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
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| Reporting states4 | 75.0 | 2,595,650 | 2,548,128 | 47,522 | 184,885 |
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| Alabama | 65.0 | 39,218 | 36,464 | 2,754 | 4,198 |
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| Alaska | 67.2 | 7,446 | 7,236 | 210 | 1,008 |
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| Arizona | 66.8 | 45,961 | 45,508 | 453 | 3,539 |
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| Arkansas | 76.8 | 27,253 | 27,181 | 72 | 3,386 |
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| California | 73.9 | 343,480 | 343,480 | † | 9,452 |
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| Colorado | 78.7 | 45,535 | 44,777 | 758 | 4,012 |
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| Connecticut | 80.7 | 34,618 | 34,573 | 45 | 1,140 |
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| Delaware | 72.9 | 7,077 | 6,951 | 126 | 155 |
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| District of Columbia | 68.2 | 3,307 | 3,031 | 276 | 199 |
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| Florida | 66.4 | 139,239 | 131,418 | 7,821 | 15,692 |
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| Georgia | 61.2 | 77,020 | 68,550 | 8,470 | 8,598 |
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| Hawaii | 72.6 | 10,501 | 10,324 | 177 | 790 |
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| Idaho | 81.5 | 15,659 | 15,547 | 112 | 1,615 |
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| Illinois | 80.3 | 124,763 | 124,763 | † | 5,858 |
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| Indiana | 73.5 | 57,636 | 56,008 | 1,628 | 4,589 |
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| Iowa | 85.8 | 34,403 | 34,339 | 64 | 1,716 |
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| Kansas | 77.9 | 30,155 | 30,155 | † | 2,055 |
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| Kentucky | 73.0 | 38,144 | 37,787 | 357 | 3,657 |
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| Louisiana | 69.4 | 38,723 | 37,019 | 1,704 | 4,179 |
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| Maine | 77.6 | 13,378 | 13,278 | 100 | 1,192 |
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| Maryland | 79.5 | 53,545 | 52,870 | 675 | 2,762 |
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| Massachusetts | 79.3 | 59,192 | 58,326 | 866 | 3,927 |
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| Michigan | 72.5 | 100,206 | 98,823 | 1,383 | 4,502 |
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| Minnesota | 84.7 | 59,096 | 59,096 | † | 2,574 |
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| Mississippi | 62.7 | 25,285 | 23,735 | 1,550 | 3,575 |
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| Missouri | 80.4 | 57,983 | 57,983 | † | 3,731 |
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| Montana | 80.4 | 10,500 | 10,500 | † | 1,256 |
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| Nebraska | 87.6 | 20,506 | 20,309 | 197 | 1,043 |
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| Nevada | 57.4 | 17,318 | 15,201 | 2,117 | 1,924 |
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| New Hampshire | 78.7 | 13,428 | 13,309 | 119 | 721 |
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| New Jersey | 86.3 | 83,826 | 83,826 | † | 2,562 |
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| New Mexico | 67.0 | 18,307 | 17,892 | 415 | 2,403 |
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| New York | — | — | — | — | 11,567 |
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| North Carolina | 71.4 | 73,055 | 72,126 | 929 | 4,697 |
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| North Dakota | 86.1 | 7,888 | 7,888 | † | 527 |
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| Ohio | 81.3 | 119,029 | 119,029 | † | 4,932 |
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| Oklahoma | 77.0 | 36,799 | 36,799 | † | 2,955 |
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| Oregon | 74.2 | 36,826 | 32,958 | 3,868 | 3,729 |
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| Pennsylvania | 82.2 | 123,474 | 123,474 | † | 6,023 |
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| Rhode Island | 75.9 | 9,278 | 9,258 | 20 | 582 |
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| South Carolina | 60.6 | 35,962 | 33,235 | 2,727 | 1,979 |
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| South Dakota | 83.7 | 9,001 | 9,001 | † | 672 |
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| Tennessee | 66.1 | 50,203 | 46,096 | 4,107 | 5,360 |
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| Texas | 76.7 | 244,165 | 244,165 | † | 14,706 |
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| Utah | 83.0 | 30,423 | 30,252 | 171 | 2,324 |
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| Vermont | 85.4 | 7,127 | 7,100 | 27 | 374 |
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| Virginia | 79.3 | 75,101 | 72,042 | 3,059 | 5,861 |
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| Washington | 74.6 | 61,394 | 61,274 | 120 | 5,336 |
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| West Virginia | 76.9 | 17,339 | 17,339 | 0 | 1,665 |
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| Wisconsin | — | — | — | — | 2,883 |
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| Wyoming | 76.0 | 5,878 | 5,833 | 45 | 703 |
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| Department of Defense dependents schools, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and other jurisdictions |
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| DoDDS: DoDs Overseas5 | — | 2,766 | 2,766 | † | — |
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| DDESS: DoDs Domestic5 | — | — | 584 | — | — |
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| Bureau of Indian Affairs | — | — | — | 7 | — |
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| American Samoa | 80.2 | 852 | 852 | † | 6 |
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| Guam | 48.4 | 1,346 | 1,346 | † | 68 |
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| Northern Marianas Islands | 75.3 | 575 | 575 | † | 6 |
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| Puerto Rico | 64.8 | 31,946 | 30,083 | 1,863 | — |
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| U.S. Virgin Islands | — | 816 | 816 | † | 33 |
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| — 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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