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| 617,538 | | 597,783 | | 19,755 | | 5.1 | | 65.0 |
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New York City Public Schools | NY |
| 55,290 | | 52,662 | | 2,628 | | 5.3 | | 56.9 |
Los Angeles Unified | CA |
| 30,580 | | 30,580 | | † | | 6.8 | | 48.8 |
Puerto Rico Department of Education | PR |
| 30,016 | | 30,016 | | † | | — | | 64.5 |
City of Chicago School District 299 | IL |
| 20,285 | | 20,285 | | † | | 16.3 | | 63.8 |
Dade | FL |
| 20,791 | | 18,784 | | 2,007 | | 6.0 | | 58.5 |
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Clark County School District | NV |
| 13,031 | | 11,325 | | 1,706 | | 6.2 | | 49.1 |
Broward | FL |
| 15,742 | | 14,898 | | 844 | | 2.8 | | 67.2 |
Houston Independent School District | TX |
| 7,976 | | 7,976 | | † | | 6.8 | | 56.6 |
Hillsborough | FL |
| 10,503 | | 10,091 | | 412 | | 2.5 | | 69.3 |
Hawaii Department of Education | HI |
| 11,833 | | 11,613 | | 220 | | 5.4 | | 76.0 |
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Orange | FL |
| 10,672 | | 9,863 | | 809 | | 1.9 | | 69.1 |
Palm Beach | FL |
| 10,879 | | 10,092 | | 787 | | 5.0 | | 64.8 |
Fairfax County Public Schools | VA |
| 12,150 | | 11,536 | | 614 | | 2.2 | | 86.0 |
Philadelphia City School District | PA |
| 8,732 | | 8,732 | | † | | 8.5 | | 55.5 |
Dallas Independent School District | TX |
| 6,371 | | 6,371 | | † | | 8.9 | | 53.3 |
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Gwinnett County | GA |
| 8,472 | | 7,939 | | 533 | | 3.3 | | 72.3 |
Montgomery County Public Schools | MD |
| 10,316 | | 10,175 | | 141 | | 3.1 | | 86.6 |
Wake County Schools | NC |
| 7,717 | | 7,657 | | 60 | | 4.4 | | 82.7 |
Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools | NC |
| 6,611 | | 6,464 | | 147 | | 5.4 | | 66.2 |
San Diego Unified | CA |
| 6,778 | | 6,778 | | † | | 2.4 | | 63.0 |
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Prince George's County Public Schools | MD |
| 8,644 | | 8,617 | | 27 | | 2.7 | | 71.7 |
Duval | FL |
| 6,502 | | 5,999 | | 503 | | 4.7 | | 59.2 |
Memphis City School District | TN |
| 6,547 | | 6,038 | | 509 | | 11.5 | | 61.5 |
Cobb County | GA |
| 7,090 | | 6,730 | | 360 | | 2.0 | | 76.9 |
Pinellas | FL |
| 6,790 | | 6,458 | | 332 | | 2.6 | | 62.4 |
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Baltimore County Public Schools | MD |
| 7,571 | | 7,526 | | 45 | | 4.9 | | 82.6 |
Cypress Fairbanks Independent School District | TX |
| 5,294 | | 5,294 | | † | | 1.1 | | 86.5 |
Dekalb County | GA |
| 5,424 | | 4,761 | | 663 | | 3.9 | | 57.4 |
Jefferson County | KY |
| 5,396 | | 5,325 | | 71 | | 6.2 | | 69.2 |
Detroit City School District | MI |
| — | | 6,014 | | — | | 11.7 | | 45.2 |
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Albuquerque Public Schools | NM |
| 5,239 | | 5,076 | | 163 | | 7.0 | | 65.7 |
Polk | FL |
| 5,068 | | 4,727 | | 341 | | 4.9 | | 68.5 |
Northside Independent School District | TX |
| 4,704 | | 4,704 | | † | | 2.6 | | 79.7 |
Fulton County | GA |
| 5,087 | | 4,864 | | 223 | | 2.8 | | 79.3 |
Long Beach Unified | CA |
| 5,054 | | 5,054 | | † | | 4.1 | | 65.5 |
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Jefferson County School District No R 1 | CO |
| 5,968 | | 5,714 | | 254 | | 5.1 | | 79.9 |
Milwaukee School District | WI |
| — | | 4,810 | | — | | 8.3 | | 62.1 |
Austin Independent School District | TX |
| 3,903 | | 3,903 | | † | | 5.5 | | 67.4 |
Baltimore City Public Schools | MD |
| 4,116 | | 4,019 | | 97 | | 9.2 | | 56.8 |
Jordan District | UT |
| — | | 4,626 | | — | | 3.0 | | 78.4 |
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Lee | FL |
| 4,491 | | 4,174 | | 317 | | 2.3 | | 71.0 |
Fort Worth Independent School District | TX |
| 3,529 | | 3,529 | | † | | 7.3 | | 61.0 |
