Table E-25-1.   Averaged freshman graduation rate (AFGR) in public schools, by race/ethnicity, sex, and state or jurisdiction: 2008–09

State or jurisdiction	Total1				White				Black				Hispanic				Asian/Pacific Islander				American Indian/Alaska Native2
	Total	Male	Female		Total	Male	Female		Total	Male	Female		Total	Male	Female		Total	Male	Female		Total	Male	Female
United States3,4,5	75.5	71.8	78.9		81.4	78.9	84.0		63.2	57.3	69.3		64.9	60.3	69.7		90.4	88.0	93.1		64.1	60.5	67.7
Alabama	69.9	65.4	74.7		74.5	71.5	77.7		62.2	55.0	69.6		63.0	57.9	69.0		90.2	87.2	93.5		84.7	80.3	89.3
Alaska5	72.6	65.1	71.0		75.2	72.4	78.3		56.3	52.1	60.6		89.4	83.0	96.5		63.7	64.1	63.3		51.8	48.2	55.6
Arizona	72.5	68.5	76.9		75.8	72.4	79.5		78.7	76.7	80.9		69.2	63.7	75.1		98.9	97.1	100.0		53.8	50.3	57.6
Arkansas	74.0	71.0	77.3		75.5	73.6	77.5		68.0	62.0	74.3		75.7	70.8	81.4		94.4	87.9	100.0		79.2	74.8	84.2
California5,6,7	71.0	66.2	74.9		80.8	77.5	84.2		57.7	52.6	62.9		61.6	56.2	67.2		87.1	84.6	89.8		65.8	59.5	72.3
Colorado	77.6	73.9	81.5		84.3	81.1	87.7		69.8	66.0	74.0		60.8	55.7	66.1		96.3	95.3	97.3		61.4	56.4	67.1
Connecticut	75.4	72.2	78.8		81.8	79.1	84.7		63.5	58.3	69.2		55.5	51.8	59.5		88.5	87.3	89.9		61.1	60.8	61.5
Delaware	73.7	69.9	77.8		79.0	76.2	82.1		66.8	60.8	72.9		61.3	57.8	64.8		91.8	90.6	92.9		81.6	60.0	100.0
District of Columbia	62.4	55.4	68.9		77.5	79.8	75.8		62.8	55.3	69.8		50.1	44.8	54.7		84.6	82.7	86.4		100.0	75.0	100.0
Florida	68.9	63.7	72.3		71.1	68.2	74.3		59.8	53.9	66.0		66.9	61.7	72.5		94.0	90.3	97.9		68.4	67.9	69.0
Georgia	67.8	62.9	72.6		73.0	70.0	76.3		61.2	54.0	68.8		56.6	52.8	60.6		94.1	92.4	95.7		76.1	78.4	73.9
Hawaii	75.3	73.7	77.1		70.5	70.0	71.0		75.3	76.3	74.3		71.0	71.3	70.6		76.7	74.7	79.1		77.0	64.5	85.3
Idaho	80.6	77.8	83.7		81.6	79.0	84.4		91.9	94.5	88.8		72.7	67.8	77.8		96.7	96.7	96.8		61.5	53.8	69.8
Illinois	77.7	74.3	81.2		85.7	83.7	87.8		60.8	54.2	67.4		68.8	63.6	74.2		92.9	91.7	94.2		70.6	70.6	70.6
Indiana	75.2	70.3	78.2		77.1	73.9	80.4		56.4	48.5	64.2		66.8	60.6	73.9		100.0	99.2	100.0		68.6	60.4	76.4
Iowa	85.7	83.1	88.5		87.4	85.2	89.7		71.5	66.6	76.9		68.7	61.3	76.6		98.1	92.4	100.0		63.6	58.2	68.6
Kansas	80.2	77.5	82.0		83.7	81.9	85.7		66.6	62.9	70.3		63.5	59.0	68.5		87.9	89.0	86.7		69.0	69.0	69.0
Kentucky	77.6	73.2	81.2		77.8	74.2	81.6		70.2	63.8	77.0		80.2	74.4	86.2		99.0	100.0	95.1		7.2	7.3	7.2
Louisiana	67.3	61.4	73.3		73.2	68.8	77.7		59.6	51.7	67.6		73.6	68.1	79.6		94.2	91.4	97.6		70.0	63.8	76.9
Maine4	79.9	77.8	82.2		79.4	77.2	81.8		90.4	90.7	90.0		77.1	74.1	80.8		100.0	100.0	100.0		87.8	94.7	80.4
Maryland	80.1	75.8	84.7		85.6	83.0	88.3		71.8	65.1	78.8		76.8	72.0	82.0		98.8	97.0	100.0		71.5	63.8	79.3
Massachusetts5	83.3	80.1	85.6		86.1	84.1	88.2		73.9	69.3	78.7		67.7	62.7	73.0		91.9	89.5	94.6		76.0	64.2	87.1
Michigan	75.3	71.6	79.2		80.9	78.1	84.0		58.5	51.8	65.2		61.2	56.3	66.6		94.5	92.0	97.2		64.7	62.6	67.0
