Table 5.16. Four–year graduation rate baselines and goals in state Every Student Succeeds Act plans, by state: 2018

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State Graduation rate goal year Graduation rate
baseline
Graduation rate goal
Alabama 2029 87.1 93.6
Alaska 2027 78.0 90.0
Arizona 2030 77.0 90.0
Arkansas 2028 87.0 94.0
California
       
Colorado 2023 82.5 90.3
Connecticut 2029 87.2 94.0
Delaware 2030 84.3 92.1
District of Columbia 2039 65.4 90.0
Florida 2020 77.9 85.0
       
Georgia 2032 79.4 88.7
Hawaii 2025 83.0 90.0
Idaho 2022 79.0 93.0
Illinois 2032 85.5 90.0
Indiana 2023 76.0 88.0
       
Iowa 2022 91.3 95.0
Kansas 2030 86.0 95.0
Kentucky 2030 90.0 93.0
Louisiana 2025 77.5 90.0
Maine 2030 86.8 90.0
       
Maryland 2020 82.0 88.5
Massachusetts 2020 87.3 91.0
Michigan 2025 79.8 94.4
Minnesota 2020 78.0 90.0
Mississippi 2025 82.0 90.0
       
Missouri 2026 91.5 95.7
Montana 2020 85.6 89.5
Nebraska 2026 89.0 94.4
Nevada 2022 73.6 84.0
New Hampshire 2025 90.2 94.0
       
New Jersey 2030 90.1 95.0
New Mexico 2022 71.0 85.0
New York 2022 80.0 83.0
North Carolina 2027 85.9 95.0
North Dakota 2024 86.3 90.0
       
Ohio 2026 83.0 93.0
Oklahoma 2025 81.6 90.0
Oregon 2025 74.0 90.0
Pennsylvania 2030 85.0 92.0
Rhode Island 2025 85.0 95.0
       
South Carolina 2035 82.6 90.0
South Dakota 2031 83.7 100.0
Tennessee 2025 88.5 95.0
Texas 2032 89.0 94.0
Utah 2022 85.2 90.1
       
Vermont 2025 87.6 90.0
Virginia
Washington 2027 79.0 90.0
West Virginia 2030 89.8 95.0
Wisconsin 2023 88.4 90.4
Wyoming 2031 80.0 88.0
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SOURCE: Achieve’s Thinking Long-Term: Graduation Goals under Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), retrieved March 6, 2018 from
https://www.achieve.org/files/sites/default/files/ThinkingLongTermGraduationRateGoalsUnderESSA.pdf. Data Source.