Table 9.Percentage of public school districts that grant high school diplomas, and among those that grant diplomas, graduation requirements for standard diplomas, by state: 2011

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Table 9. Percentage of public school districts that grant high school diplomas, and among those that grant diplomas, graduation requirements for standard diplomas, by state: 2011–12


			Among districts that grant high school diplomas, the average number of years of instruction in various subject areas needed for a standard diploma by hgh school graduates of the class of 2012¹
State	Percent of districts that granted high school diplomas		English or language arts	Mathematics	Computer science	Social sciences and social studies (e.g., history, geography, economics)	Science	Foreign languages
United States	75.8		4.0	3.3	1.1	3.3	3.0	1.7

Alabama	87.0		4.0	4.0	0.7	4.0	4.0	1.7
Alaska	100.0		4.0	3.1	1.4	3.0	2.8	1.8
Arizona	56.7		4.0	3.3	1.2	3.1	2.7	2.2
Arkansas	94.0		4.0	4.0	1.1	3.2	3.2	1.6
California	47.5		4.0	2.6	1.0	3.1	2.2	1.3

Colorado	93.8		3.9	3.2	1.3	3.2	3.0	1.6
Connecticut	64.6		4.0	3.1	0.9	3.1	2.8	1.6
Delaware	54.1		4.0	4.0	1.3	3.3	3.2	2.2
District of Columbia	33.5	!	4.0	4.0	1.0	4.0	4.0	2.6
Florida	100.0		4.0	3.9	0.9	3.1	3.1	1.7

Georgia	100.0		4.0	3.9	1.0	3.5	3.9	2.0
Hawaii	‡		‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡
Idaho	92.6		4.0	2.8	1.0	2.8	2.7	1.1
Illinois	51.5		4.0	3.0	0.8	2.6	2.4	1.2
Indiana	86.7		3.9	2.8	0.9	2.8	2.7	2.2

Iowa	84.5		4.0	3.2	1.4	3.3	3.1	2.6
Kansas	100.0		4.0	3.0	1.0	3.1	3.0	1.5
Kentucky	90.7		4.0	3.9	0.9	3.0	3.1	1.7
Louisiana	82.1		4.0	3.7	1.3	3.4	3.4	2.0
Maine	69.1		4.0	3.3	0.8	3.0	3.1	1.8

Maryland	93.3	!	4.0	3.6	1.3	3.3	3.2	2.0
Massachusetts	75.2		4.0	3.5	0.9	3.3	3.1	2.2
Michigan	67.5		4.0	3.9	0.9	3.1	3.1	1.8
Minnesota	80.3		4.0	3.0	0.8	3.7	3.0	1.3
Mississippi	92.8		4.0	4.0	1.1	3.8	3.8	1.2

Missouri	83.1		4.0	3.1	0.8	3.1	3.0	1.2
Montana	54.4		4.0	2.7	1.1	2.8	2.3	1.1
Nebraska	94.0		4.0	3.1	1.2	3.2	2.7	1.6
Nevada	94.8	!	4.0	3.3	0.6	2.7	2.5	2.0
New Hampshire	66.2		4.0	3.1	0.7	2.9	2.5	1.9

New Jersey	39.6		4.0	3.1	1.2	3.0	3.0	1.4
New Mexico	96.3		4.0	3.5	1.1	3.4	3.0	1.6
New York	84.4		4.0	3.0	1.0	4.0	2.9	1.4
North Carolina	68.2		4.0	3.6	2.1	3.1	3.0	2.1
North Dakota	79.4		4.0	3.0	1.0	3.3	3.0	1.2

Ohio	81.1		4.0	3.2	0.9	3.1	3.1	1.4
Oklahoma	78.9		4.0	3.1	1.8	3.0	3.0	1.9
Oregon	100.0		4.0	3.0	1.1	3.1	3.0	1.5
Pennsylvania	88.5		4.0	3.6	1.1	3.7	3.4	1.7
Rhode Island	76.2		4.0	3.9	0.7	3.0	3.2	1.8

South Carolina	98.1		4.0	3.9	1.0	2.9	3.0	1.1
South Dakota	99.0		4.0	3.0	0.9	3.1	2.8	1.2
Tennessee	89.1		3.9	3.5	0.9	3.0	3.0	1.9
Texas	86.5		4.0	3.9	1.2	3.9	3.9	2.0
Utah	73.8		4.0	3.1	0.8	2.9	3.0	1.8

Vermont	72.0		4.1	3.1	0.7	3.3	3.1	1.1
Virginia	58.0		4.0	3.1	1.3	3.2	3.0	1.9
Washington	80.3		3.8	2.7	0.9	3.0	2.2	1.5
West Virginia	81.8		4.0	3.9	1.1	3.9	3.3	1.8
Wisconsin	95.1		4.0	2.5	0.6	3.1	2.4	1.5
Wyoming	90.1		4.0	3.0	1.0	3.1	3.0	1.2
‡ Reporting standards not met. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is 50 percent or greater (i.e., the standard error is 50 percent or more of the estimate) or the response rate is below 50 percent.
¹ Districts that did not have a graduation requirement for a particular subject area were excluded from the computation of the average for that particular subject area. This resulted in the exclusion of 0.2 percent of diploma-granting districts in English or languge arts; 0.2 percent in mathematics; 50.4 percent in computer science; 0.3 percent in social sciences and social studies; 0.3 percent in science; and 58.2 percent in foreign languges.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), "Public School District Data File," 2011–12.

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