Fresno Unified | CA |
| 3,870 | | 3,870 | | † | | 6.4 | | 58.1 |
Davidson County School District | TN |
| 4,018 | | 3,846 | | 172 | | 7.5 | | 66.7 |
Denver County 1 | CO |
| 3,190 | | 2,878 | | 312 | | 13.8 | | 50.4 |
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Prince Wm County Public Schools | VA |
| 4,560 | | 4,275 | | 285 | | 2.1 | | 78.8 |
Anne Arundel County Public Schools | MD |
| 5,297 | | 5,244 | | 53 | | 3.5 | | 81.3 |
Brevard | FL |
| 5,018 | | 4,923 | | 95 | | 0.8 | | 75.8 |
Guilford County Schools | NC |
| 4,776 | | 4,623 | | 153 | | 3.0 | | 79.0 |
Va Beach City Public Schools | VA |
| 5,341 | | 4,787 | | 554 | | 1.7 | | 72.7 |
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Greenville 01 | SC |
| — | | — | | — | | 4.2 | | — |
Mesa Unified District | AZ |
| 4,284 | | 4,284 | | † | | 5.4 | | 73.4 |
Granite District | UT |
| — | | 3,244 | | — | | 5.8 | | 61.6 |
Fort Bend Independent School District | TX |
| 4,439 | | 4,439 | | † | | 2.4 | | 82.2 |
Pasco | FL |
| 3,506 | | 3,421 | | 85 | | 2.5 | | 65.9 |
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Davis District | UT |
| — | | 3,695 | | — | | 2.8 | | 83.1 |
Washoe County School District | NV |
| 3,191 | | 2,804 | | 387 | | 2.8 | | 50.4 |
Seminole | FL |
| 4,266 | | 4,130 | | 136 | | 0.6 | | 72.9 |
North East Independent School District | TX |
| 3,927 | | 3,927 | | † | | 1.6 | | 82.2 |
Arlington Independent School District | TX |
| 3,214 | | 3,214 | | † | | 4.0 | | 65.9 |
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Volusia | FL |
| 3,856 | | 3,640 | | 216 | | 1.2 | | 65.2 |
Mobile County | AL |
| 3,360 | | 3,202 | | 158 | | 2.8 | | 63.1 |
El Paso Independent School District | TX |
| 3,481 | | 3,481 | | † | | 4.8 | | 66.5 |
Alpine District | UT |
| — | | 2,936 | | — | | 3.2 | | 74.6 |
Elk Grove Unified | CA |
| 3,745 | | 3,745 | | † | | 2.7 | | 81.8 |
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Aldine Independent School District | TX |
| 2,483 | | 2,483 | | † | | 6.8 | | 56.9 |
Chesterfield County Public Schools | VA |
| 4,294 | | 4,092 | | 202 | | 3.4 | | 86.8 |
Douglas County School District No Re 1 | CO |
| 2,903 | | 2,865 | | 38 | | 1.0 | | 89.5 |
Garland Independent School District | TX |
| 3,344 | | 3,344 | | † | | 3.5 | | 76.1 |
Santa Ana Unified | CA |
| 2,404 | | 2,404 | | † | | 1.8 | | 52.4 |
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Tucson Unified District | AZ |
| 3,230 | | 3,230 | | † | | 2.5 | | 68.8 |
Loudoun County Public Schools | VA |
| 3,341 | | 3,193 | | 148 | | 1.1 | | 95.9 |
Katy Independent School District | TX |
| 3,555 | | 3,555 | | † | | 1.0 | | 93.8 |
Boston | MA |
| 3,506 | | 3,506 | | 0 | | 7.6 | | 69.1 |
Knox County School District | TN |
| 3,464 | | 3,275 | | 189 | | 4.5 | | 77.3 |
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San Francisco Unified | CA |
| 3,905 | | 3,905 | | † | | 4.6 | | 77.7 |
San Bernardino City Unified | CA |
| 2,421 | | 2,421 | | † | | 6.1 | | 49.0 |
San Antonio Independent School District | TX |
| 2,153 | | 2,153 | | † | | 10.9 | | 51.5 |
Cumberland County Schools | NC |
| 3,363 | | 3,281 | | 82 | | 3.8 | | 74.0 |
Plano Independent School District | TX |
| 3,315 | | 3,315 | | † | | 0.6 | | 83.9 |
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Columbus City | OH |
| 2,569 | | 2,569 | | † | | 5.8 | | 50.5 |
Forsyth County Schools | NC |
| 2,998 | | 2,945 | | 53 | | 5.9 | | 75.0 |
Capistrano Unified | CA |
| 3,548 | | 3,548 | | † | | 0.9 | | 86.2 |
Corona Norco Unified | CA |
| 3,250 | | 3,250 | | † | | 1.5 | | 85.9 |
Osceola | FL |
| 3,309 | | 2,912 | | 397 | | 3.5 | | 70.5 |
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Pasadena Independent School District | TX |
| 2,216 | | 2,216 | | † | | 6.9 | | 60.1 |
Cherry Creek 5 | CO |
