Table 3. Number of high school diploma recipients and other high school completers, by race/ethnicity and state or jurisdiction: School year 2004

Public Elementary and Secondary School Student Enrollment, High School Completions, and Staff From the Common Core of Data: School Year 2005–06

NCES 2007-352
June 2007

List of Tables

Download Excel Excel format

(36 KB)

Table 3. Number of high school diploma recipients and other high school completers, by race/ethnicity and state or jurisdiction: School year 2004–05

	High school diploma recipients						Other high school completers¹
		Race/ethnicity²						Race/ethnicity²
State or jurisdiction	Total³	American Indian/ Alaska Native	Asian/ Pacific Islander	Hispanic	Black, non- Hispanic	White, non- Hispanic	Total³	American Indian/ Alaska Native	Asian/ Pacific Islander	Hispanic	Black, non- Hispanic	White, non- Hispanic
Reporting states⁴	2,799,250	30,352	141,899	379,831	371,649	1,818,502	54,012	726	1,512	7,018	19,623	22,083

Alabama	37,453	404	420	404	11,803	24,391	2,537	14	21	58	1,358	1,086
Alaska	6,909	1,233	477	97	229	4,756	327	178	39	9	16	82
Arizona	59,498	4,139	1,590	17,616	2,790	33,363	—	—	—	—	—	—
Arkansas	26,621	165	386	998	5,509	19,563	77	0	0	2	26	49
California	355,217	2,950	50,224	129,671	26,800	140,807	†	†	†	†	†	†

Colorado	44,532	419	1,528	7,362	2,224	32,999	526	8	13	118	37	350
Connecticut	35,515	93	1,172	3,717	4,051	26,482	45	0	1	8	13	23
Delaware	6,934	30	226	322	1,970	4,386	168	0	3	12	59	94
District of Columbia	2,781	5	56	214	2,379	127	317	0	0	9	296	12
Florida	133,318	551	3,724	25,330	26,569	77,144	8,550	16	232	2,538	4,097	1,667

Georgia	70,834	88	2,342	2,590	23,034	41,903	8,294	7	193	491	5,095	2,437
Hawaii	10,813	44	8,003	489	183	2,094	201	0	151	13	2	35
Idaho	15,768	203	296	1,260	88	13,921	109	0	18	18	0	73
Illinois	123,615	363	5,514	14,926	18,771	83,613	†	†	†	†	†	†
Indiana	55,444	119	719	1,636	4,549	48,421	1,577	7	58	105	265	1,142

Iowa	33,547	164	655	999	1,021	30,708	94	0	10	8	3	73
Kansas	30,355	374	684	2,019	2,229	24,734	†	†	†	†	†	†
Kentucky	38,399	60	409	406	3,527	33,984	383	0	0	0	11	372
Louisiana	36,009	262	670	572	14,262	20,243	1,776	9	6	8	1,211	542
Maine	13,077	88	172	92	173	12,552	330	2	2	8	4	314

Maryland	54,170	202	3,074	2,509	18,001	30,384	580	1	15	22	260	282
Massachusetts	59,665	173	2,953	4,532	4,638	47,369	988	7	49	277	184	471
Michigan	101,582	836	2,383	2,575	13,129	82,259	253	5	20	11	27	190
Minnesota	58,391	848	2,837	1,322	2,637	50,749	†	†	†	†	†	†
Mississippi	23,523	32	240	163	10,938	12,150	1,657	4	2	10	1,177	464

Missouri	57,841	195	852	1,075	8,234	47,485	†	†	†	†	†	†
Montana	10,335	786	120	198	40	9,191	†	†	†	†	†	†
Nebraska	19,940	197	346	1,194	961	17,242	149	2	2	8	17	120
Nevada	15,740	226	1,330	2,934	1,262	9,988	2,496	54	138	802	471	1,031
New Hampshire	13,775	—	—	—	—	—	72	—	—	—	—	—

New Jersey	86,502	300	6,452	12,238	13,090	54,422	†	†	†	†	†	†
New Mexico	17,353	1,799	249	8,074	364	6,867	484	148	4	268	13	51
New York	153,203	520	11,064	18,761	22,670	100,188	5,677	40	110	1,161	1,709	2,657
North Carolina	75,010	852	1,717	2,864	21,155	48,422	1,653	31	39	110	923	550
North Dakota	7,555	442	62	76	68	6,907	†	†	†	†	†	†

Ohio	116,702	128	1,726	1,723	14,308	97,704	†	†	†	†	†	†
Oklahoma	36,227	6,442	685	1,937	3,449	23,714	†	†	†	†	†	†
Oregon	32,602	600	1,590	2,717	692	26,482	4,266	126	269	666	186	2,899
Pennsylvania	124,758	114	3,139	4,610	15,610	101,285	†	†	†	†	†	†
Rhode Island	9,881	42	316	1,153	794	7,576	22	0	2	7	3	10

South Carolina	33,439	—	—	—	—	—	2,753	—	—	—	—	—
South Dakota	8,585	417	107	91	91	7,879	†	†	†	†	†	†
Tennessee	47,967	47	740	840	10,086	36,254	3,198	7	12	44	1,359	1,776
Texas	239,717	764	8,363	84,566	32,811	113,213	†	†	†	†	†	†
Utah	30,253	377	844	1,838	218	26,976	146	5	3	10	2	126

Vermont	7,152	38	95	58	69	6,315	27	0	2	1	1	12
Virginia	73,667	178	4,013	3,556	17,042	48,428	3,193	6	57	146	747	2,217
Washington	61,094	1,249	5,138	4,893	2,673	46,943	119	3	12	10	13	81
West Virginia	17,137	14	130	85	659	16,249	†	†	†	†	†	†
Wisconsin	63,229	700	2,011	2,201	3,751	54,566	931	44	26	57	38	766
Wyoming	5,616	80	56	328	48	5,104	37	2	3	3	0	29
Department of Defense dependents schools, Bureau of Indian Education, and other jurisdictions
DoDDS: DoDs Overseas⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	†	†	†	†	†	†
DDESS: DoDs Domestic⁵	—	—	—	—	—	—	†	†	†	†	†	†
Bureau of Indian Education	—	—	—	—	—	—	†	†	†	†	†	†
American Samoa⁶	879	0	879	0	0	0	9	0	9	0	0	0
Guam	1,179	3	1,158	4	5	10	†	†	†	†	†	†
Northern Marianas Islands	614	0	608	0	0	6	—	—	—	—	—	—
Puerto Rico⁶	29,071	0	0	29,071	0	0	1,300	0	0	1,300	0	0
U.S. Virgin Islands	940	2	2	79	855	3	†	†	†	†	†	†

— Not available.

† Not applicable.

¹ Other high school completers are individuals who received a certificate of attendance or other certificate of completion in lieu of a diploma during the previous school year and subsequent summer school.

² Black includes African American, Hispanic includes Latino, Asian includes Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and American Indian includes Alaska Native.

³ Detail may not sum to totals because totals include diploma recipients or other high school completers for whom race/ethnicity was not reported.

⁴ Total other high school completers were missing for 2 percent of states in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. High school diploma recipients counts by race/ethnicity were missing for 4 percent of the states in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Other high school completer counts by race/ethnicity were missing for 6 percent of states in the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

⁵ DoDDS and DDESS are the Department of Defense dependents schools (overseas) and the Department of Defense dependents schools (domestic), respectively.

⁶ American Samoa and Puerto Rico report all students in a single racial/ethnic category.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 2005–06, Version 1a.

List of Tables

Download Excel Excel format

(36 KB)

NCES Headlines