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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-7a.—Percentage of base for four-year completion rate, by race/ethnicity: School year 1997–98
State Total Race/ethnicity
American Indian/
Alaska Native
Asian/
Pacific Islander
Hispanic Black, non-
Hispanic
White, non-
Hispanic
Alabama
53,413 1.0 0.7 0.4 34.3 63.5
Alaska
Arizona
55,987
Arkansas
35,650 0.4 0.9 1.4 22.4 69.0
California
 
Colorado
Connecticut
33,556 0.2 2.7 11.2 13.2 72.8
Delaware
7,872 2.0 3.9 27.5 66.4
District of Columbia
Florida
 
Georgia
94,158 0.1 1.9 1.8 37.4 58.7
Hawaii
Idaho
21,296 1.2 1.2 7.1 0.3 90.2
Illinois
148,953 0.2 3.6 11.2 20.2 64.7
Indiana
 
Iowa
40,779 0.3 1.4 1.8 2.5 93.9
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
64,647 0.5 1.5 1.3 44.8 51.9
Maine
14,064 0.4 0.9 0.6 0.9 97.3
 
Maryland
55,975 0.3 4.4 3.3 36.2 55.8
Massachusetts
58,858 0.2 4.0 8.6 8.6 78.6
Michigan
Minnesota
67,824
Mississippi
34,567 0.2 0.5 0.2 50.2 48.8
 
Missouri
67,681 0.2 1.1 1.1 15.3 82.2
Montana
Nebraska
23,754 1.2 1.2 4.3 5.5 87.8
Nevada
20,760 2.0 5.3 17.5 9.5 65.7
New Hampshire
 
New Jersey
76,930
New Mexico
24,259 10.5 1.2 47.1 2.4 38.9
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
9,134 6.3 0.7 0.8 0.6 91.6
 
Ohio
138,657 0.1 1.1 1.6 13.2 84.0
Oklahoma
44,983 14.1 1.4 4.0 10.1 70.3
Oregon
Pennsylvania
132,332 0.1 2.0 3.4 13.4 81.1
Rhode Island
9,983 0.6 3.0 9.4 6.6 80.4
 
South Carolina
South Dakota
11,247 11.3 0.7 0.7 0.7 86.7
Tennessee
73,825
Texas
Utah
38,986 1.2 2.5 5.2 0.7 90.1
 
Vermont
7,904
Virginia
78,167 0.2 4.0 3.2 25.3 67.3
Washington
West Virginia
24,040 0.2 0.5 0.3 3.6 95.3
Wisconsin
64,126 1.1 2.1 2.8 7.2 86.8
Wyoming
8,367 2.5 0.7 6.4 0.9 89.4
 
Outlying areas and DOD Dependents Schools
DOD Dependents Schools
American Samoa
705 100.0
Guam
1,931 0.1 89.2 0.4 1.0 4.9
Northern Marianas
526 99.4
Puerto Rico
32,655 100.0
Virgin Islands
1,366 7.8 91.5 0.7
 
— Data missing.
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 Year 1997–98."

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