| 3,426 | | 3,385 | | 41 | | 6.2 | | 87.1 |
Lewisville Independent School District | TX |
| 3,004 | | 3,004 | | † | | 1.4 | | 80.6 |
Cleveland Municipal | OH |
| 2,082 | | 2,082 | | † | | 13.4 | | 38.6 |
Howard County Public Schools | MD |
| 3,767 | | 3,734 | | 33 | | 1.4 | | 91.7 |
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Clayton County | GA |
| 2,528 | | 2,161 | | 367 | | 2.0 | | 49.0 |
Atlanta Public Schools | GA |
| 2,114 | | 1,909 | | 205 | | 7.8 | | 50.5 |
Henrico County Public Schools | VA |
| 3,514 | | 3,061 | | 453 | | 3.5 | | 78.4 |
Anchorage School District | AK |
| 3,040 | | 2,963 | | 77 | | 5.5 | | 72.5 |
Brownsville Independent School District | TX |
| 2,216 | | 2,216 | | † | | 4.6 | | 62.2 |
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Garden Grove Unified | CA |
| 2,010 | | 2,010 | | † | | 1.6 | | 51.1 |
Sacramento City Unified | CA |
| 2,348 | | 2,348 | | † | | 3.7 | | 57.9 |
Omaha Public Schools | NE |
| 2,336 | | 2,336 | | 0 | | 6.4 | | 59.6 |
Conroe Independent School District | TX |
| 2,835 | | 2,835 | | † | | 0.7 | | 84.1 |
Shelby County School District | TN |
| 2,921 | | 2,870 | | 51 | | 0.2 | | 75.7 |
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† Not applicable. |
1 Includes high school diploma recipients as well as other high school completers (e.g., certificates of attendance), but not high school equivalencies (e.g., GEDs). Total completers may be different than reported in the CCD state-level file. |
2 The grand total number of completers for the entire set of 100 largest school districts includes districts that reported diploma data but did not report other completer data. Individual districts, on the other hand, reporting diploma but not other completer data were marked as missing. Therefore, the number of total completers for the entire 100 largest school districts is greater than the sum of the district-level total completer counts. |
3 The grades 9–12 dropout rate estimates the percentage of public high school students who left high school between the beginning of one school year and the beginning of the next without earning a high school diploma or its equivalent (e.g., a General Education Development (GED)) and do not meet any of the following exclusionary conditions: transfer to another public school district, private school, or state- or district-approved education program; temporary absence due to suspension or school-approved illness; or death. The grades 9–12 dropout rate is calculated by dividing the number of grades 9–12 dropouts by the grades 9–12 enrollment. Ungraded enrollment within each agency is redistributed across other grades in proportion to the graded enrollment. See appendix B for more information. |
4 Averaged freshman graduation rate (AFGR) is an estimate of the percentage of an entering freshman class graduating in four years. For 2007–08, it equals the total number of high school diploma recipients in 2007–08 divided by the average membership of the 8th-grade class in 2003–04, the 9th-grade class in 2004–05, and the 10th-grade class in 2005–06. Ungraded students were allocated to individual grades proportional to each state's enrollment in those grades. See appendix B for more information. |
5 Totals do not include districts where data were not available. |
NOTE: Data include all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, four outlying areas (American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands), the Bureau of Indian Education, and the Department of Defense dependents schools (overseas and domestic). |
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Local Education Agency Universe Survey," 2008–09, Version 1a, and "Local Education Universe Survey Dropout and Completion Public-Use Data File," 2007–08, Version 1a. |