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Table 12-B. Averaged freshman graduation rate of public high school students, by state: School year 2001-02
State of jurisdiction	Averaged freshman graduation rate	Regular diplomas, school year 2001-02	Estimated first-time 9th graders in 1998-991	Grade 10 membership, school year 1999-20001	Grade 9 membership, school year 1998-991	Grade 8 membership, school year 1997-981
United States (51 states)	72.6	2,621,534	3,611,994	3,461,168	3,911,292	3,463,520
Alabama	62.1	35,887	57,746	52,304	62,724	58,210
Alaska	65.9	6,945	10,538	10,217	11,442	9,954
Arizona	74.7	47,175	63,160	60,728	68,216	60,537
Arkansas	74.8	26,984	36,051	35,191	36,517	36,445
California	72.7	325,895	448,379	450,279	475,487	419,371
Colorado	74.7	40,760	54,574	52,642	58,369	52,710
Connecticut	79.7	32,327	40,542	39,273	43,140	39,213
Delaware	69.5	6,482	9,325	8,618	10,453	8,905
District of Columbia	68.4	3,090	4,518	4,339	4,624	4,591
Florida	63.4	119,537	188,535	177,234	214,459	173,913
Georgia	61.1	65,983	108,060	98,019	123,055	103,107
Hawaii	72.1	10,452	14,501	13,533	16,134	13,837
Idaho	79.3	15,874	20,017	19,792	20,562	19,696
Illinois	77.1	116,657	151,263	145,805	161,781	146,202
Indiana	73.1	56,722	77,628	73,888	83,068	75,926
Iowa	84.1	33,789	40,174	40,105	41,691	38,724
Kansas	77.1	29,541	38,296	37,665	40,119	37,104
Kentucky	69.8	36,337	52,087	48,259	56,868	51,135
Louisiana	64.4	37,905	58,864	53,742	65,532	57,318
Maine	75.6	12,593	16,667	15,745	16,854	17,402
Maryland	79.7	50,881	63,801	61,123	69,262	61,019
Massachusetts	77.6	55,272	71,211	68,867	75,023	69,742
Michigan	72.9	95,001	130,257	124,193	140,457	126,120
Minnesota	83.9	57,440	68,457	69,030	69,813	66,529
Mississippi	61.2	23,740	38,764	35,127	41,441	39,725
Missouri	76.8	54,487	70,991	69,232	74,799	68,943
Montana	79.8	10,554	13,218	12,906	13,686	13,063
Nebraska	83.9	19,910	23,718	23,064	24,901	23,190
Nevada	71.9	16,270	22,634	22,710	23,235	21,958
New Hampshire	77.8	12,452	15,999	15,344	16,624	16,029
New Jersey	85.8	77,664	90,484	86,975	93,858	90,618
New Mexico	67.4	18,094	26,847	25,601	29,414	25,525
New York	60.5	140,139	231,735	224,575	262,172	208,459
North Carolina	68.2	65,955	96,754	88,457	108,756	93,048
North Dakota	85.0	8,114	9,549	9,395	9,696	9,555
Ohio	77.5	110,608	142,808	135,463	153,735	139,226
Oklahoma	76.0	36,852	48,516	46,675	50,586	48,287
Oregon	71.0	31,153	43,864	43,436	45,493	42,663
Pennsylvania	80.2	114,943	143,256	139,982	151,651	138,134
Rhode Island	75.7	9,006	11,892	11,350	12,801	11,525
South Carolina	57.9	31,302	54,017	47,592	63,683	50,775
South Dakota	79.0	8,796	11,137	10,662	11,320	11,429
Tennessee	59.6	40,894	68,639	66,924	73,380	65,613
Texas	73.5	225,167	306,219	275,265	350,743	292,648
Utah	80.5	30,183	37,501	37,836	37,460	37,206
Vermont	82.0	7,083	8,641	8,386	9,045	8,492
Virginia	76.7	66,519	86,699	82,135	92,857	85,104
Washington	72.2	58,311	80,763	80,493	85,131	76,664
West Virginia	74.2	17,128	23,091	22,097	24,110	23,067
Wisconsin	84.8	60,575	71,398	70,934	76,660	66,601
Wyoming	74.4	6,106	8,209	7,962	8,403	8,261
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 2001-02 is computed by dividing the number of regular diplomas issued in school year 2001-02 by the number of estimated first-time 9th graders in 1998-99. 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 1997-98, 1998-99, and 1999-2000, 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," 1997-98, 1998-99, 1999-2000, 2001-02.