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Table 12-A. Averaged freshman graduation rate of public high school students, by state: School year 2002-03
State of jurisdiction	Averaged freshman graduation rate	Regular diplomas, school year 2002-03	Estimated first-time 9th graders in 1999-20001	Grade 10 membership, school year 2000-011	Grade 9 membership, school year 1999-20001	Grade 8 membership, school year 1998-991
United States (51 states)	73.9	2,719,947	3,682,202	3,529,652	3,986,992	3,529,963
Alabama	64.7	36,741	56,749	51,991	61,150	57,105
Alaska	68.0	7,297	10,725	10,110	11,568	10,497
Arizona	75.9	49,986	65,842	63,966	68,917	64,644
Arkansas	76.6	27,555	35,971	35,068	36,772	36,073
California	74.1	341,097	460,481	461,030	488,999	431,414
Colorado	76.4	42,379	55,491	54,006	58,815	53,652
Connecticut	80.9	33,667	41,613	40,608	43,977	40,254
Delaware	73.0	6,817	9,334	8,887	10,150	8,964
District of Columbia	59.6	2,725	4,574	3,838	5,580	4,303
Florida	66.7	127,484	191,065	170,385	223,743	179,066
Georgia	60.8	66,890	110,062	99,934	125,388	104,863
Hawaii	71.3	10,013	14,046	13,154	15,637	13,346
Idaho	81.4	15,858	19,490	19,359	20,039	19,073
Illinois	75.9	117,507	154,816	150,781	164,858	148,810
Indiana	75.5	57,897	76,718	73,565	81,442	75,147
Iowa	85.3	34,860	40,871	40,951	42,394	39,269
Kansas	76.9	29,963	38,952	38,231	40,650	37,974
Kentucky	71.7	37,654	52,488	49,708	57,405	50,350
Louisiana	64.1	37,610	58,715	53,307	64,855	57,982
Maine	76.3	12,947	16,967	16,001	17,233	17,668
Maryland	79.2	51,864	65,468	62,843	70,854	62,708
Massachusetts	75.7	55,987	73,979	71,430	78,062	72,444
Michigan	74.0	100,301	135,558	132,342	143,740	130,592
Minnesota	84.8	59,432	70,062	71,064	71,222	67,899
Mississippi	62.7	23,810	37,971	34,755	40,654	38,504
Missouri	78.3	56,925	72,657	70,666	76,575	70,731
Montana	81.0	10,657	13,157	12,885	13,562	13,024
Nebraska	85.2	20,161	23,655	23,378	24,861	22,725
Nevada	72.3	16,378	22,644	20,040	24,672	23,220
New Hampshire	78.2	13,210	16,902	16,225	17,573	16,907
New Jersey	87.0	81,391	93,573	91,086	96,228	93,404
New Mexico	63.1	16,923	26,833	25,476	29,307	25,716
New York	60.9	143,818	236,030	229,516	266,971	211,602
North Carolina	70.1	69,696	99,491	91,449	111,495	95,528
North Dakota	86.4	8,169	9,457	9,374	9,677	9,321
Ohio	79.0	115,762	146,553	139,870	157,337	142,451
Oklahoma	76.0	36,694	48,288	46,163	50,523	48,178
Oregon	73.7	32,587	44,244	43,821	45,867	43,045
Pennsylvania	81.7	119,933	146,725	143,159	155,929	141,086
Rhode Island	77.7	9,318	12,000	11,525	12,832	11,642
South Carolina	59.7	32,482	54,404	48,628	62,883	51,700
South Dakota	83.0	8,999	10,840	10,402	11,261	10,859
Tennessee	63.4	44,113	69,621	65,388	75,890	67,583
Texas	75.5	238,111	315,494	287,355	359,368	299,760
Utah	80.2	29,527	36,838	37,335	36,783	36,396
Vermont	83.6	6,970	8,337	8,006	8,779	8,227
Virginia	80.6	72,943	90,504	86,731	96,959	87,822
Washington	74.2	60,435	81,465	80,453	86,602	77,340
West Virginia	75.7	17,287	22,826	21,882	23,928	22,669
Wisconsin	85.8	63,272	73,746	73,796	78,961	68,481
Wyoming	73.9	5,845	7,911	7,726	8,063	7,944
1 Estimates of enrollment by grade include a prorated count of students reported as not being in a standard grade (students classified as ungraded in CCD data files). NOTE: The averaged freshman graduation rate provides an estimate of the percentage of high school students who graduate on time. The rate for 2002-03 is computed by dividing the number of regular diplomas issued in school year 2002-03 by the number of estimated first-time 9th graders in 1999-2000. The estimated number of first-time 9th graders in 1999-2000 is the mean of membership in grades 8, 9, and 10 in school years 1998-99, 1999-2000, and 2000-01, respectively. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 1998-99, 1999-2000, 2000-01, 2002-03.