Minnesota	87.4	85.2	89.8		91.4	89.4	93.5		69.1	65.6	73.0		63.9	60.3	67.9		90.4	88.1	93.1		56.7	54.1	59.2
Mississippi5	62.0	56.5	67.6		65.3	61.5	69.5		58.6	51.1	65.7		67.7	64.8	71.1		79.3	75.0	84.3		49.3	42.1	54.4
Missouri	83.1	81.0	85.3		85.7	84.4	87.0		71.3	65.8	77.1		80.3	76.6	84.5		100.0	100.0	100.0		83.4	81.9	84.6
Montana	82.0	80.5	83.5		84.5	83.2	86.0		73.9	78.5	69.4		76.6	71.1	83.6		92.0	85.3	98.4		63.1	61.3	64.9
Nebraska	82.9	79.9	86.2		88.0	85.9	90.3		56.7	49.0	64.6		66.9	60.2	74.0		92.4	90.3	95.0		56.3	50.2	62.3
Nevada6,8	56.3	53.5	59.7		63.3	60.0	66.9		45.0	42.0	48.3		45.3	42.3	48.7		80.2	79.2	81.3		44.8	43.7	46.1
New Hampshire	84.3	82.4	86.3		84.2	82.3	86.2		100.0	100.0	100.0		41.6	39.0	44.5		100.0	100.0	100.0		77.6	81.6	73.5
New Jersey5	85.3	84.2	85.5		89.1	88.9	89.2		75.9	74.4	77.3		76.1	74.5	77.9		95.6	95.0	96.2		70.5	57.9	87.4
New Mexico	64.8	61.3	68.5		72.4	69.2	75.9		67.4	62.5	72.9		60.7	57.4	64.2		93.3	93.7	92.8		59.9	54.2	65.5
New York	73.5	70.8	76.7		85.1	83.2	87.1		58.1	53.8	62.5		57.4	53.4	61.6		88.4	84.0	93.4		60.6	56.5	64.4
North Carolina	75.1	69.7	78.4		79.3	76.3	82.6		65.0	58.3	72.0		66.5	62.4	71.1		93.3	93.4	93.2		67.2	64.0	70.5
North Dakota	87.4	86.0	89.0		91.1	89.8	92.4		100.0	100.0	100.0		72.4	68.9	77.3		93.8	93.2	94.4		52.4	49.2	55.5
Ohio	79.6	77.1	82.1		84.9	83.1	86.9		56.8	52.4	61.6		66.0	60.7	72.0		98.7	95.5	100.0		83.9	74.4	93.6
Oklahoma	77.3	75.2	79.6		79.0	77.3	80.9		68.7	63.9	73.9		73.7	69.7	78.1		100.0	100.0	100.0		75.5	74.2	76.8
Oregon	76.5	73.2	79.3		77.4	74.9	80.1		61.1	59.0	63.4		70.7	65.4	76.4		89.8	86.7	93.1		62.3	58.1	66.9
Pennsylvania	80.5	77.3	83.5		84.4	82.0	86.9		64.0	58.3	69.9		65.3	60.4	70.7		99.3	97.1	100.0		72.5	66.9	79.2
Rhode Island	75.3	71.4	79.4		77.8	75.0	80.9		70.5	65.4	76.1		67.2	59.8	74.8		75.7	70.2	80.8		75.9	67.4	85.1
South Carolina	66.0	60.1	72.7		71.6	67.3	76.2		58.9	49.9	68.2		64.0	60.9	67.4		90.3	84.0	97.1		62.9	57.4	69.0
South Dakota	81.7	78.7	84.9		85.1	82.1	88.3		85.5	79.9	92.7		66.5	63.3	69.9		99.0	91.2	100.0		54.4	52.9	56.0
Tennessee	77.4	74.0	81.1		79.4	77.5	81.4		71.4	63.9	79.1		74.3	67.9	81.6		97.8	92.3	100.0		83.2	78.1	88.1
Texas	75.4	72.7	78.4		82.7	80.9	84.7		68.0	64.2	72.0		69.6	66.4	73.1		100.0	99.4	100.0		81.9	77.2	86.6
Utah	79.4	76.2	82.3		81.7	79.1	84.4		70.3	60.1	80.8		61.2	56.6	66.2		91.3	88.7	94.2		62.9	55.0	69.4
Vermont5,9	89.6	87.3	91.7		89.1	86.9	90.9		84.6	75.3	100.0		81.3	96.1	97.7		100.0	100.0	100.0		83.0	83.6	87.1
Virginia	78.4	73.7	82.9		82.3	79.1	85.8		67.2	59.8	74.7		71.8	65.4	78.9		99.4	97.5	100.0		79.7	81.7	77.6
Washington	73.7	69.1	77.8		75.3	71.2	79.7		60.7	56.6	64.9		63.1	58.0	68.6		87.6	84.3	91.1		51.3	46.9	55.7
West Virginia	77.0	74.1	80.1		77.0	74.2	80.0		70.2	64.6	76.7		88.1	83.1	92.7		100.0	100.0	100.0		57.1	55.2	58.4
Wisconsin	90.7	88.2	93.4		95.0	93.2	97.0		65.3	58.2	72.7		77.3	73.3	81.6		99.5	96.4	100.0		74.1	71.6	76.5
Wyoming	75.2	71.5	79.2		77.1	73.8	80.7		65.0	59.3	72.2		69.6	60.3	80.7		87.3	94.2	80.2		45.0	46.9	42.3

