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Table 219.46.Public high school 4-year adjusted cohort graduation rate (ACGR), by selected student characteristics and state or jurisdiction: School years 2011-12 through 2021-22
State or jurisdiction Total, ACGR for all students ACGR for students with selected characteristics,1 2020-21 ACGR for students with selected characteristics,1 2021-22
2011-
12
2012-
13
2013-
14
2014-
15
2015-
16
2016-
17
2017-
18
2019-
20
2020-
21
2021-
22
Race/ethnicity Students with disabil-
ities2
English learner3 Economi-
cally disadvan-
taged4
Homeless enrolled Foster care Race/ethnicity Students with disabil-
ities2
English learner3 Economi-
cally disadvan-
taged4
Homeless enrolled Foster care

American
Indian/
Alaska
Native

Asian/Pacific Islander5

Black

Hispanic

White

Two or more races
American
Indian/
Alaska
Native

Asian/Pacific Islander5

Black

Hispanic

White

Two or more races

2018-
19

Total

Asian

Pacific Islander

Total

Asian

Pacific Islander
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38
   United States  80 6 81 7 82 83 84 85 85 86 87 8 86 9 87 10 74 11 93 --- --- 81 82 90 --- 71 71 81 --- --- 74 11 94 --- --- 81 83 90 --- 71 72 81 68 ---
Alabama12 75 80 86 89 87 89 90 92 91 91 88 95 96 96 >=90 88 88 92 93 73 75 87 77 69 88 94 95 87 85 84 90 90 74 68 83 76 64
Alaska 70 72 71 76 76 78 79 80 79 78 78 66 84 87 77 76 77 84 73 59 69 70 51 45 64 84 87 78 74 77 84 75 61 65 70 59 53
Arizona 76 75 76 77 80 78 79 78 77 76 77 64 90 91 78 71 72 83 72 66 55 72 42 41 65 89 91 77 72 73 83 78 67 60 73 48 39
Arkansas 84 85 87 85 87 88 89 88 89 88 88 85 89 94 78 85 88 90 86 83 84 87 76 64 84 88 95 74 85 87 90 86 83 82 85 78 64
California 79 80 81 82 83 83 83 85 84 84 87 73 94 94 82 73 81 88 83 69 67 80 68 56 79 95 95 85 79 85 91 87 74 72 85 73 61

Colorado

75


77


77

77

79

79

81

81

82


82


82


64


90

91

77

76

74

87

82

66

68


71

54

31

65


90

93

61

77

75

87

81

68

69


72

55

30
Connecticut 85 86 87 87 87 88 88 89 88 90 89 91 96 96 >=90 82 82 94 89 69 74 82 66 55 84 95 95 87 82 81 94 89 70 70 82 67 57
Delaware 80 80 87 86 86 87 87 89 89 81 88 83 94 94 >=50 76 75 85 85 64 61 71 57 45 84 96 95 >=80 85 82 92 88 72 69 81 70 55
District of Columbia 59 62 61 69 69 73 69 69 73 75 76 >=80 88 73 70 92 >=90 60 60 64 55 44 76 69 96 89 63 55 65 55 43
Florida 75 76 76 78 81 82 86 87 90 90 87 89 97 98 90 87 89 92 90 82 86 87 78 62 86 96 96 87 82 86 91 89 84 73 83 74 59

Georgia

70


72


73

79

79

81

82

82

84


84


84


81


94

---

---

82

78

87

84

70

66


81

64

45

77


94

---

---

82

78

87

83

73

66


79

63

48
Hawaii 81 82 82 82 83 83 85 85 86 86 86 --- 86 94 78 85 83 87 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 86 94 78 85 83 87 --- --- --- --- --- ---
Idaho --- --- 77 79 80 80 81 81 82 80 80 69 83 86 75 68 72 83 77 56 61 70 54 39 74 82 85 72 69 73 82 77 57 65 70 52 41
Illinois 82 83 86 86 86 87 87 86 87 80 96 96 86 80 85 91 85 72 77 80 67 51
Indiana 86 87 88 87 87 84 88 87 91 88 88 77 95 95 86 79 84 90 84 75 84 85 78 59 87 94 95 89 80 85 89 85 77 88 85 79 59

Iowa

89


90


91

91

91

91

91

92

92


90


90


77


90

93

64

78

81

93

86

74

76


82

65

62

81


90

93

64

77

80

93

83

73

73


82

71

72
Kansas 85 86 86 86 86 87 87 87 88 88 89 84 95 95 86 82 83 90 84 82 82 81 69 63 88 94 95 78 82 85 91 87 83 84 82 72 60
Kentucky --- 86 88 88 89 90 90 91 91 90 90 82 95 95 88 84 84 92 90 78 75 87 80 --- 89 94 94 94 85 83 91 89 80 77 88 86 70
Louisiana 72 74 75 78 79 78 81 80 83 82 83 85 92 93 76 76 74 88 85 69 53 77 64 56 83 91 92 73 80 69 88 82 57 46 78 70 63
Maine 85 86 87 88 87 87 87 87 87 86 86 71 91 91 >=50 76 77 87 82 73 76 77 56 59 71 92 91 71 76 77 87 82 73 76 77 56 59

