Table 18.--High school graduates and 12th grade enrollment in public secondary schools, by state: 1985-86, 1990-91, and 1995-96 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | 1985-86 | 1990-91 | 1995-96 |____________________________________|____________________________________|_______________________________________ | High | 12th | Graduates | High | 12th | Graduates | High | 12th | Graduates State | school | grade |as a percent | school | grade |as a percent | school | grade |as a percent or other area |graduates |enrollment,|of 12th grade|graduates |enrollment,|of 12th grade| graduates |enrollment,|of 12th grade | 1985-86 | fall 1985 | enrollment | 1990-91 | fall 1990 | enrollment | 1995-96\1\| fall 1995 | enrollment ______________________|__________|___________|_____________|__________|___________|_____________|_____________|___________|_____________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 ______________________|__________|___________|_____________|__________|___________|_____________|_____________|___________|_____________ United States .....|2,382,616 | 2,549,614 | 93.5 |2,234,893 | 2,381,083 | 93.9 | 2,281,317 | 2,487,135 | 91.7 |__________|___________|_____________|__________|___________|_____________|_____________|___________|_____________ Alabama ..............| 39,620 | 43,626 | 90.8 | 39,042 | 42,031 | 92.9 | 35,043 | 40,981 | 85.5 Alaska ...............| 5,464 | 6,481 | 84.3 | 5,458 | 6,486 | 84.2 | 5,945 | 7,111 | 83.6 Arizona ..............| 27,533 | 34,297 | 80.3 | 31,282 | 34,645 | 90.3 | 30,008 | 39,197 | 76.6 Arkansas .............| 26,227 | 28,201 | 93.0 | 25,668 | 27,734 | 92.6 | 25,094 | 27,083 | 92.7 California ...........| 229,026 | 243,398 | 94.1 | 234,164 | 244,142 | 95.9 | 259,071 | 287,428 | 90.1 | | | | | | | | | Colorado .............| 32,621 | 35,538 | 91.8 | 31,293 | 33,582 | 93.2 | 32,608 | 35,480 | 91.9 Connecticut ..........| 33,571 | 32,006 | 104.9 | 27,290 | 27,859 | 98.0 | 26,319 | 28,282 | 93.1 Delaware .............| 5,791 | 6,580 | 88.0 | 5,223 | 5,897 | 88.6 | 5,609 | 6,211 | 90.3 District of Columbia .| 3,875 | 4,193 | 92.4 | 3,369 | 3,481 | 96.8 | 2,696 | 2,972 | 90.7 Florida ..............| 83,029 | 90,510 | 91.7 | 87,419 | 94,776 | 92.2 | 89,242 | 99,519 | 89.7 | | | | | | | | | Georgia ..............| 59,082 | 63,157 | 93.5 | 60,088 | 62,379 | 96.3 | 56,271 | 63,736 | 88.3 Hawaii ...............| 9,958 | 9,911 | 100.5 | 8,974 | 9,234 | 97.2 | 9,387 | 10,478 | 89.6 Idaho ................| 12,059 | 13,035 | 92.5 | 11,961 | 13,095 | 91.3 | 14,667 | 16,093 | 91.1 Illinois .............| 114,319 | 117,626 | 97.2 | 103,329 | 105,541 | 97.9 | 110,486 | 107,244 | 103.0 Indiana...............| 59,817 | 66,223 | 90.3 | 57,892 | 62,740 | 92.3 | 56,368 | 62,659 | 90.0 | | | | | | | | | Iowa .................| 34,279 | 35,906 | 95.5 | 28,593 | 30,928 | 92.5 | 31,689 | 34,565 | 91.7 Kansas ...............| 25,587 | 27,215 | 94.0 | 24,414 | 26,089 | 93.6 | 25,786 | 28,491 | 90.5 Kentucky .............| 37,288 | 39,284 | 94.9 | 35,835 | 37,577 | 95.4 | 36,641 | 38,797 | 94.4 Louisiana ............| 39,965 | 42,753 | 93.5 | 33,489 | 37,983 | 88.2 | 36,467 | 40,663 | 89.7 Maine ................| 13,006 | 13,705 | 94.9 | 13,151 | 13,817 | 95.2 | 11,795 | 12,670 | 93.1 | | | | | | | | | Maryland .............| 46,700 | 48,250 | 96.8 | 39,014 | 40,529 | 96.3 | 41,785 | 42,974 | 97.2 Massachusetts ........| 60,360 | 64,529 | 93.5 | 50,216 | 53,484 | 93.9 | 47,993 | 51,911 | 92.5 Michigan .............| 101,042 | 105,600 | 95.7 | 88,234 | 91,769 | 96.1 | 85,530 | 87,840 | 97.4 Minnesota ............| 51,988 | 56,735 | 91.6 | 46,474 | 51,324 | 90.6 | 50,481 | 57,793 | 87.3 Mississippi ..........| 25,134 | 27,301 | 92.1 | 23,665 | 26,411 | 89.6 | 23,032 | 25,741 | 89.5 | | | | | | | | | Missouri..............| 49,204 | 52,904 | 93.0 | 46,928 | 49,925 | 94.0 | 48,870 | 52,939 | 92.3 Montana ..............