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Table 1. Public high school 4-year adjusted cohort graduation rate (ACGR), by race/ethnicity and selected demographic characteristics for the United States, the 50 states, and the District of Columbia: School year 2015–16

						Percent of students
			Asian/Pacific Islander
State	Total	American Indian/ Alaska Native	Total	Asian¹	Hawaiian Native/ Pacific Islander¹	Hispanic	Black	White	Two or more races¹	Economically disadvantaged	Limited English proficiency	Students with disabilities

United States²	84.1	71.9	90.8	—	—	79.3	76.4	88.3	—	77.6	66.9	65.5

Alabama	87.1	90	91	—	—	87	84.5	88.6	89	80.9	64	54.1
Alaska	76.1	64	81	—	—	76	74	80.8	75	68.4	55	54
Arizona	79.5	67.7	89	—	—	76.4	75.5	84.0	—	76.7	32	69.0
Arkansas	87.0	87	87	91	75	85.7	81.5	89.2	87	83.8	86	84.3
California	83.0	74.0	92.9	93.0	91.7	80.0	73.0	88.0	82.0	79.0	72.0	66.0
Colorado	78.9	62	85	86	74	69.9	71.8	84.4	79	67.8	61.4	57.2
Connecticut	87.4	89	94	95	84	76.4	78.8	92.5	88	76.7	67	65.2
Delaware	85.5	>=90%	91	91	>=50%	81	82.1	88.4	84	76	73	67
District of Columbia	69.2	<>	77	<>	<>	69	67.7	91	>=90%	69.3	64	50
Florida	80.7	77	91.6	91.9	85	76.5	72.3	85.1	82.7	74.4	62.0	61.6
Georgia	79.4	69	87.8	—	—	73.4	76.2	83.1	81.0	75.3	56.5	56.6
Hawaii	82.7	72	83.6	—	—	75	78	82	—	77.9	69	59
Idaho	79.7	58	80	83	70	73.7	78	81.4	77	71.9	73	60
Illinois	85.5	79	93.5	93.7	85	81.3	74.5	90.4	84.7	76.7	71.9	70.5
Indiana	86.8	83	89	89	81	82.7	73.8	89.5	85	85.0	71	72.0
Iowa	91.3	81	91	92	88	85	80	92.9	84	83.9	81	70
Kansas	85.7	73	92	93	83	79.2	77	88.4	82	77.5	77.4	77.5
Kentucky	88.6	83	93	93	>=90%	82	80.9	90.0	87	85.6	68	71.9
Louisiana	78.6	83	89	89	72	73	73.4	83.2	85	72.9	43	46.6
Maine	87.0	85	94	95	>=80%	85	77	87.5	80	78.0	78	72
Maryland	87.6	82	95.1	95.3	89	76.5	84.1	92.4	91	79.2	48	66.9
Massachusetts	87.5	85	92.7	92.7	89	72.7	78.9	91.9	84	78.4	64.1	71.8
Michigan	79.7	67	89.8	90.2	78	72.6	67.4	83.4	74	67.1	72.1	55.4
Minnesota	82.2	53	83.6	—	—	65.3	65.1	87.0	—	68.2	63.2	60.8
Mississippi	82.3	88	92	93	>=50%	82	78.9	85.9	78	78.8	65	34.7
Missouri	89.0	86	92	—	—	83.1	79.0	91.6	89	82.1	68	77.5
Montana	85.6	66	93	94	89	80	81	88.7	—	76.4	59	78
Nebraska	89.3	74	81	81	77	81.8	79	92.6	84	82.2	55	70
Nevada	73.6	65	86	88	76	69.7	56.5	79.9	77	66.7	42.6	29.3
New Hampshire	88.2	74	92	92	>=50%	76	78	89.2	81	76.4	72	73
New Jersey	90.1	83	96.7	96.7	94	83.3	82.1	94.2	92	82.7	74.7	78.8
New Mexico	71.0	63	81	—	—	70.7	61	75.7	—	66.9	67.4	61.9
New York	80.4	68	86.7	—	—	68.1	68.5	89.3	82	72.8	37.8	52.6
North Carolina	85.9	82	93.4	—	—	80.1	82.9	88.6	83.0	80.6	57	68.9
North Dakota	87.5	66	88	88	—	77	77	90.8	—	71	69	68
Ohio	83.5	70	87	—	—	72.8	67.3	87.7	77.4	72.0	50	69.6
Oklahoma	81.6	81.4	86	86	86	77.8	77.1	83.2	81.8	75.9	58	74.4
Oregon	74.8	56	86	88	70	69.4	66	76.6	74	68.1	53	55.5
Pennsylvania	86.1	77	91.2	91.2	90	72.8	73.2	90.5	80	78.0	62.7	74.1
Rhode Island	82.8	78	91	92	75	79	81	88.4	35	74.8	74	59
South Carolina	82.6	74	94	—	—	79.9	80.3	84.1	—	87.7	76	52.1
South Dakota	83.9	51	79	82	<50%	73	77	89.3	78	67	57	60
Tennessee	88.5	86	93	93	91	83.7	82.3	91.3	—	85.5	76	71.8
Texas	89.1	87	95.4	95.7	88	86.9	85.4	93.4	90.8	86.0	73.7	77.9
Utah	85.2	71	87	90	85	75.1	74	87.9	81	75.6	66	70.2
Vermont	87.7	<>	83	<>	<>	89	71	88.4	78	80	68	72
Virginia	86.7	—	93.1	93.1	—	74.8	81.3	90.7	—	78.1	45.4	53.9
Washington	79.7	63	86.6	88.8	68	72.8	71.3	82.2	78.0	70.2	57.8	58.7
West Virginia	89.8	<>	>=95%	<>	<>	89	88	89.9	84	85.5	93	77
Wisconsin	88.2	78	89	89	80	79.9	64.2	92.7	85	77.4	66	68.5
Wyoming	80.0	53	84	85	>=50%	74	81	82.0	74	69.1	70	65

