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, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico: School year 2018–19

						Percent of students
			Asian/Pacific Islander
State	Total	American Indian/ Alaska Native¹	Total	Asian²	Hawaiian Native/ Pacific Islander²	Hispanic	Black	White	Two or more races²	Economically disadvantaged	Limited English proficiency	Students with disabilities	Homeless enrolled³	Foster care³
United States⁴	85.8	74.3	92.6	—	—	81.7	79.6	89.4	—	80.0	69.2	68.2	—	—
Alabama	91.7	94	95	95	85	90.6	89.8	92.8	93	87.4	76	69.6	81	66
Alaska	80.4	68	87	90	80	80	79	85.7	76	74.7	72	60	56	49
Arizona	77.8	67.1	90	91	80	74.4	73.3	82.7	75	73.5	50	69.0	57	45
Arkansas	87.6	79	89	94	76	84.7	83.4	89.6	87	84.8	82.8	82.6	76	68
California	84.5	75	93.7	94.0	85	82.1	76.8	88.4	76.8	81.1	68.7	67.7	70.0	56.0
Colorado	81.1	65	89	90	76	74.0	74.4	85.9	81	70.9	68.6	59.2	55.6	27
Connecticut	88.5	92	96	<>	≥90%	80.2	79.9	93.3	88	80.4	71	67.8	66	50
Delaware	89.0	83	94	<>	≥50%	86	88	90.6	89	82	76	73	73	74
District of Columbia	68.9	<>	90	<>	<>	60	68.7	93	79	58.6	51	51	49	45
Florida	87.2	78	95.2	95.7	87	86.1	81.9	90.4	88.4	83.2	75.2	81.0	74.3	51
Georgia	82.0	76	90.8	—	—	75.9	79.6	85.6	82.3	77.2	59.3	62.9	63.9	39
Hawaii	85.2	†	85.6	93	78.5	85	83	84	†	80.7	70	63	63	44
Idaho	80.8	68	86	89	76	73.9	74	82.6	79	72.5	74	56	57	39
Illinois	86.2	78	94.9	93.9	80	82.2	76.5	90.8	86.9	78.3	72.0	69.9	66.5	54
Indiana	87.2	82	95	96	79	83.7	77.2	89.4	82.9	82.7	76	71.4	77	57
Iowa	91.6	77	91	92	77	84.5	82	93.3	88	85.2	79	76.1	75	72
Kansas	87.2	76	94	94	77	83.2	80	89.3	83	80.2	82.3	78.4	66	57
Kentucky	90.6	≥90%	94	94	88	84	83.2	92.1	89	87.8	74	75.5	16	—
Louisiana	80.1	88	89	90	72	67.1	75.6	85.9	84	74.4	41	64.7	66	53
Maine	87.4	78	94	<>	≥80%	82	80	87.8	82	78.4	80	73	62	48
Maryland	86.9	81	96.3	96.5	88	72.4	84.3	93.4	91	77.7	53.7	63.5	65	48
Massachusetts	88.0	83	95.0	95.2	86	74.4	79.9	92.7	88	78.5	64.6	73.9	61	58
Michigan	81.4	70	91.3	91.6	81	76.6	70.2	84.7	76.2	70.8	73.2	57.8	58.4	44
Minnesota	83.7	51	87.3	87.6	61	69.9	69.9	88.7	72	71.1	67.2	63.0	49	—
Mississippi	85.0	82	92	<>	≥50%	83	81.9	88.4	86	82.2	66	42.2	70	60
Missouri	89.7	85	92	—	—	86.3	80.6	91.9	89	82.6	73	76.7	76	71
Montana	86.6	67	92	≥95%	<>	83	78	89.6	83	77.6	65	78	71	87
Nebraska	88.4	71	84	84	75	80.5	78	92.5	82	81.4	49	69	60	51
Nevada	84.1	74	93.3	94	89	83.0	72.2	87.3	86	80.8	76.8	67.2	86	44
New Hampshire	88.4	≥80%	91	<>	≥50%	76	76	89.5	85	77.2	65	72	64	39
New Jersey	90.6	92	96.9	97.0	92	84.5	83.3	94.9	91	84.0	75.4	79.2	75	58
New Mexico	75.1	70	86	86	—	74.5	67	79.0	—	70.0	73.3	64.7	52	38
New York	82.8	70	89.7	89.9	81	72.9	73.9	90.2	83.6	76.4	34.3	58.8	59.3	54
North Carolina	86.5	81	94.5	—	—	81.1	83.7	89.6	83.9	81.8	71.4	69.8	69.5	59
North Dakota	88.3	72	86	<>	≥80%	74	81	91.8	—	77	72	73	61	65
Ohio	82.0	71	90.7	—	—	73.4	69.4	85.3	76.9	71.0	65.2	48.0	54.0	52
Oklahoma⁵	84.9	84.8	87	87	81	81.8	80.1	86.3	86.6	78.8	69	79.1	72	70
Oregon	80.0	68	90	92	78	76.2	70	81.3	80	74.4	60	63.4	55.4	—
Pennsylvania	86.5	80	93.2	93.4	86	75.4	75.0	90.6	79.5	79.9	68.6	70.7	70	53
Rhode Island	83.9	70	88	<>	≥80%	76.1	81	88.2	80	76.7	69	64	65	50
South Carolina	81.1	71	93	—	—	79.5	76.4	84.2	—	84.3	79.3	54.4	67	52
South Dakota	84.1	54	90	<>	<>	74	79	89.7	75	75	73	72	59	47
Tennessee	90.5	90	95	95	94	84.4	84.6	93.4	—	84.4	72	73.9	78	61
Texas	90.0	87	96.1	96.4	88	88.2	86.2	93.7	91.4	87.2	78.0	77.9	79.8	63
Utah	87.4	79	88	91	83	79.5	75	89.7	87	77.3	73	72.4	‡	‡
Vermont	84.5	<>	83	<>	<>	78	71	85.7	75	76	63	71	68	—
