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 2019–20

			Asian/Pacific Islander
	Total	American Indian/ Alaska Native¹	Total	Asian²	Native Hawaiian /Pacific Islander²	Hispanic	Black	White	Two or more races²	Economically disadvantaged	English learner	Students with disabilities	Homeless enrolled³	Foster care³
United States^4,⁵	86.5	74.9	92.5	—	—	82.5	81.1	90.2	—	81.3	71.3	70.6	—	—
State or jurisdiction
Alabama	90.6	93	95	96	82	88.0	88.2	92.2	92	85.5	72	68.9	74	67
Alaska	79.1	68	87	89	81	77	74.0	84.4	75	72.3	68	59	58	54
Arizona	77.3	63.9	91	92	78	74.0	71.7	83.0	72.8	73.6	55.2	66.2	48.6	45
Arkansas⁶	88.8	89	86	94	70	86.7	84.5	90.9	86	86.2	84.4	84.1	78	65
California	84.3	76	92.2	92.6	84	82.2	76.9	87.9	78.6	81.2	69.1	68.4	69.7	58.2
Colorado	81.9	67	90	91	73	75.4	76.6	86.1	82	72.3	70.2	61.8	56.7	31
Connecticut	88.3	88	95	95	>=90	79.7	80.0	93.4	90	80.6	67	68.1	65	47
Delaware	89.0	83	95	95	>=50	86	87	90.5	89	82	76	73.0	73	74
District of Columbia	73.0	>=50	88	87	>=50	64.0	72.9	93.0	>=90⁷	62	56	56	55	53
Florida	90.2	84	97.7	98.0	90	89.7	86.9	91.9	90.7	87.1	85.8	82.9	80.0	57
Georgia	83.8	76	92.5	—	—	77.8	81.4	87.3	85.7	79.7	62.0	70.2	65.8	‡
Hawaii	86.3	†	86.6	94	80.2	81	84.0	86	†	81.6	71	65	69	69⁷
Idaho	82.2	65	87	89	76	75.7	69	84.2	79	73.8	65	59	61	40
Illinois	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡
Indiana⁶	90.9	89	96	96	>=90	88.1	84.5	92.5	88.0	89.8	89	79.1	88	67
Iowa	91.8	83	92	94	76	84.8	81	93.8	89	85.5	77	76.4	76	64
Kansas	88.2	82	94	95	78	83.8	80	90.3	87	81.3	83.5	80.9	68	62
Kentucky	91.1	90	94	94	88	84.4	83.3	92.8	89	88.1	74	78.0	85	—
Louisiana	82.9	78⁷	94	94	78	72.7	78.9	87.8	83	78.4	50	68.6	67	54
Maine	87.4	72	94	>=95	>=80	82	83	87.8	82	78.9	81	74	62	53
Maryland	86.8	87	95.9	96.0	90	71.6	84.7	94.1	92	79.3	55.6	68.5	66	50
Massachusetts	89.0	86	95.0	95.0	>=95	77.2	83.1	93.2	89	80.6	68.3	74.9	64	58
Michigan	82.1	74	93.0	93.4	78	75.5	70.4	85.4	76.8	71.7	73.7	59.3	60.0	40
Minnesota	83.8	56	88.9	89.1	73⁷	70.4	69.2	89.0	73	71.6	66.2	65	50	—
Mississippi	87.7	81	92	91	>=80⁷	84	86.1	89.9	86	85.9	62	55.4	75	65
Missouri	89.5	88	93	—	—	86.6	78.8	92.2	87	82.5	73	77.2	78	69
Montana	85.9	68	92	94	>=80	82	77	88.7	84	76.8	65	75	63	71⁷
Nebraska	87.5	72	86	87	73	77.7	75	92.2	83	79.7	52	65	63	55
Nevada	82.6	74	91.8	93	85	81.3	69.5	86.4	85	79.1	75.3	66.0	75	50
New Hampshire	88.1	85	92	92	>=50	74	77	89.4	84	75.0	67	73	58	43
New Jersey	91.0	89	96.8	96.9	94	84.8	85.7	95.0	92	85.0	73.1	80.4	74	55
New Mexico⁸	76.9	72	87	—	—	76.1	74	80.8	<>	71.8	75.8	66.4	59	39
New York	83.5	75	89.8	90.1	82	74.6	75.3	90.4	83.2	77.2	39.0	60.7	61.0	57
North Carolina	87.6	85	94.4	—	—	81.7	85.2	90.8	85.3	82.3	71.4	72.1	72.3	57
North Dakota	89.0	73	88	90	75	78	82	92.2	—	77	83⁷	72.0	65	73
Ohio	84.4	78	91.4	—	—	76.4	72.4	87.6	80.5	74.3	68.0	56.9	58.7	57
Oklahoma	80.8	80.3	83	85	69⁷	76.5	75	82.8	84.1	87.2	84	88.1	66	58⁷
Oregon	82.6	67	90	92	77	79.5	76	84.0	81	77.6	65	68.0	60.5	—
Pennsylvania	87.4	78	92.7	92.9	83	77.2	76.5	91.4	81.4	79.6	69.0	72.8	70	56
Rhode Island	83.6	69	91	92	>=80	75.9	80	87.9	77.0	75.9	69	63	57	57
South Carolina	82.2	81⁷	93	—	—	80.1	77.5	85.3	—	76.2	81.1	55.8	64	44
South Dakota	84.2	53	83	86	<50	72	80	89.9	78	69	65	69	53	43
Tennessee	90.4	91	95	95	93	82.6	84.2	93.9	—	84.3	68.8	74.5	78	60
Texas⁹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Utah	88.2	73	87	90	84	80.2	79	90.7	88	78.4	73	73.3	—	—
Vermont	83.1	>=50	74	<>	<>	82	70	84.6	76	75	49⁷	69	55⁷	—
Virginia	88.8	88	95.4	95.5	94	75.4	86.4	93.0	91.9	82.5	63.4	67.5	62	54
Washington	83.0	70	89.4	91.1	77	77.8	76.4	84.8	84.0	75.2	68.5	64.5	69.4	50
West Virginia	92.1	>=80	>=95	>=95	>=50	93	86	92.4	88	87.1	>=95	84	82	—
Wisconsin	90.4	85	92	93	85	83.7	70.9	94.2	87	81.6	77	69.7	67	60
Wyoming	82.3	62	86	89	>=50	78	66⁷	84.1	80	71.6	60	63	64	—
Puerto Rico	78.1	—	—	—	—	78.1	—	>=50	58	77.0	65⁷	76.6	75	<>
— Not available.
† Not applicable.
‡ These data were suppressed due to concerns with data quality. For more information, please review the SY 2019–20 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.
