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Public School Student, Staff, and Graduate Counts by State: School Year 2001-02--Ed Tabs: April, 2004
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Table 6. Number of public high school completers, by state: School year 2000-01
State
Total high school
completers
Diploma
recipients
Other high school
completers
High school equivalency
recipients2
United States 2,568,956 42,4521
 
Alabama 42,899 37,082 2,531 3,286
Alaska 8,273 6,812 17 1,444
Arizona 46,773 770
Arkansas 33,406 27,100 1,919 4,387
California 315,189
 
Colorado 45,592 39,241 129 6,222
Connecticut 31,631 30,388 54 1,189
Delaware 6,984 6,614 98 272
District of Columbia 2,808 235
Florida 132,167 111,112 4,898 16,157
 
Georgia 62,499 6,716
Hawaii 10,102 221
Idaho 15,941 80
Illinois 110,624
Indiana 56,172 2,135
 
Iowa 38,324 33,774 135 4,415
Kansas 29,360
Kentucky 36,957 336
Louisiana 43,707 38,314 982 4,411
Maine 12,982 12,654 19 309
 
Maryland 49,222 347
Massachusetts 54,393
Michigan 97,923 96,515 634 774
Minnesota 63,500 56,581 6,919
Mississippi 26,160 23,748 2,014 398
 
Missouri 59,866 54,138 99 5,629
Montana 12,207 10,628 1,579
Nebraska 19,658 174
Nevada 18,133 15,127 680 2,326
New Hampshire 12,294 1,224
 
New Jersey 78,609 76,130 2,479
New Mexico 20,675 18,199 155 2,321
New York 165,239 141,884 5,421 17,934
North Carolina 71,319 63,288 666 7,365
North Dakota 10,623 8,445 2,178
 
Ohio 117,389 111,281 6,108
Oklahoma 47,578 37,458 10,120
Oregon 40,570 29,939 3,182 7,449
Pennsylvania 124,735 114,436 10,299
Rhode Island 9,330 8,603 14 713
 
South Carolina 29,742 835
South Dakota 8,881
Tennessee 40,642 4,021
Texas 216,700 215,316 1,384
Utah 34,309 31,036 160 3,113
 
Vermont 6,904 6,856 20 28
Virginia 74,846 66,067 2,526 6,253
Washington 57,522 55,081 155 2,286
West Virginia 20,103 18,440 12 1,651
Wisconsin 59,341 9,105
Wyoming 6,071 62
Outlying Areas, DoD Dependents Schools, and Bureau of Indian Affairs
Bureau of Indian Affairs
DoDDS: DoDs Overseas 2,621 2,621
DDESS: DoDs Domestic 568 568
American Samoa 781 722 2 57
Guam 1,371
Northern Marianas 361
Puerto Rico 45,755 30,154 2,420 13,181
Virgin Islands 966
 
— Not available.
† Not applicable.
1 Includes individuals who receive certificates of attendance or some other credential in lieu of diplomas. Total other high school completers does not include New Hampshire and Wisconsin.
2 Includes recipients ages 19 or younger, except in Minnesota, where they are ages 20 or younger.
NOTE: High school completer categories may include students not included in 12th-grade membership in the 2000-01 school year.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 2001–02.