Table 2. Public high school number of graduates and Averaged Freshman Graduation Rate, by race/ethnicity and state or jurisdiction: School year 2007

Public School Graduates and Dropouts From the Common Core of Data: School Year 2007–08

NCES 2010-341
June 2010

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Table 2. Public high school number of graduates and Averaged Freshman Graduation Rate, by race/ethnicity and state or jurisdiction: School year 2007–08
	American Indian/ Alaska Native		Asian/Pacific Islander		Hispanic		Black		White
State or jurisdiction	Graduates	AFGR¹	Graduates	AFGR¹	Graduates	AFGR¹	Graduates	AFGR¹	Graduates	AFGR¹
Reporting states²	31,707	64.2	156,687	91.4	443,328	63.5	415,111	61.5	1,853,476	81.0

Alabama	437	82.3	474	87.3	684	62.2	13,343	60.6	26,375	73.9
Alaska	1,523	51.9	575	76.6	389	90.7	262	51.8	4,742	70.3
Arizona	3,625	56.3	1,878	98.5	20,276	66.7	3,398	76.9	32,490	73.6
Arkansas	185	86.9	513	100.0	1,421	77.9	6,132	70.2	20,474	77.7
California	3,071	65.3	54,019	91.1	142,491	61.2	25,911	57.4	141,011	80.1

Colorado	438	62.0	1,617	92.1	8,454	56.7	2,498	65.1	33,075	82.9
Connecticut	104	65.8	1,307	99.0	4,451	65.8	4,775	71.1	27,782	87.5
Delaware	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
District of Columbia	3	100.0	58	74.4	277	54.2	2,871	58.8	144	88.9
Florida	443	70.3	4,255	91.4	31,721	63.9	30,239	55.7	79,596	70.1

Georgia	145	72.1	2,868	92.9	4,309	55.4	29,010	57.4	45,701	70.7
Hawaii	53	80.3	8,718	77.3	468	71.3	217	69.6	2,157	72.7
Idaho	202	65.8	279	91.5	1,632	68.7	133	78.2	14,321	81.7
Illinois	318	95.8	6,000	100.0	18,411	69.6	21,728	61.5	87,097	87.7
Indiana	141	69.8	844	100.0	2,433	66.6	5,564	52.6	51,810	75.9

Iowa	159	63.6	631	93.2	1,267	70.2	1,266	71.9	31,250	88.0
Kansas	382	63.9	710	93.4	2,474	62.2	2,217	64.7	24,349	82.4
Kentucky	53	51.0	390	100.0	585	75.6	3,769	67.8	34,185	74.2
Louisiana	238	65.2	622	86.1	672	72.3	13,253	53.3	19,616	71.9
Maine	73	‡	234	‡	129	‡	285	‡	13,629	‡

Maryland	193	73.4	3,392	100.0	3,555	75.9	20,602	73.0	31,429	84.9
Massachusetts	161	66.8	3,072	89.1	6,377	64.7	5,161	69.6	49,566	84.4
Michigan	967	66.6	2,807	94.8	3,500	63.8	19,158	59.2	88,225	81.6
Minnesota	830	55.6	3,351	87.9	1,788	62.3	3,678	66.6	50,762	90.3
Mississippi	40	58.0	280	88.3	271	65.9	11,660	60.5	12,544	67.0

Missouri	273	93.2	1,024	100.0	1,498	83.6	9,178	68.0	49,744	85.2
Montana	904	63.3	133	100.0	191	69.5	53	64.6	9,115	84.7
Nebraska	228	55.1	355	97.8	1,434	67.2	1,049	57.0	16,969	88.6
Nevada	252	—	1,678	—	3,620	—	1,449	—	10,150	—
New Hampshire	30	60.0	257	99.2	201	48.1	320	100.0	14,174	83.3

