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Table 113. | Public high school graduates and dropouts, by race/ethnicity and state or jurisdiction: 2007-08 |
State or other jurisdiction |
High school graduates, by race/ethnicity, 2007-081 | Event dropout rates (percent of 9th- to 12th-graders who dropped out) during 2007-08, by race/ethnicity | |||||||||||
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Total | White | Black | Hispanic | Asian/ Pacific Islander |
American Indian/ Alaska Native |
Total | White | Black | Hispanic | Asian/ Pacific Islander |
American Indian/ Alaska Native |
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | |
United States2 | 2,974,336 | 1,902,000 | 432,241 | 448,555 | 159,394 | 32,146 | 4.1 | 2.8 | 6.7 | 6.0 | 2.4 | 7.3 | |
Alabama | 41,313 | 26,375 | 13,343 | 684 | 474 | 437 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 1.8 | |
Alaska | 7,491 | 4,742 | 262 | 389 | 575 | 1,523 | 7.3 | 5.1 | 9.6 | 7.5 | 6.9 | 12.2 | |
Arizona | 61,667 | 32,490 | 3,398 | 20,276 | 1,878 | 3,625 | 6.7 | 5.6 | 7.1 | 7.3 | 3.8 | 11.4 | |
Arkansas | 28,725 | 20,474 | 6,132 | 1,421 | 513 | 185 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 6.7 | 5.1 | 2.8 | 4.9 | |
California | 366,503 | 141,011 | 25,911 | 142,491 | 54,019 | 3,071 | 5.0 | 3.1 | 9.0 | 6.0 | 2.3 | 6.6 | |
Colorado | 46,082 | 33,075 | 2,498 | 8,454 | 1,617 | 438 | 6.4 | 3.9 | 10.6 | 12.1 | 3.8 | 11.3 | |
Connecticut | 38,419 | 27,782 | 4,775 | 4,451 | 1,307 | 104 | 2.8 | 1.6 | 5.6 | 6.1 | 1.5 | 2.5 | |
Delaware | 7,388 | — | — | — | — | — | 6.0 | 4.9 | 7.7 | 8.2 | — | 9.4 | |
District of Columbia | 3,353 | 144 | 2,871 | 277 | 58 | 3 | 5.5 | — | — | — | — | — | |
Florida | 146,254 | 79,596 | 30,239 | 31,721 | 4,255 | 443 | 3.3 | 2.1 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 1.1 | 2.5 | |
Georgia | 82,033 | 45,701 | 29,010 | 4,309 | 2,868 | 145 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 1.3 | 3.6 | |
Hawaii | 11,613 | 2,157 | 217 | 468 | 8,718 | 53 | 5.4 | 5.9 | 7.3 | 6.7 | 5.1 | 7.2 | |
Idaho | 16,567 | 14,321 | 133 | 1,632 | 279 | 202 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 3.5 | 1.2 | 2.3 | |
Illinois | 133,554 | 87,097 | 21,728 | 18,411 | 6,000 | 318 | 5.2 | 2.2 | 9.1 | 7.3 | 1.7 | 3.8 | |
Indiana | 60,792 | 51,810 | 5,564 | 2,433 | 844 | 141 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 2.8 | 2.4 | 0.7 | 3.6 | |
Iowa | 34,573 | 31,250 | 1,266 | 1,267 | 631 | 159 | 2.9 | 2.5 | 6.2 | 6.1 | 2.6 | 9.1 | |
Kansas | 30,132 | 24,349 | 2,217 | 2,474 | 710 | 382 | 2.5 | 2.1 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 1.5 | 3.9 | |
Kentucky | 38,982 | 34,185 | 3,769 | 585 | 390 | 53 | 2.8 | 2.4 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 1.6 | 2.5 | |
Louisiana | 34,401 | 19,616 | 13,253 | 672 | 622 | 238 | 7.5 | 4.8 | 10.9 | 7.8 | 3.4 | 7.2 | |
Maine | 14,350 | 13,629 | 285 | 129 | 234 | 73 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 5.4 | 7.0 | 3.7 | 5.8 | |
Maryland | 59,171 | 31,429 | 20,602 | 3,555 | 3,392 | 193 | 3.6 | — | — | — | — | — | |
Massachusetts | 64,337 | 49,566 | 5,161 | 6,377 | 3,072 | 161 | 3.4 | 2.3 | 5.9 | 8.3 | 2.1 | 7.5 | |
Michigan | 114,657 | 88,225 | 19,158 | 3,500 | 2,807 | 967 | 6.2 | 4.3 | 12.6 | 10.3 | 3.6 | 8.3 | |
Minnesota | 60,409 | 50,762 | 3,678 | 1,788 | 3,351 | 830 | 2.8 | 1.8 | 7.1 | 7.5 | 3.1 | 11.6 | |
Mississippi | 24,795 | 12,544 | 11,660 | 271 | 280 | 40 | 4.6 | 3.6 | 5.6 | 3.9 | 2.0 | 3.0 | |
Missouri | 61,717 | 49,744 | 9,178 | 1,498 | 1,024 | 273 | 4.9 | 3.2 | 12.9 | 7.2 | 2.7 | 3.7 | |
Montana | 10,396 | 9,115 | 53 | 191 | 133 | 904 | 5.2 | 4.4 | 6.3 | 6.5 | 4.1 | 11.7 | |
Nebraska | 20,035 | 16,969 | 1,049 | 1,434 | 355 | 228 | 2.5 | 1.8 | 6.0 | 4.8 | 1.4 | 7.6 | |
Nevada | 17,149 | 10,150 | 1,449 | 3,620 | 1,678 | 252 | 5.1 | 3.9 | 6.3 | 6.7 | 3.4 | 4.9 | |
New Hampshire | 14,982 | 14,174 | 320 | 201 | 257 | 30 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 9.6 | 3.1 | 1.4 | 8.3 | |
