Averaged public school freshman graduation rate, number of high school completers, number of diplomas, number of other high school completers, and number of General Educational Development (GED) test passers in the United States and other jurisdictions, by state or jurisdiction: School year 2003

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Table 5. Averaged public school freshman graduation rate, number of high school completers, number of diplomas, number of other high school completers, and number of General Educational Development (GED) test passers in the United States and other jurisdictions, by state or jurisdiction: School year 2003–04
State or jurisdiction		High school completers
State or jurisdiction	Averaged freshman graduation rate¹	Total²	Diplomas	Other high school completers	General Educational Development (GED) test passers³
Reporting states⁴	75.0	2,595,650	2,548,128	47,522	184,885

Alabama	65.0	39,218	36,464	2,754	4,198
Alaska	67.2	7,446	7,236	210	1,008
Arizona	66.8	45,961	45,508	453	3,539
Arkansas	76.8	27,253	27,181	72	3,386
California	73.9	343,480	343,480	†	9,452

Colorado	78.7	45,535	44,777	758	4,012
Connecticut	80.7	34,618	34,573	45	1,140
Delaware	72.9	7,077	6,951	126	155
District of Columbia	68.2	3,307	3,031	276	199
Florida	66.4	139,239	131,418	7,821	15,692

Georgia	61.2	77,020	68,550	8,470	8,598
Hawaii	72.6	10,501	10,324	177	790
Idaho	81.5	15,659	15,547	112	1,615
Illinois	80.3	124,763	124,763	†	5,858
Indiana	73.5	57,636	56,008	1,628	4,589

Iowa	85.8	34,403	34,339	64	1,716
Kansas	77.9	30,155	30,155	†	2,055
Kentucky	73.0	38,144	37,787	357	3,657
Louisiana	69.4	38,723	37,019	1,704	4,179
Maine	77.6	13,378	13,278	100	1,192

Maryland	79.5	53,545	52,870	675	2,762
Massachusetts	79.3	59,192	58,326	866	3,927
Michigan	72.5	100,206	98,823	1,383	4,502
Minnesota	84.7	59,096	59,096	†	2,574
Mississippi	62.7	25,285	23,735	1,550	3,575

Missouri	80.4	57,983	57,983	†	3,731
Montana	80.4	10,500	10,500	†	1,256
Nebraska	87.6	20,506	20,309	197	1,043
Nevada	57.4	17,318	15,201	2,117	1,924
New Hampshire	78.7	13,428	13,309	119	721

New Jersey	86.3	83,826	83,826	†	2,562
New Mexico	67.0	18,307	17,892	415	2,403
New York	—	—	—	—	11,567
North Carolina	71.4	73,055	72,126	929	4,697
North Dakota	86.1	7,888	7,888	†	527

Ohio	81.3	119,029	119,029	†	4,932
Oklahoma	77.0	36,799	36,799	†	2,955
Oregon	74.2	36,826	32,958	3,868	3,729
Pennsylvania	82.2	123,474	123,474	†	6,023
Rhode Island	75.9	9,278	9,258	20	582

South Carolina	60.6	35,962	33,235	2,727	1,979
South Dakota	83.7	9,001	9,001	†	672
Tennessee	66.1	50,203	46,096	4,107	5,360
Texas	76.7	244,165	244,165	†	14,706
Utah	83.0	30,423	30,252	171	2,324

Vermont	85.4	7,127	7,100	27	374
Virginia	79.3	75,101	72,042	3,059	5,861
Washington	74.6	61,394	61,274	120	5,336
West Virginia	76.9	17,339	17,339	0	1,665
Wisconsin	—	—	—	—	2,883
Wyoming	76.0	5,878	5,833	45	703

Department of Defense dependents schools, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and other jurisdictions
DoDDS: DoDs Overseas⁵	—	2,766	2,766	†	—
DDESS: DoDs Domestic⁵	—	—	584	—	—
Bureau of Indian Affairs	—	—	—	7	—
American Samoa	80.2	852	852	†	6
Guam	48.4	1,346	1,346	†	68
Northern Marianas Islands	75.3	575	575	†	6
Puerto Rico	64.8	31,946	30,083	1,863	—
U.S. Virgin Islands	—	816	816	†	33
— Not available.
† Not applicable.
¹ Averaged freshman graduation rate (AFGR) is an estimate of the percentage of an entering freshman class graduating in 4 years. For 2003–04, it equals the total number of diploma recipients in 2003–04 divided by the average membership of the 8th grade class in 1999–2000, the 9th grade class in 2000–01, and the 10th grade class in 2001–02.
² Includes individuals who receive diplomas, certificates of attendance, or some other credential in lieu of diplomas.
³ The number of individuals age 19 or younger who passed the GED test. Some of those individuals who passed the test may not have sought a high school credential. An individual may pass the GED test in a different state than where he or she last attended school.
⁴ Reporting states totals include the 50 states and the District of Columbia. The reporting states estimate does not include data from two states with missing diploma counts: New York and Wisconsin. The adjusted national rate with estimates for these two states is 74.3 percent.
⁵ DoDDS and DDESS are the Department of Defense Dependents Schools (overseas) and the Department of Defense Domestic Dependent Elementary and Secondary Schools, 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," 1999–2000, Version 1c; 2000–01, Version 1b; 2001–02, Version 1b; and 2004–05, Version 1d. GED data were acquired from the General Educational Development Testing Service.

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