New Jersey	227	100.0	7,501	100.0	14,593	76.4	14,776	72.9	57,702	88.3
New Mexico	2,177	61.0	297	100.0	8,740	62.3	467	71.4	6,583	74.7
New York	599	55.5	13,720	84.2	26,698	53.1	28,814	54.7	106,219	82.7
North Carolina	1,010	60.7	1,944	86.9	4,228	63.7	23,002	61.9	51,582	77.3
North Dakota	357	47.0	55	85.9	79	63.7	98	95.1	6,410	87.8

Ohio	160	74.1	1,749	95.3	2,046	65.6	14,956	55.5	99,936	84.4
Oklahoma	6,770	76.4	867	100.0	2,476	73.0	3,926	72.4	23,591	79.0
Oregon	725	62.8	1,811	91.2	3,849	71.0	830	65.8	26,846	77.1
Pennsylvania	146	63.8	3,439	100.0	5,978	67.8	16,111	64.5	104,355	86.9
Rhode Island	64	78.0	314	74.4	1,605	70.1	890	74.7	7,474	79.0

South Carolina	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
South Dakota	515	51.3	111	97.4	125	71.0	129	88.4	7,707	88.3
Tennessee	105	71.9	906	94.3	1,567	72.3	13,207	67.4	41,700	77.3
Texas	944	80.1	9,750	98.6	94,571	65.9	33,873	65.7	112,983	81.6
Utah	382	57.6	868	73.5	2,063	50.6	229	54.4	24,549	77.9

Vermont	47	83.9	99	81.8	72	100.0	93	91.2	6,408	81.1
Virginia	200	55.2	4,689	99.1	4,394	70.5	17,960	65.3	49,155	80.8
Washington	1,219	50.6	5,496	84.4	5,678	60.3	2,699	58.2	45,905	73.6
West Virginia	14	70.0	147	100.0	115	87.8	724	72.3	16,489	77.3
Wisconsin	800	73.9	2,428	97.5	2,840	75.0	4,827	63.1	54,288	94.0
Wyoming	100	38.5	67	98.5	381	65.5	55	61.8	4,891	78.5

Department of Defense dependents schools, Bureau of Indian Education, and other jurisdictions
DoDDS: DoDs Overseas³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
DDESS: DoDs Domestic³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Bureau of Indian Education	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
American Samoa	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Guam	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Northern Marianas Islands	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Puerto Rico	0	†	0	†	30,016	64.5	0	†	0	†
U.S. Virgin Islands	4	100.0	1	†	88	50.0	720	59.2	7	63.6
— Not available. State or jurisdiction did not report diploma count by race/ethnicity. Nevada did not report membership data needed to calculate the Averaged Freshman Graduation Rate by race/ethnicity.
† Not applicable. Jurisdiction reported membership of zero.
‡ Reporting standards not met. Maine included 1,161 diplomas that were awarded to students attending private schools that received a majority of their funding from public sources. Because the racial/ethnic breakdown of these students was not known, and because these students were not reported on Maine's state-level reporting in the past, the AFGR was not calculated by race/ethnicity, nor were Maine's data included among the reporting states.
¹Averaged Freshman Graduation Rate (AFGR) is an estimate of the percentage of an entering freshman class graduating in 4 years. For 2007–08, it equals the total number of diploma recipients in 2007–08 divided by the average membership of the 8th-grade class in 2003–04, the 9th-grade class in 2004–05, and the 10th-grade class in 2005–06.
²Reporting states totals include any of the 50 states and the District of Columbia that reported all data elements.
³DoDDS and DDESS are the Department of Defense Overseas Dependent Elementary and Secondary Schools and the Department of Defense Domestic Dependent Elementary and Secondary Schools, respectively.
NOTE: Ungraded students were allocated to individual grades proportional to each state's enrollment in those grades. Black includes African American, Hispanic includes Latino, Asian includes Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and American Indian includes Alaska Native. Race categories exclude Hispanic origin unless specified. Due to the time lapse between the reporting of enrollments and graduates, calculated rates may exceed 100 percent. For the purpose of reporting, these rates have been topcoded to 100 percent.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "NCES Common Core of Data State Dropout and Completion Data File," School Year 2007–08, Version 1a.

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