New Jersey | 94,799 | 57,702 | 14,776 | 14,593 | 7,501 | 227 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 0.5 | 2.7 | |
New Mexico | 18,264 | 6,583 | 467 | 8,740 | 297 | 2,177 | 5.2 | 3.5 | 5.9 | 5.3 | 3.2 | 9.2 | |
New York | 176,050 | 106,219 | 28,814 | 26,698 | 13,720 | 599 | 3.9 | 2.4 | 6.2 | 6.1 | 2.4 | 5.7 | |
North Carolina | 81,766 | 51,582 | 23,002 | 4,228 | 1,944 | 1,010 | 5.2 | 4.4 | 6.2 | 7.6 | 2.0 | 7.7 | |
North Dakota | 6,999 | 6,410 | 98 | 79 | 55 | 357 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 7.3 | |
Ohio | 118,847 | 99,936 | 14,956 | 2,046 | 1,749 | 160 | 4.3 | 2.9 | 10.1 | 8.5 | 1.8 | 8.2 | |
Oklahoma | 37,630 | 23,591 | 3,926 | 2,476 | 867 | 6,770 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 5.2 | 2.3 | 3.3 | |
Oregon | 34,061 | 26,846 | 830 | 3,849 | 1,811 | 725 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 7.9 | 6.7 | 2.7 | 6.1 | |
Pennsylvania | 130,029 | 104,355 | 16,111 | 5,978 | 3,439 | 146 | 2.6 | 1.7 | 5.7 | 6.9 | 1.6 | 4.1 | |
Rhode Island | 10,347 | 7,474 | 890 | 1,605 | 314 | 64 | 5.3 | 4.3 | 7.8 | 8.2 | 4.8 | 10.3 | |
South Carolina | 35,140 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 3.9 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 5.3 | 1.8 | — |
South Dakota | 8,587 | 7,707 | 129 | 125 | 111 | 515 | 2.3 | 1.4 | 2.4 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 9.9 | |
Tennessee | 57,485 | 41,700 | 13,207 | 1,567 | 906 | 105 | 3.9 | 2.5 | 7.7 | 5.3 | 2.1 | 4.7 | |
Texas | 252,121 | 112,983 | 33,873 | 94,571 | 9,750 | 944 | 4.0 | 1.8 | 6.3 | 5.3 | 1.3 | 3.2 | |
Utah | 28,091 | 24,549 | 229 | 2,063 | 868 | 382 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 6.6 | 8.0 | 3.9 | 7.5 | |
Vermont | 6,719 | 6,408 | 93 | 72 | 99 | 47 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Virginia | 76,398 | 49,155 | 17,960 | 4,394 | 4,689 | 200 | 2.7 | 1.9 | 4.0 | 5.4 | 1.3 | 3.8 | |
Washington | 60,997 | 45,905 | 2,699 | 5,678 | 5,496 | 1,219 | 5.7 | 5.0 | 8.9 | 8.0 | 4.0 | 11.3 | |
West Virginia | 17,489 | 16,489 | 724 | 115 | 147 | 14 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 5.0 | 3.8 | 1.3 | 6.5 | |
Wisconsin | 65,183 | 54,288 | 4,827 | 2,840 | 2,428 | 800 | 2.3 | 1.4 | 7.8 | 5.4 | 2.0 | 5.8 | |
Wyoming | 5,494 | 4,891 | 55 | 381 | 67 | 100 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 2.0 | 11.0 | |
Bureau of Indian Education | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
DoD, overseas | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
DoD, domestic | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Other jurisdictions | |||||||||||||
American Samoa | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Guam | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Northern Marianas | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Puerto Rico | 30,016 | 0 | 0 | 30,016 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
U.S. Virgin Islands | 820 | 7 | 720 | 88 | 1 | 4 | 7.8 | 8.3 | 7.8 | 8.5 | — | — |
—Not available. | |||||||||||||
1 Data differ slightly from figures reported in other tables due to varying reporting practices for racial/ethnic survey data. | |||||||||||||
2 High school graduate counts include estimates for nonreporting states, based on 2007 12th-grade enrollment racial/ethnic distribution reported by state. Event dropout rate totals are totals for reporting states only. | |||||||||||||
3 Projected data from NCES 2010-069, Projections of Education Statistics to 2019. | |||||||||||||
NOTE: Includes only graduates for whom race/ethnicity was reported. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Event dropout rates measure the percentage of public school students in grades 9 through 12 who dropped out of school between one October and the next. DoD = Department of Defense. | |||||||||||||
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 2007-08 and 2008-09, and "NCES Common Core of Data State Dropout and Completion Data File," 2007-08; and unpublished tabulations. (This table was prepared September 2010.) |