1 Total includes other racial/ethnic groups not shown separately in the table.

2 The rate for American Indians/Alaska Natives excludes students served in schools operated by the Bureau of Indian Education.

3 The United States total includes all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

4 Maine reported 1,169 diplomas that were awarded to students attending private high schools that received a majority of their funding from public sources. These 1,169 diplomas were excluded from Maine's and the United State's AFGR calculations as the students were not reported in enrollment for prior years. These 1,169 diplomas were prorated out of the diploma counts used in the calculation of the AFGR by race/ethnicity and sex.

5 Alaska, California, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Jersey, and Vermont reported students in seven race categories for 2008–09, rather than five. For these states the reported Asian and Pacific Islander categories were combined for this table. The "two or more races" category was excluded from the detail for these states but included in the total.

6 Due to item nonresponse, data for California and Nevada were imputed based on prior year reported data.

7 Due to item nonresponse at the school district level, sex distributions within race for California were taken from prior year reported data.

8 Due to item nonresponse at the school district level, sex distributions in Nevada were based on the sex distribution of the 12th-graders enrolled in the graduation year. Because Nevada was unable to report enrollment data by race/ethnicity for 2004–05, the year required for 8th-grade enrollment in the AFGR calculations, race/ethnicity and sex distributions for the 8th-grade enrollment were imputed by averaging the reported data for 2003–04 and 2005–06 and then adjusting them to the 2004–05 reported grade total.

9 Due to item nonresponse, specifically the lack of race/ethnicity and sex data for diplomas for several years, race/ethnicity and sex distributions were taken from the reported 12th-grade enrollments and applied to the reported diploma total for Vermont.

NOTE: AFGR is an estimate of the percentage of an entering freshman class graduating in 4 years. For 2008–09, it equals the total number of diploma recipients in 2008–09 divided by the average membership of the 8th-grade class in 2004–05, the 9th-grade class in 2005–06, and the 10th-grade class in 2006–07. Ungraded students were allocated to individual grades proportional to each state's enrollment in those grades. Due to the time lapse between the reporting of enrollments and graduates, calculated rates may exceed 100 percent. For the purpose of reporting, these rates have been top coded to 100 percent. Data in this table may differ from previously released tables due to the imputation of sex detail and missing race/ethnicity detail. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), State Dropout and Completer Data File: School year 2007–08, version 1b; School year 2008–09, version 1a State Non-Fiscal Data File: School Year 2003–04, version 1b; 2004–05, version 1f; 2005–06 version 1b; 2006–07, version 1c LEA Dropout and Completer Data File (Restricted-Use): School year 2008–09, version 1a School File: School year 2003–04, version 1a; 2004–05, version 1b; 2005–06, version 1a; 2006–07, version 1c; 2008–09, version 1b.