Virginia	87.5	87	93.8	94.0	86	72.9	84.1	92.1	91.3	79.6	56.0	62.9	61	50
Washington	81.1	62	88.6	90.5	75	75.7	73.7	82.9	81.3	72.3	62.6	62.2	55.8	46
West Virginia	91.3	75	≥95%	≥95%	≥50%	91	88	91.5	86	80	92	78.7	78	‡
Wisconsin	90.1	79	92	92	83	82.8	71.4	93.8	86	80.5	75	69.8	68	53
Wyoming	82.1	59	87	<>	≥50%	77	78	83.8	82	71.9	67	59	65	—
Puerto Rico	77.0	—	—	—	—	77.1	—	56	60	76.7	54	67.8	74	<>
— Not available.
† Hawaii does not report the "American Indian / Alaska Native" and "Two or more races" racial subgroups because they are not identified as major racial and ethnic subgroups as explained in Hawaii's Consolidated State Plan.
‡ These data were suppressed due to concerns with data quality. For more information, please review the SY 2018–19 4-year ACGR file documentation, available on the EDFacts Initiative site: https://www2.ed.gov/about/inits/ed/edfacts/data-files/index.html#acgr.
<> 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 United States 4-year ACGR for American Indian/Alaska Native students was estimated assuming that Hawaii's student counts were zero for this subgroup.
² No national 4-year ACGR was calculated for the following subgroups, as not all states report these values: Asian, Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, and Two or More Races.
³ No national 4-year ACGR was calculated for the following subgroups, as not all states reported these values: Homeless Enrolled and Foster Care. This is the second year of collection of these subgroups for the 4-year ACGR. (Link to EDFacts file specifications: https://www2.ed.gov/about/inits/ed/edfacts/sy-18-19-nonxml.html).
⁴ The United States total includes the 50 states and the District of Columbia only. Data for Puerto Rico are excluded.
⁵ Oklahoma's children with disabilites graduation rate data for SY 2017–18 were resubmitted after the publication of National Graduation Rates SY 2017–18 (58.3% to 76.43%). For this reason, the year to year comparison in ED's Coordinated Data Review did not warrant a data note for SY 2018–19 CWD data as it is now within 2% of change.
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.
NOTE: Variances of +/- 3 percentage points in graduation rates from year-to-year for any subgroup over 500 in cohort size were addressed with states through ED's Coordinated Data Quality Review. State data may vary from year to year for a number of reasons. If states submit data after the final deadline for inclusion in public release files, including the National Graduation Rate Table, these data may not align with data reported on state data websites. For information on data quality of the state level 4-year adjusted cohort graduation rate data, go to the EDFacts Initiative site to review public file documentation and data notes, as well as public data files released at the LEA (district) and school levels: https://www2.ed.gov/about/inits/ed/edfacts/data-files/index.html#acgr.
SOURCE: National graduation rate and national subgroup graduation rates were calculated using 4-year cohort data collected as part of EDFacts FS151 (DG696): Cohorts for Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate. Graduation rates reported by state were collected as part of EDFacts FS150 (DG695): Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate. Data are current as of July 24, 2020. For more information on how these data are defined and collected, go to the EDFacts Initiative site to review SY 2018–19 file specifications for FS150 and FS151.

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