< Less than. The estimate has been bottom 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 United States 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 United States 4-year ACGR was calculated for the following subgroups: Homeless Enrolled and Foster Care. Although this is the third year of collection of data for these subgroups for the 4-year ACGR, data stability within and across states has not yet been achieved for these subgroups.
⁴ The United States 4-year ACGR includes the 50 states and the District of Columbia only. Data for Puerto Rico are excluded.
⁵ The United States 4-year ACGR was estimated using both the reported 4-year ACGR data from the reporting states and the District of Columbia and using imputed data for Illinois and Texas.
⁶ Arkansas and Indiana data had an unexpected percentage point change compared to data in the prior school year. Both states indicated the change was due to the COVID pandemic (see data notes under supporting materials).
⁷ ED compares current to prior-year data and looks for unexpected changes. In some cases, percentage-point changes are associated with a small subgroup size. The following states had at least a 10-percentage-point change for one or more subgroups, but also had small subgroup sizes: District of Columbia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Vermont, and Wyoming. Data verification was not requested, and a data note will not be present in the supporting materials. ED urges caution when interpreting those changes.
⁸ New Mexico reported the graduation rate for students of Two or More Races but did not report the number of graduated students or the number of students in the adjusted cohort for this subgroup. The adjusted cohort number is needed to determine how to privacy protect the data. For this reason, the rate has been suppressed.
⁹ Texas did not submit data by the due date of 5/19/2021 (see EDFacts documentation under supporting materials).
NOTE: Under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, any student who receives a regular high school diploma, or higher diploma, within 4 years from when the student first started grade 9 is counted as a graduate in the 4-year adjusted cohort graduation rate (ACGR). For SY 2019–20, some State educational agencies (SEAs) may have changed their requirements for a regular high school diploma to account for the impact of COVID-19. Changes to requirements for a regular high school diploma are at the discretion of the SEA. NCES advises caution when interpreting changes between 2019–20 and prior years as the data may not be completely comparable. Data users should also be aware that there are also differences in how states define and calculate for certain subgroups; state differences are particularly variable for the subgroup of children with disabilities. State also define how students are reported by race and ethnicity. Hispanic includes reporting as Latino, unless specified, the other categories exclude Hispanic origin. Black includes reporting as African American. Asian/Pacific Islander includes reporting as Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander. American Indian includes reporting as Alaska Native. Variances of +/- 3 percentage points in graduation rates from year-to- prior 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. States may change their data after the final deadline for submission to ED for inclusion in public release files, including the National Graduation Rate Table. The data in the National Graduation Rate Table may not align with data reported on state data websites. For information on the 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 (tip: not all states submit data notes): https://www2.ed.gov/about/inits/ed/edfacts/data-files/index.html#acgr. For more information on how these data are defined and collected, go to the EDFacts Initiative site to review SY 2019–20 file specifications for FS150 and FS151.
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; As of May 20, 2021 for 2019–20.

Download Excel (32 KB)

CCD