— Not available.

<> Data were suppressed to protect the confidentiality of individual student data.

≥ Greater than or equal to. The estimate has been top coded to protect the confidentiality of individual student data. Rates reported as whole numbers are rounded to protect the confidentiality of individual students.

¹ Data for Asian, Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander, and Two or more races students are being published by NCES for the first time in school year 2015–16. Not all states report using all of the additional subgroups. Subgroups that are not reported by a state appear as “– Not Available”. California and Utah report using the additional racial subgroup “FILIPINO”. The cohort and resulting rate for the “Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander” in California and Utah include students reported using the “FILIPINO” category.

² The United States 4-year ACGR for American Indian/Alaska Native students was estimated using both the reported 4-year ACGR data from 49 states and the District of Columbia and using imputed data for Virginia since the state does not report a rate for that subgroup.

NOTE: The 4-year ACGR is the number of students who graduate in 4 years with a regular high school diploma divided by the number of students who form the adjusted cohort for the graduating class. From the beginning of 9th grade (or the earliest high school grade), students who are entering that grade for the first time form a cohort that is “adjusted” by adding any students who subsequently transfer into the cohort and subtracting any students who subsequently transfer out, emigrate to another country, or die. There are some differences in how states implemented the requirements for the ACGR, leading to the potential for differences across states in how the rates are calculated. This is particularly applicable to the population of children with disabilities. Black includes African American, Hispanic includes Latino, Asian/Pacific Islander includes Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and American Indian includes Alaska Native. Race categories exclude Hispanic origin unless specified. Variances of +/- 5% from year-to-year for any subgroup over 50 in cohort size were addressed with states through ED’s Coordinated Data Quality Review. With one exception, West Virginia, states provided explanations for the increase/decrease. The state comment was not accepted by the data steward (OESE) for California, Illinois, Louisiana, New Mexico, Texas, Utah and the District of Columbia. Those seven states and West Virginia received a letter from OESE to the state’s Chief State School Officer outlining data quality concerns that are expected to be addressed in future submissions.

SOURCE: EDFacts Data Groups 695 and 696, School year 2015–16; October 25, 2017.

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