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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 2016–17

                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 84.6 72.4   91.2   80.0   77.8   88.6     78.3   66.4   67.1
     
Alabama  89.3   95   88   86.5   91.0   91      
Alaska  78.2 69   84 88 77   77   74   82.2   75   72.1   58   59
Arizona  78.0 66.8   89   74.5   73.8   82.8     72.4   30   66.4
Arkansas  88.0 89   86 92 69   85.7   83.4   90.0   86   84.9   82   83.8
California  82.7 68.2   92.6 93.1 91.3   80.3   73.1   87.3   70.4   78.8   67.2   65.0
Colorado  79.1 64   89 90 77   71.1   71.9   83.9   80   68.5   64.6   56.8
Connecticut  87.9 88   95 95 81   77.7   80.1   92.8   88   78.1   68   66.7
Delaware  86.9 76   95 96 ≥50   82   83.2   89.9   91   78   69   69
District of Columbia  73.2 <>   78 <> <>   72   72.4   85   ≥90   72.9   63   53
Florida  82.3 80   92.9 93.2 87   81.3   74.8   86.2   83.1   76.8   67.3   66.0
Georgia  80.6 79   91.2   73.6   77.8   84.0   81.5   76.4   59.0   58.9
Hawaii  82.7 79   83.5   80   79   80     77.9   69   65
Idaho  79.7 66   85 86 78   74.8   70   81.1   76   71.6   75   61
Illinois  87.0 81   94.5 94.7 82   83.5   78.9   90.6   86.2   79.4   73.6   71.2
Indiana  83.8 76   80 81 70   75.8   70.8   87.5   82.1   80.3   50   70.9
Iowa  91.0 83   91 93 77   82.4   82   92.7   85   83.7   80   74.3
Kansas  86.5 81   93 94 75   81.1   78   88.8   84   78.6   79.7   78.4
Kentucky  89.7 77   92 93 76   84   81.6   91.2   87   87.0   67   74.4
Louisiana  78.1 81   90 91 77   67   72.8   83.7   82   72.6   36   52.5
Maine  86.9 71   89 88 ≥50   89   83   87.4   79   79.3   81   72.5
Maryland  87.7 86   96.2 96.3 89   74.0   85.4   92.7   91   79.3   45   67.5
Massachusetts  88.3 81   93.9 94.1 78   74.4   80.0   92.6   85   79.0   63.4   72.8
Michigan  80.2 68   90.5 90.7 85   73.3   68.6   83.7   74.7   67.9   69.4   56.7
Minnesota  82.7 51   85.2 85.5 63   66.3   64.8   88.1   71   69.0   64.7   61.2
Mississippi 83.0 80   91 91 ≥80   81   79.3   87.1   79   79.9   67   36.4
Missouri  88.3 84   91   84.4   75.9   91.4   89   80.1   67   76.9
Montana  85.8 69   91 94 83   80   81   88.7     76.6   63   77
Nebraska  89.1 70   82 82 85   81.6   81   92.5   86   81.8   50   71
Nevada  80.9 74   91 93 82   79.7   67.7   84.2   81   76.8   81.7   64.7
New Hampshire  88.9 75   93 93 ≥50   76   79   89.8   85   77.5   78   74
New Jersey  90.5 92   96.6 96.6 ≥95   84.3   83.4   94.5   92   84.0   76.1   78.8
New Mexico  71.1 61   85   70.5   68   76.4     66.4   68.1   61.5
New York  81.8 67   87.7 88.0 77   71.2   71.5   89.8   83   75.3   30.8   55.4
North Carolina  86.6 84   93.8   80.6   83.9   89.3   84.3   81.8   58   70.3
North Dakota  87.2 68   80 80   76   75   90.5     74   69   66
Ohio  84.2 76   88   73.6   68.6   88.2   78.7   73.1   55   70.5
Oklahoma  82.6 82.7   86 86 84   79.3   80.3   83.7   82.5   76.8   57   77.0
Oregon  76.7 59   86 89 69   72.5   68   78.0   77   70.1   55   58.8
Pennsylvania  86.6 73   92.4 92.4 90   73.9   73.8   91.0   79   79.8   65.0   73.6
Rhode Island  84.1 73   88 89 68   76   81   87.7   79   76.0   72   63
South Carolina 83.6 76   93   80.5   81.3   85.2     85.1   77   53.5
South Dakota  83.7 50   85 <> <>   71   78   89.5   78   67   59   60
Tennessee  89.8 89   94 94 93   83.8   84.0   92.6     84.5   74   72.7
Texas  89.7 86   95.8 96.1 89   87.7   86.1   93.6   91.7   86.9   75.5   77.4
Utah  86.0 74   87 89 86   77.3   73   88.3   87   76.6   67   69.4
Vermont  89.1 <>   82 <> <>   90   77   89.8   83   81   66   76
Virginia3  86.9 83   93.4 93.5 91   73.0   82.8   91.3   90.0   77.8   57.3   59.8
Washington  79.4 62   85.3 87.5 68   72.7   71.5   81.9   79.7   70.0   57.8   59.4
West Virginia  89.4 ≥80   95 95 ≥50   92   87   89.5   83   87.3   <>   76
Wisconsin  88.6 79   91 91 85   80.3   67.0   92.7   84   77.4   65   68.2
Wyoming  86.2 59   84 81 ≥50   80   83   87.5   79   65   77   68
— 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 The 2016-17 school year marks the second time NCES has published data for the Asian, Pacific Islander and Two or more races categories. Not all states report using all of the additional subgroups. Subgroups that are not reported by a state appear as “– Not Available”. California reports using the additional racial subgroup “FILIPINO”. The cohort and resulting rate for the “Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander” in California include students reported using the “FILIPINO” category. For SY 2016-17, the following states made allowable changes to how they report these subgroups: Alaska, Minnesota and New York.
2 The United States 4-year ACGR for American Indian/Alaska Native students, Economically disadvantaged, Limited English proficiency, and Students with disabilities was estimated using both the reported 4-year ACGR data from 49 states and the District of Columbia and using data from the Alabama State Education Agency website since the state did not report a rate to the U.S. Department of Education for those subgroups for school year 2016-17.
3 In SY 2016-17, Virginia began reporting an 'American Indian / Alaska Native' rate.
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. Puerto Rico submits a 3-year ACGR so their rate is not included in the table. In addition, 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. The following states had differences of more than 2 percentage points above or below the prior year: Alabama, Alaska, District of Columbia, Indiana, Nevada and West Virginia. All of these states (with the exception of Alabama) provided explanations for the increase/decrease. Differences of more than 5 percentage points above or below the prior year for any subgroup over 50 in cohort size were addressed with states through ED’s Coordinated Data Quality Review. Data notes resulting from the Data Quality Review explaining these differences can be found on the EDFacts Data Files page (https://www2.ed.gov/about/inits/ed/edfacts/data-files/index.html#acgr) of ED.gov.
SOURCE: EDFacts Data Groups 695, School year 2016–17; September 28, 2018; and Alabama State Department of Education website, 2016-2017 Cohort Graduation Rate, https://www.alsde.edu/dept/data/Pages/graduationrate-all.aspx?navtext=Cohort20Reports