Table 9. Percentage of public school districts that granted high school diplomas, and among those that granted diplomas, graduation requirements for standard diplomas, by state: 2007

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Table 9. Percentage of public school districts that granted high school diplomas, and among those that granted diplomas, graduation requirements for standard diplomas, by state: 2007–08

			Among districts that granted high school diplomas, the average number of years of instruction in various subject areas needed for a standard diploma¹
	Percent of districts that grant high school diplomas
State	Percent of districts that grant high school diplomas		English or language arts	Mathematics	Computer science	Social sciences, social studies (e.g., history, geography, economics)	Physical or biological sciences		Foreign language
United States	75.9		3.9	3.0	1.0	3.3	2.7		1.6

Alabama	93.8		4.0	4.0	0.7	4.0	3.9		1.5
Alaska	100.0		4.0	3.0	1.2	3.1	2.6		2.0
Arizona	45.7		3.9	2.7	1.1	3.0	2.3		1.7
Arkansas	90.6		4.0	3.6	1.0	3.0	3.1		1.6
California	37.8		4.0	2.5	0.9	3.2	2.1		1.3

Colorado	100.0		3.9	3.1	1.0	3.3	3.0		1.3
Connecticut	64.1		4.0	3.0	0.7	3.0	2.6		1.8
Delaware	76.3		4.0	3.2	1.6	3.3	3.0		2.0
District of Columbia	38.9	!	4.0	3.6	0.8	3.4	2.0	!	2.0
Florida	100.0		4.0	3.2	0.9	3.0	3.0		1.7

Georgia	84.3		4.0	3.6	1.0	3.4	3.3		2.0
Hawaii	100.0		4.0	3.0	#	4.0	3.0		#
Idaho	95.4		4.0	2.6	0.9	3.4	2.3		1.0
Illinois	59.6		3.8	2.8	0.8	2.6	2.3		1.2
Indiana	95.1		4.0	2.8	1.1	2.7	2.4		1.7

Iowa	100.0		3.8	2.9	1.2	3.0	2.6		1.7
Kansas	100.0		4.0	2.9	1.0	3.0	2.7		1.3
Kentucky	79.7		4.0	3.4	1.1	3.0	3.0		1.6
Louisiana	98.9		4.0	3.1	0.8	3.1	2.9		1.8
Maine	64.0		4.0	3.2	0.8	3.0	2.8		1.6

Maryland	100.0		4.0	3.4	1.0	3.2	2.7		2.0
Massachusetts	79.6		4.0	3.2	1.2	3.2	2.9		2.0
Michigan	70.9		3.8	2.9	0.9	3.0	2.5		2.0
Minnesota	85.8		4.0	3.1	1.1	3.7	2.8		1.3
Mississippi	100.0		4.0	3.3	1.1	3.5	3.1		1.1

Missouri	86.8		3.5	2.7	0.9	2.9	2.5		1.2
Montana	50.2		4.0	2.8	1.2	2.8	2.4		1.3
Nebraska	92.7		4.0	3.0	1.2	3.4	2.7		1.7
Nevada	93.7		3.9	2.9	0.5	2.7	2.2		†
New Hampshire	64.1		4.0	3.0	0.7	2.9	2.3		1.6

New Jersey	39.8		4.0	3.2	1.2	3.1	3.0		1.5
New Mexico	100.0		4.0	3.1	1.3	3.3	2.7		1.5
New York	88.1		4.0	3.0	1.1	4.0	2.8		1.5
North Carolina	77.6		4.0	3.4	1.1	3.0	2.8		1.9
North Dakota	84.3		4.0	2.4	1.1	3.2	2.2		1.5

Ohio	77.2		4.0	3.1	0.9	3.1	2.9		1.4
Oklahoma	71.6		4.0	3.1	1.5	3.2	3.0		1.8
Oregon	99.4		3.8	2.5	0.8	3.2	2.3		1.4
Pennsylvania	82.6		4.0	3.3	0.9	3.7	3.1		1.9
Rhode Island	71.6		4.0	3.7	0.7	3.0	3.0		2.0

South Carolina	79.6		4.0	3.9	1.1	3.0	2.9		1.2
South Dakota	96.0		4.0	3.1	0.9	3.1	2.6		1.1
Tennessee	96.7		4.0	3.1	1.0	2.9	2.9		1.9
Texas	89.0		4.0	3.1	1.1	3.8	2.8		2.0
Utah	53.3		3.9	2.6	0.8	2.7	2.5		1.7

Vermont	65.8		4.1	3.2	0.6	3.2	3.1		1.3
Virginia	90.8		4.0	3.0	1.0	3.2	3.0		2.0
Washington	64.4		3.9	2.4	0.8	3.1	2.1		1.4
West Virginia	90.2		4.0	3.5	1.0	3.8	3.1		1.8
Wisconsin	92.6		4.0	2.3	0.9	3.2	2.3		1.6
Wyoming	93.2		4.0	3.1	1.2	3.1	3.0		1.1
# Rounds to zero
! Interpret data with caution. The standard error for this estimate is equal to 30 percent or more of the estimate's value.
¹Districts that do not have a graduation requirement for a particular subject area are excluded from the computation of the average for that particular subject area.
NOTE: The 2007–08 SASS sampled all districts in Florida, Hawaii, and Maryland. As a result of sampling, variance estimates for these states are always equal to zero and noted with a dagger (†).
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), "Public School District Data File," 2007–08.

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