297 6,063 13,381 32,884 10,407 ? 9,016 17,546
Minnesota
49,340 3,225 2,914 20,318 2,244 828 8,791 11,020
Mississippi
25,148 ? 2,754 686 3,085 1,798 10,078 6,747
 
Missouri
48,855 4,200 4,734 17,275 1,606 904 8,592 11,544
Montana
10,139 ? 1,854 ? 330 1,072 3,715 3,168
Nebraska
18,591 3,769 1,909 1,199 222 511 4,875 6,106
Nevada
11,604 7,063 2,032 210 ? 442 576 1,281
New Hampshire
11,811 ? 2,463 3,891 ? 757 1,868 2,832
 
New Jersey
67,585 1,859 3,737 59,934 ? ? ? 2,055
New Mexico
15,579 4,358 1,635 572 753 2,185 3,530 2,546
New York
139,368 40,524 10,786 44,813 17,572 551 6,675 18,447
North Carolina
58,412 4,156 19,327 3,653 8,646 1,149 9,748 11,733
North Dakota
8,027 ? 2,044 ? 555 480 1,374 3,574
 
Ohio
101,813 11,587 14,540 31,130 13,944 1,543 11,128 17,941
Oklahoma
33,521 4,788 2,479 9,027 228 1,447 6,902 8,650
Oregon
29,790 3,689 4,573 9,196 1,376 956 7,017 2,983
Pennsylvania
105,981 13,647 11,907 32,439 19,736 637 9,787 17,828
Rhode Island
7,693 ? 2,361 ? 4,347 175 151 659
 
South Carolina
32,100 ? 9,791 635 9,831 ? 8,151 3,692
South Dakota
8,701 ? 1,656 ? 312 ? 2,743 3,990
Tennessee
45,962 7,430 7,588 7,398 5,233 1,399 9,291 7,623
Texas
171,794 48,825 29,387 43,586 8,908 1,602 19,539 19,947
Utah
28,384 ? 8,782 12,149 1,378 3,642 2,433
 
Vermont
5,710 ? 371 ? 432 ? 2,105 2,802
Virginia
58,168 4,912 7,660 19,220 10,118 680 2,772 12,806
Washington
49,862 4,322 14,278 16,844 2,320 708 5,362 6,028
West Virginia
20,549 ? 2,517 667 4,343 695 4,161 8,166
Wisconsin
52,651 2,786 10,738 9,347 6,720 854 9,590 12,616
Wyoming
6,027 ? 1,510 ? ? 217 2,908 1,392
 
Outlying areas and DOD Dependents Schools
DOD Dependents Schools
American Samoa
750 ? ? ? ? ? ? 750
Guam
852 ? ? ? ? ? ? 852
Northern Marianas
325 ? ? ? ? ? ? 325
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
954 ? ? ? ? ? ? 954
 
— 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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