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| Table 12a.—High school four-year completion rates,1 by race/ethnicity and state: School year 1997–98 |
|
State |
Race/ethnicity |
American Indian/
Alaska Native |
Asian/
Pacific Islander |
Hispanic |
Black, non-
Hispanic |
White, non-
Hispanic |
Alabama
| 94.3
| 92.3
| 71.1
| 74.8
| 79.7 |
|---|
Alaska
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
Arizona
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
Arkansas
| 70.8
| 81.6
| 66.9
| 74.7
| 82.1 |
|---|
California
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
| |
Colorado
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
Connecticut
| 84.0
| 89.3
| 60.6
| 71.1
| 88.5 |
|---|
Delaware
| —
| 95.7
| 72.3
| 77.6
| 85.0 |
|---|
District of Columbia
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
Florida
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
| |
Georgia
| 68.6
| 82.2
| 60.7
| 63.3
| 71.4 |
|---|
Hawaii
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
Idaho
| 54.0
| 79.0
| 51.6
| 65.3
| 75.1 |
|---|
Illinois
| 76.3
| 89.8
| 61.5
| 57.8
| 84.9 |
|---|
Indiana
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
| |
Iowa
| 62.2
| 88.5
| 72.2
| 67.6
| 89.5 |
|---|
Kansas
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
Kentucky
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
| 53.0
| 61.9
| 52.9
| 53.7
| 66.5 |
|---|
Maine
| 79.6
| 84.6
| 89.0
| 83.3
| 86.8 |
|---|
| |
Maryland
| 74.5
| 94.2
| 79.7
| 70.5
| 85.9 |
|---|
Massachusetts
| 74.3
| 89.6
| 65.1
| 75.6
| 88.9 |
|---|
Michigan
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
Minnesota
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
Mississippi
| 34.1
| 82.9
| 63.5
| 73.7
| 78.2 |
|---|
| |
Missouri
| 76.3
| 85.3
| 71.1
| 60.1
| 80.0 |
|---|
Montana
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
Nebraska
| 45.0
| 80.6
| 58.7
| 56.3
| 86.8 |
|---|
Nevada
| 54.0
| 70.7
| 49.4
| 56.8
| 69.4 |
|---|
New Hampshire
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
| |
New Jersey
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
New Mexico
| 64.3
| 78.7
| 62.8
| 62.4
| 77.9 |
|---|
New York
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
North Carolina
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
North Dakota
| 53.7
| 87.3
| 76.3
| 73.6
| 92.1 |
|---|
| |
Ohio
| 61.4
| 87.0
| 63.1
| 60.0
| 83.7 |
|---|
Oklahoma
| 79.4
| 84.5
| 63.2
| 68.9
| 80.2 |
|---|
Oregon
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
Pennsylvania
| 74.1
| 87.5
| 58.3
| 60.8
| 88.6 |
|---|
Rhode Island
| 55.6
| 84.9
| 64.2
| 70.0
| 83.8 |
|---|
| |
South Carolina
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
South Dakota
| 30.6
| 83.3
| 72.8
| 67.1
| 88.1 |
|---|
Tennessee
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
Texas
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
Utah
| 60.3
| 72.5
| 53.8
| 50.4
| 83.6 |
|---|
| |
Vermont
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
Virginia
| 72.9
| 87.8
| 69.2
| 73.9
| 84.0 |
|---|
Washington
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
West Virginia
| 82.1
| 95.1
| 95.9
| 77.8
| 84.1 |
|---|
Wisconsin
| 75.6
| 89.5
| 70.9
| 54.8
| 93.6 |
|---|
Wyoming
| 51.0
| 88.5
| 64.2
| 68.1
| 79.0 |
|---|
| |
| Outlying areas and DOD Dependents Schools |
DOD Dependents Schools
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
American Samoa
| —
| 95.9
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
Guam
| 100.0
| 50.8
| 37.5
| 26.3
| 39.4 |
|---|
Northern Marianas
| —
| 71.1
| —
| —
| —
|
|---|
Puerto Rico
| —
| —
| 91.5
| —
| —
|
|---|
Virgin Islands
| —
| —
| 72.6
| 78.8
| 70.0 |
|---|
| |
| — Data missing. |
| ? Not applicable. There were no American Indian completers in the state for the 1997–98 school year. |
| 1 Includes
regular and other diplomas as well as other completers but does
not include high school equivalency. |
| 2 Effective with the 1995–96 school year, Louisiana changed its dropout data collection which increased the number of their dropouts. In calculating the completion rates, 1995–96 data were used in place of older data. |
| NOTE: Total completers by race/ethnicity are obtained from State Nonfiscal Survey. The completion rate by race/ethnicity is calculated by dividing the number of high school completers by the number of high school completers and dropouts in a specific race group. A state that reported completers but not by race/ethnicity would not have a high school completion rate by race/ethnicity. Other Completers is missing in the following states: Kentucky, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Washington, and Wisconsin. Caution should be used when interpreting results by race/ethnicity as some of the racial/ethnic group populations are quite small in some states. To see the percentage of individuals in each racial/ethnic group in the state see appendix tables A-6a–f. |
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, "State Nonfiscal Survey, School Year 1998–99," and "Local Education Agency Universe Survey: School Year 1998–99." |
