Table 12. Averaged freshman graduation rate of public high school students, by state: School year 2003–04
State	Averaged freshman graduation rate percent	Regular diplomas, school year 2003–04	Estimated first-time 9th-graders, school year 2000–011	Grade 10 membership, school year 2001–02	Grade 9 membership, school year 2000–2001	Grade 8 membership, school year 2000–1999
United States2	75.0	2,548,128	3,396,916	3,259,701	3,669,077	3,261,969
Alabama	65.0	36,464	56,063	51,525	60,463	56,201
Alaska	67.2	7,236	10,768	10,148	11,582	10,575
Arizona	66.8	45,508	68,091	67,727	70,950	65,596
Arkansas	76.8	27,181	35,414	34,537	36,192	35,514
California	73.9	343,480	464,970	465,027	492,205	437,677
Colorado	78.7	44,777	56,918	54,862	61,197	54,696
Connecticut	80.7	34,573	42,836	41,778	45,525	41,205
Delaware	72.9	6,951	9,540	9,035	10,628	8,957
District of Columbia	68.2	3,031	4,447	4,213	4,478	4,650
Florida	66.4	131,418	197,778	172,935	238,825	181,574
Georgia	61.2	68,550	112,024	102,590	126,793	106,688
Hawaii	72.6	10,324	14,211	13,529	15,922	13,182
Idaho	81.5	15,547	19,067	19,074	19,538	18,590
Illinois	80.3	124,763	155,404	150,982	165,558	149,673
Indiana	73.5	56,008	76,196	73,371	80,315	74,901
Iowa	85.8	34,339	40,034	39,517	41,701	38,883
Kansas	77.9	30,155	38,711	38,252	40,225	37,655
Kentucky	73.0	37,787	51,729	47,063	59,075	49,049
Louisiana	69.4	37,019	53,327	48,972	54,439	56,570
Maine	77.6	13,278	17,116	16,348	17,306	17,695
Maryland	79.5	52,870	66,462	63,954	72,202	63,229
Massachusetts	79.3	58,326	73,582	69,692	78,201	72,852
Michigan	72.5	98,823	136,236	132,743	146,344	129,620
Minnesota	84.7	59,096	69,757	70,837	70,729	67,705
Mississippi	62.7	23,735	37,836	34,377	40,603	38,529
Missouri	80.4	57,983	72,144	69,929	75,930	70,572
Montana	80.4	10,500	13,056	12,778	13,384	13,004
Nebraska	87.6	20,309	23,171	22,824	24,236	22,452
Nevada	57.4	15,201	26,495	25,129	30,036	24,321
New Hampshire	78.7	13,309	16,902	16,211	17,649	16,844
New Jersey	86.3	83,826	97,100	96,733	98,854	95,713
New Mexico	67.0	17,892	26,703	25,843	28,944	25,322
New York	—	—	233,909	229,660	258,564	213,503
North Carolina	71.4	72,126	101,065	94,231	112,420	96,544
North Dakota	86.1	7,888	9,164	9,040	9,314	9,137
Ohio	81.3	119,029	146,446	140,441	157,431	141,466
Oklahoma	77.0	36,799	47,770	46,137	49,939	47,235
Oregon	74.2	32,958	44,394	44,458	45,769	42,953
Pennsylvania	82.2	123,474	150,249	148,110	158,648	143,991
Rhode Island	75.9	9,258	12,197	11,631	13,106	11,855
South Carolina	60.6	33,235	54,805	49,037	63,776	51,601
South Dakota	83.7	9,001	10,757	10,585	11,057	10,631
Tennessee	66.1	46,096	69,722	67,543	74,322	67,300
Texas	76.7	244,165	318,256	293,235	360,704	300,830
Utah	83.0	30,252	36,435	36,968	36,362	35,974
Vermont	85.4	7,100	8,318	8,144	8,604	8,206
Virginia	79.3	72,042	90,856	86,983	98,753	86,831
Washington	74.6	61,274	82,172	81,650	87,322	77,543
West Virginia	76.9	17,339	22,549	21,430	23,759	22,458
Wisconsin	—	—	73,177	73,512	78,140	67,878
Wyoming	76.0	5,833	7,674	7,540	7,764	7,719
— Not available. 1 First-time 9th-graders were estimated as the average of student membership in grades 8, 9, and 10 in three consecutive years. 2 The national estimate does not include data from two states with missing diploma counts: New York and Wisconsin. The adjusted national rate with estimates for these two states included is 74.3 percent. NOTE: The averaged freshman graduation rate provides an estimate of the percentage of public high school students who graduate with a regular diploma 4 years after starting 9th grade. The rate uses aggregate student enrollment data to estimate the size of an incoming freshman class and aggregate counts of the number of diplomas awarded 4 years later. Ungraded students were allocated to individual grades. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data: State Non-Fiscal Data Files. 1999–2000 Version 1c, 2000–01 Version 1b, 2001–02 Version 1b, and 2004–05 Version 0c.