| Table 6. Four-year high school completion rates, by state: School years 1994-95 through 2000-01 |
| State |
2000-01 |
1999-2000 |
1998-99 |
1997-98 |
1996-97 |
1995-96 |
1994-95 |
Alabama
| 80.0
| 79.8
| 78.9
| 78.3
| 76.8
| —
| — |
|---|
Alaska
| 75.2
| 77.3
| 78.9
| —
| —
| —
| — |
|---|
| 68.3
| —
| 63.2
| 65.3
| 62.5
| 61.4
| 62.0 |
|---|
Arkansas
| 79.1
| 80.1
| 81.0
| 81.2
| 80.0
| 80.7
| 80.4 |
|---|
California
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| — |
|---|
| |
Colorado
| —
| —
| —
|
| —
| —
| — |
|---|
Connecticut
| 86.6
| 86.5
| 83.7
| 83.2
| 81.8
| 81.4
| — |
|---|
Delaware
| 81.6
| 80.8
| 82.9
| 81.9
| 80.4
| 81.3
| — |
|---|
District of Columbia
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| 60.9 |
|---|
Florida
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| — |
|---|
| |
Georgia
| 71.1
| 70.7
| 68.9
| 68.3
| 67.6
| —
| — |
|---|
Hawaii
| 77.7
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| — |
|---|
| 76.9
| —
| 74.7
| 73.2
| 72.4
| —
| — |
|---|
Illinois
| 75.8
| 75.4
| 75.8
| 76.9
| 76.1
| —
| — |
|---|
Indiana
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| — |
|---|
| |
Iowa
| 89.2
| 88.8
| 88.3
| 88.0
| 87.1
| —
| — |
|---|
Kansas
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| — |
|---|
Kentucky
| 79.9
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| — |
|---|
| 65.0
| 62.6
| 61.5
| 60.4
| 60.7
| —
| — |
|---|
Maine
| 86.5
| 86.2
| 86.4
| 86.5
| 86.4
| —
| — |
|---|
| |
Maryland
| 83.2
| 81.9
| 81.6
| 80.6
| 80.4
| —
| — |
|---|
Massachusetts
| 86.3
| 85.5
| 86.0
| 85.6
| 85.8
| 84.6
| 85.3 |
|---|
Michigan
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| — |
|---|
Minnesota
| 82.5
| 81.2
| 81.2
| 80.3
| —
| —
| — |
|---|
Mississippi
| 77.3
| 76.4
| 76.4
| 76.0
| 75.5
| 75.5
| 77.9 |
|---|
| |
Missouri
| 81.0
| 79.6
| 77.8
| 76.9
| 74.8
| 74.7
| 75.3 |
|---|
Montana
| 82.1
| 82.4
| 82.0
| —
| —
| —
| — |
|---|
Nebraska
| 83.9
| 85.1
| 84.5
| 83.2
| 83.0
| 84.6
| 84.5 |
|---|
Nevada
| 73.5
| 70.2
| 66.9
| 64.5
| 64.4
| 64.1
| 64.1 |
|---|
New Hampshire
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| — |
|---|
| |
New Jersey
| 88.0
| 86.7
| 85.2
| 84.6
| 85.2
| —
| — |
|---|
New Mexico
| 74.4
| 73.0
| 70.6
| 69.0
| 68.6
| 68.8
| 70.0 |
|---|
New York
| 81.6
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| — |
|---|
North Carolina
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| — |
|---|
North Dakota
| 90.1
| 88.9
| 89.7
| 89.5
| 89.9
| 90.6
| — |
|---|
| |
Ohio
| 81.0
| 80.4
| 80.5
| 79.5
| 79.4
| —
| — |
|---|
Oklahoma
| 79.2
| 78.8
| 78.7
| 78.3
| 78.6
| —
| — |
|---|
Oregon
| 76.4
| —
| —
| —
| —
| 74.2
| 75.6 |
|---|
Pennsylvania
| 84.0
| 84.1
| 84.0
| 83.8
| 84.2
| 84.2
| 84.2 |
|---|
Rhode Island
| 79.8
| 80.8
| 81.8
| 80.9
| 80.7
| 81.6
| 80.8 |
|---|
| |
South Carolina
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| — |
|---|
South Dakota
| 84.6
| 83.6
| 81.7
| 81.3
| 81.9
| —
| — |
|---|
Tennessee
| 79.5
| 78.8
| 78.5
| 83.5
| 78.3
| —
| — |
|---|
Texas
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| — |
|---|
Utah
| 82.6
| 81.4
| 80.1
| 81.3
| 83.7
| —
| — |
|---|
| |
Vermont
| 81.9
| 81.4
| 82.1
| 81.8
| 82.0
| —
| — |
|---|
Virginia
| 83.8
| 81.8
| 81.5
| 81.1
| 81.6
| —
| — |
|---|
Washington
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| — |
|---|
West Virginia
| 83.4
| 82.6
| 83.2
| 83.9
| 83.3
| —
| — |
|---|
Wisconsin
| 90.0
| 89.3
| 89.7
| 89.8
| 89.0
| —
| — |
|---|
Wyoming
| 76.5
| 77.6
| 77.2
| 77.3
| 76.8
| —
| — |
|---|
| Department of Defense (DoD) dependents
schools, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and outlying areas |
DoD schools (overseas)
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| — |
|---|
DoD schools (domestic)
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| — |
|---|
Bureau of Indian Affairs
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| — |
|---|
American Samoa
| 90.0
| 91.0
| 94.4
| 95.9
| 96.4
| 94.8
| 94.4 |
|---|
Guam
| 51.2
| 52.7
| 53.4
| 54.5
| 46.5
| 45.8
| 64.3 |
|---|
Northern Marianas
| 64.5
| 72.7
| 67.7
| 71.1
| —
| —
| — |
|---|
Puerto Rico
| 94.6
| 93.4
| 92.3
| 91.5
| 94.7
| 93.6
| — |
|---|
Virgin Islands
| 72.3
| 78.8
| 83.9
| 78.3
| 78.8
| 76.6
| 85.9 |
|---|
| —Not available. |
| 1Values for
1 year of the 2000-01 4-year completion rate denominator are imputed.
See the Technical Notes for more details. |
| 2Effective
with the 1995-96 school year, Louisiana changed its dropout data
collection, which increased the number of dropouts. In calculating
the completion rates, 1995-96 data were used in place of older data. |
| NOTE: High school completers includes regular and
other diplomas as well as other completers, but does not include
high school equivalencies (e.g., GED). 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 completer data
are missing in the following states: Wisconsin and Wyoming. |
| SOURCE: Data are reported by states to the U.S. Department
of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core
of Data, "Local Education Agency Universe Survey Dropout and Completion
Data File: School Years 1991-92 through 1996-97" Version 1a and
"Local Education Agency Universe Survey Dropout and Completion Data
File" School Years 1997-98, 1998-99, 1999-2000 Versions 1b, and
2000-01 Version 1a. |
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