Maryland

84


85


86

87

88

88

87

87

87


87


86


93


97

97

92

83

76

94

91

68

61


79

65

57

79


96

97

88

84

72

94

90

69

57


78

62

42
Massachusetts 85 85 86 87 88 88 88 88 89 90 90 82 96 96 86 84 80 93 89 77 72 82 77 65 82 96 96 81 86 81 93 89 78 73 83 68 62
Michigan 76 77 79 80 80 80 81 81 82 81 81 70 92 93 77 68 75 84 74 57 72 69 54 40 71 92 92 76 70 74 84 75 58 73 70 56 41
Minnesota 78 80 81 82 82 83 83 84 84 83 84 53 87 87 66 70 69 88 75 64 65 70 45 37 55 87 87 60 74 69 89 78 66 65 71 49 42
Mississippi 75 76 78 81 82 83 84 85 88 88 89 87 94 94 >=80 87 85 90 86 60 65 90 71 60 91 93 94 78 88 85 90 87 67 67 90 71 64

Missouri

84


86


87

88

89

88

89

90

90


89


90


86


94

---

---

79

86

92

88

77

74


81

75

70

85


94

---

---

80

86

92

88

78

73


82

76

69
Montana 84 84 85 86 86 86 86 87 86 86 86 69 88 91 72 76 79 89 84 77 70 77 62 81 69 89 93 75 84 80 89 82 76 67 76 64 68
Nebraska 88 89 90 89 89 89 89 88 88 88 87 73 88 89 83 75 79 92 81 65 58 80 64 43 70 90 90 >=90 74 77 92 82 66 53 79 61 54
Nevada 63 71 70 71 74 81 83 84 83 81 82 72 91 93 84 70 80 85 83 65 71 79 73 43 69 91 93 84 68 81 86 82 66 73 82 67 47
New Hampshire 86 87 88 88 88 89 89 88 88 87 88 88 92 91 >=50 75 76 88 82 72 65 72 58 45 72 95 95 >=50 79 76 89 85 73 68 73 59 46

New Jersey

86


88


89

90

90

91

91

91

91


89


85


88


97

97

94

81

82

93

88

67

73


82

68

47

85


96

96

90

78

79

89

84

49

70


79

60

44
New Mexico 70 70 69 69 71 71 74 75 77 77 --- 71 89 --- --- 75 76 80 --- 68 75 72 62 37 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
New York 77 77 78 79 80 82 82 83 84 85 87 77 91 91 83 78 77 91 84 62 46 80 64 49 82 92 93 85 81 80 92 87 66 61 82 69 49
North Carolina 80 83 84 86 86 87 86 87 88 87 86 83 95 --- --- 84 82 90 85 71 69 80 69 57 85 96 --- --- 83 80 90 84 71 67 80 68 53
North Dakota 87 88 87 87 88 87 88 88 89 87 85 70 82 84 74 81 73 91 --- 72 74 73 61 45 65 85 88 73 72 74 90 --- 66 73 69 54 55

Ohio

81


82


82

81

84

84

82

82

84


85


86


79


92

---

---

74

76

89

81

64

70


75

57

59

76


94

---

---

75

76

90

82

68

71


77

59

61
Oklahoma --- 85 83 83 82 83 82 85 81 80 --- 81 84 87 71 74 77 82 79 83 81 83 62 65 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Oregon 68 69 72 74 75 77 79 80 83 81 81 67 88 92 70 73 77 82 79 66 64 77 55 48 69 89 92 75 74 79 83 80 68 65 81 59 48
Pennsylvania 84 86 85 85 86 87 86 87 87 87 87 76 94 94 89 76 75 91 81 73 67 80 69 53 78 94 94 85 77 76 91 81 74 68 80 69 49
Rhode Island 77 80 81 83 83 84 84 84 84 84 83 76 88 88 >=50 82 77 88 76 65 69 76 61 49 69 93 93 >=80 80 77 87 78 66 67 76 64 52