| 9,761 | 10,294 | 94.8 | 9,013 | 9,609 | 93.8 | 10,139 | 10,897 | 93.0 Nebraska .............| 17,845 | 18,834 | 94.7 | 16,500 | 17,680 | 93.3 | 18,014 | 19,275 | 93.5 Nevada ...............| 8,784 | 10,127 | 86.7 | 9,370 | 11,197 | 83.7 | 10,374 | 14,143 | 73.4 New Hampshire ........| 10,648 | 11,558 | 92.1 | 10,059 | 10,408 | 96.6 | 10,094 | 10,996 | 91.8 | | | | | | | | | New Jersey ...........| 78,781 | 81,505 | 96.7 | 67,003 | 67,716 | 98.9 |\2\ 67,516 | 65,647 | 102.8 New Mexico ...........| 15,468 | 16,934 | 91.3 | 15,157 | 15,454 | 98.1 | 15,402 | 17,078 | 90.2 New York .............| 162,165 | 170,394 | 95.2 | 133,562 | 142,514 | 93.7 | 135,569 | 142,841 | 94.9 North Carolina .......| 65,865 | 69,127 | 95.3 | 62,792 | 65,720 | 95.5 | 57,014 | 59,653 | 95.6 North Dakota .........| 7,610 | 7,984 | 95.3 | 7,573 | 7,960 | 95.1 | 8,027 | 8,513 | 94.3 | | | | | | | | | Ohio .................| 119,561 | 130,558 | 91.6 | 107,484 | 118,605 | 90.6 | 103,435 | 114,879 | 90.0 Oklahoma .............| 34,452 | 37,308 | 92.3 | 33,007 | 35,671 | 92.5 | 33,060 | 35,733 | 92.5 Oregon ...............| 26,286 | 30,847 | 85.2 | 24,597 | 30,018 | 81.9 | 26,570 | 33,202 | 80.0 Pennsylvania .........| 122,871 | 127,390 | 96.5 | 104,770 | 108,592 | 96.5 | 105,981 | 111,050 | 95.4 Rhode Island .........| 8,908 | 9,590 | 92.9 | 7,744 | 8,167 | 94.8 | 7,689 | 8,263 | 93.1 | | | | | | | | | South Carolina .......| 34,500 | 37,012 | 93.2 | 32,999 | 35,393 | 93.2 | 30,313 | 34,800 | 87.1 South Dakota .........| 7,870 | 8,378 | 93.9 | 7,127 | 7,758 | 91.9 | 8,532 | 9,116 | 93.6 Tennessee ............| 43,263 | 49,581 | 87.3 | 44,847 | 49,050 | 91.4 | 43,792 | 49,319 | 88.8 Texas ................| 161,150 | 172,742 | 93.3 | 174,306 | 178,390 | 97.7 | 171,844 | 186,229 | 92.3 Utah .................| 19,774 | 22,453 | 88.1 | 22,219 | 26,263 | 84.6 | 26,293 | 32,006 | 82.2 | | | | | | | | | Vermont ..............| 5,794 | 6,116 | 94.7 | 5,212 | 5,424 | 96.1 | 5,870 | 6,507 | 90.2 Virginia .............| 63,113 | 65,792 | 95.9 | 58,441 | 61,328 | 95.3 | 58,166 | 62,204 | 93.5 Washington ...........| 45,805 | 54,850 | 83.5 | 42,514 | 51,856 | 82.0 | 49,862 | 59,612 | 83.6 West Virginia.........| 21,870 | 22,564 | 96.9 | 21,064 | 22,045 | 95.6 | 20,335 | 21,844 | 93.1 Wisconsin ............| 58,340 | 62,661 | 93.1 | 49,340 | 54,562 | 90.4 | 52,651 | 57,791 | 91.1 Wyoming ..............| 5,587 | 6,051 | 92.3 | 5,728 | 6,245 | 91.7 | 5,892 | 6,679 | 88.2 |==========|===========|=============|==========|===========|=============|=============|===========|============= Outlying areas ....| 34,089 | 37,697 | 90.4 | 32,194 | 34,669 | 92.9 | --- | 36,293 | 0.0 |__________|___________|_____________|__________|___________|_____________|_____________|___________|_____________ American Samoa .......| 608 | --- | --- | 597 | 599 | 99.7 | 719 | 756 | 95.1 Guam .................| 840 | 1,295 | 64.9 | 1,014 | 1,120 | 90.5 | --- | 1,433 | --- Northern Marianas ....| --- | --- | --- | 273 | 326 | 83.7 | 325 | 467 | 69.6 Puerto Rico ..........| 31,597 | 35,514 | 89.0 | 29,329 | 31,496 | 93.1 | 29,499 | 32,535 | 90.7 Virgin Islands .......| 1,044 | 888 | 117.6 | 981 | 1,128 | 87.0 | 937 | 1,102 | 85.0 ______________________|__________|___________|_____________|__________|___________|_____________|_____________|___________|_____________ \1\Preliminary data. \2\Data imputed by the National Center for Education Statistics based on previous year's data. ---Data not available or not applicable. NOTE.--Percentages may exceed 100.0 because of inconsistent reporting of enrollment and graduates and transfers into the public schools. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Statistics of Public Elementary and Secondary Day Schools," various years; and Common Core of Data surveys. (This table was prepared February 1998.)