Table 12. Averaged freshman graduation rate of public high school students, by state: School year 2004

Dropout and Completion Rates in the United States: 2006

NCES 2008-053
September 2008

List of Tables

Download Excel Excel format

(24 KB)

Back to Report Return to Report

Table 12. Averaged freshman graduation rate of public high school students, by state: School year 2004–05

State	Averaged freshman graduation rate (percent)	Regular diplomas, school year 2004–05	Estimated first-time 9th-graders, school year 2001–02¹	Grade 10 membership, school year 2002–03	Grade 9 membership, school year 2001–02	Grade 8 membership, school year 2000–01
United States²	74.7	2,799,250	3,748,452	3,618,589	4,050,398	3,576,370

Alabama	65.9	37,453	56,844	52,543	61,038	56,951
Alaska	64.1	6,909	10,777	10,219	11,734	10,377
Arizona	84.7	59,498	70,268	71,551	73,522	65,732
Arkansas	75.7	26,621	35,167	34,499	36,018	34,983
California	74.6	355,217	476,473	476,400	505,416	447,601

Colorado	76.7	44,532	58,026	55,938	62,756	55,384
Connecticut	80.9	35,515	43,902	42,488	46,621	42,597
Delaware	73.1	6,934	9,491	8,797	10,602	9,075
District of Columbia	68.8	2,781	4,040	4,278	4,256	3,588
Florida	64.6	133,318	206,251	184,325	248,764	185,663

Georgia	61.7	70,834	114,731	106,335	128,734	109,124
Hawaii	75.1	10,813	14,393	13,702	16,046	13,430
Idaho	81.0	15,768	19,458	19,406	19,923	19,046
Illinois	79.4	123,615	155,735	151,956	165,899	149,350
Indiana	73.2	55,444	75,749	73,684	79,320	74,244

Iowa	86.6	33,547	38,744	38,626	40,216	37,391
Kansas	79.2	30,355	38,344	38,138	39,839	37,057
Kentucky	75.9	38,399	50,593	48,139	54,051	49,589
Louisiana	63.9	36,009	56,359	49,101	57,404	62,570
Maine	78.6	13,077	16,639	15,823	16,888	17,206

Maryland	79.3	54,170	68,304	66,028	73,789	65,095
Massachusetts	78.7	59,665	75,775	72,404	80,394	74,527
Michigan	73.0	101,582	139,120	136,929	148,732	131,698
Minnesota	85.9	58,391	67,950	68,563	69,032	66,254
Mississippi	63.3	23,523	37,136	34,055	39,638	37,715

Missouri	80.6	57,841	71,747	70,210	75,599	69,432
Montana	81.5	10,335	12,682	12,480	13,026	12,540
Nebraska	87.8	19,940	22,720	22,440	23,855	21,864
Nevada	55.8	15,740	28,220	27,131	32,147	25,381
New Hampshire³	80.1	13,775	17,206	16,633	17,706	17,279

New Jersey	85.1	86,502	101,681	100,946	104,932	99,166
New Mexico	65.4	17,353	26,516	25,863	28,816	24,870
New York	65.3	153,203	234,546	231,657	257,489	214,493
North Carolina	72.6	75,010	103,332	96,462	114,236	99,299
North Dakota	86.3	7,555	8,754	8,705	8,906	8,651

Ohio	80.2	116,702	145,430	139,163	156,744	140,383
Oklahoma	76.9	36,227	47,106	45,476	49,312	46,529
Oregon	74.2	32,602	43,957	44,034	45,261	42,576
Pennsylvania	82.5	124,758	151,193	148,428	160,520	144,631
Rhode Island	78.4	9,881	12,598	12,244	13,538	12,013

South Carolina	60.1	33,439	55,661	49,445	64,279	53,259
South Dakota	82.3	8,585	10,431	10,326	10,652	10,316
Tennessee	68.5	47,967	70,038	67,021	75,592	67,502
Texas	74.0	239,717	323,884	300,338	366,895	304,419
Utah	84.4	30,253	35,830	36,254	35,854	35,381

Vermont	86.5	7,152	8,265	8,180	8,603	8,013
Virginia	79.6	73,667	92,514	88,952	100,795	87,795
Washington	75.0	61,094	81,457	80,815	86,396	77,160
West Virginia	77.3	17,137	22,172	21,210	23,370	21,936
Wisconsin	86.7	63,229	72,925	73,022	77,802	67,950
Wyoming	76.7	5,616	7,318	7,226	7,443	7,286
¹ First-time 9th-graders were estimated as the average of student membership in grades 8, 9, and 10 in 3 consecutive years.
² U.S. totals include the 50 states and the District of Columbia.
³ New Hampshire included homeschooled students in reported membership in 2000–01. This could inflate the denominator for the AFGR slightly.
NOTE: The averaged freshman graduation rate (AFGR) is an estimate of the percentage of an entering freshman class graduating in 4 years. For 2004–05, it equals the total number of diploma recipients in 2004–05 divided by the average membership of the 8th-grade class in 2000–01, the 9th-grade class in 2001–02, and the 10th-grade class in 2002–03.
SOURCE: Sable, J., and Garofano, A. (2007). 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), table 4.

List of Tables

Download Excel Excel format

(24 KB)

Back to Report Return to Report