South Carolina

75


78


80

80

83

84

81

81

82


83


84


77


92

---

---

78

81

87

---

57

80


76

62

38

77


94

---

---

80

80

87

---

58

78


76

63

42
South Dakota 83 83 83 84 84 84 84 84 84 83 82 45 90 92 >=50 84 67 90 74 60 64 69 40 38 46 86 89 >=50 76 69 90 73 63 75 60 45 41
Tennessee 87 86 87 88 89 90 90 91 90 89 90 88 95 95 89 83 83 93 --- 72 71 82 73 54 89 96 97 92 86 82 94 --- 79 68 84 74 60
Texas 88 88 88 89 89 90 90 90 --- 90 90 87 97 97 88 86 88 94 91 80 80 87 79 61 88 97 97 89 86 88 94 91 79 80 86 75 62
Utah 80 83 84 85 85 86 87 87 88 88 88 78 88 92 84 77 81 90 87 73 75 78 --- --- 78 86 91 80 79 81 91 87 74 76 78 69 ---

Vermont

88


87


88

88

88

89

85

85

83


83


83


>=80


78



69

75

84

83

70

63


74

57

48

74


78



73

83

83

80

70

63


75

58

50
Virginia 83 85 85 86 87 87 88 88 89 90 89 88 96 96 >=95 86 81 93 92 69 70 83 65 55 86 96 97 91 86 78 93 91 70 69 82 67 60
Washington 77 76 78 78 80 79 87 81 83 --- 84 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 68 91 93 79 82 79 85 85 66 71 77 62 54
West Virginia 79 81 85 87 90 89 90 91 92 91 91 >=80 >=95 >=95 >=50 87 89 91 90 83 91 85 77 63 >=80 >=95 >=95 >=50 87 86 92 89 83 81 85 79 65
Wisconsin 88 88 89 88 88 89 90 90 90 90 90 78 92 92 81 67 83 94 84 69 76 78 64 52 80 92 92 88 71 82 94 87 73 76 81 68 59
Wyoming 79 77 79 79 80 86 82 82 82 83 82 53 90 93 >=50 80 78 85 77 65 64 70 61 55 49 >=95 80 76 84 78 63 63 68 57 51

Bureau of Indian
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65




75

















75


---

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---

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72

79


75

72

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  Puerto Rico --- --- --- --- --- --- 74 77 78 76 74 --- --- --- --- --- 76 74 63 70 75 13 75 63 --- --- --- --- --- --- 74 63 57 68 75 13 73 55
---Not available.
‡Reporting standards not met.
1The time when students are identified as having certain characteristics varies by state or jurisdiction. Depending on the state or jurisdiction, a student may be included in a category if the relevant characteristic is reported in 9th-grade data, if the characteristic is reported in 12th-grade data, or if it is reported at any point during the student’s high school years.
2Students identified as children with disabilities under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).
3Students who met the definition of English learner as outlined in the EDFacts workbook. For more information, see https://www2.ed.gov/about/inits/ed/edfacts/eden-workbook.html.
4Students who met the state or jurisdiction criteria for classification as economically disadvantaged.
5States either report data for a combined "Asian/Pacific Islander" group or report the "Asian" and "Pacific Islander" groups separately. Total represents either a single value reported by the state for "Asian/Pacific Islander" or an aggregation of separate values reported for "Asian" and "Pacific Islander." "Asian/Pacific Islander" includes the "Filipino" group, which only California and Hawaii report separately.
6Includes imputed data for Idaho, Kentucky, and Oklahoma. Data were not available for these states because they had not yet started reporting ACGR data in 2011-12.
7Includes imputed data for Idaho. Data were not available for Idaho because this state had not yet started reporting ACGR data in 2012-13.
8Includes imputed data for Illinois and Texas.
9Includes imputed data for Illinois and Washington.
10Includes imputed data for New Mexico and Oklahoma.
11Estimated assuming a count of zero American Indian/Alaska Native students for Hawaii.
12Use data with caution. The Alabama State Department of Education has indicated that their ACGR data for 2010-11 through 2013-14 was misstated. For more information, please see https://www.oversight.gov/report/ed/calculating-and-reporting-graduation-rates-alabama.
13Data for Puerto Rico are for students with "limited Spanish proficiency" or Spanish learners, instead of "English Learners," as Spanish is the language of instruction in Puerto Rico.
NOTE: The adjusted cohort graduation rate (ACGR) is the percentage of public high school freshmen who graduate with a regular diploma or a state-defined alternate high school diploma for students with the most significant cognitive disabilities within 4 years of starting 9th grade. Students who are entering 9th grade for the first time form a cohort for the graduating class. This cohort 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. Before 2017-18, the definition of ACGR included regular high school diplomas only. Values preceded by the ">=" symbol have been "blurred" (rounded) to protect student privacy. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. In 2019-20, some states may have changed their requirements for a regular high school diploma to account for the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. These changes are at the discretion of each state but may have resulted in less comparability in the ACGRs between 2019-20 and other school years.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, EDFacts file 150, Data Group 695, and EDFacts file 151, Data Group 696, 2011-12 through 2021-22. (This table was prepared January 2024.)

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