Table 2.Public high school number of graduates and Averaged Freshman Graduation Rate (AFGR), by race/ethnicity and state or jurisdiction: School year 2009

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Public School Graduates and Dropouts from the Common Core of Data: School Year 2009–10

Table 2.	Public high school number of graduates and Averaged Freshman Graduation Rate (AFGR), by race/ethnicity and state or jurisdiction: School year 2009–10

State or jurisdiction	American Indian/ Alaska Native¹		Asian/Pacific Islander		Hispanic		Black		White
State or jurisdiction	Number of graduates	AFGR²	Number of graduates	AFGR²	Number of graduates	AFGR²	Number of graduates	AFGR²	Number of graduates	AFGR²
Total³	34,131	69.1	167,840	93.5	545,518	71.4	472,261	66.1	1,871,980	83
Alabama	407	75.9	606	91.7	976	66.5	14,558	65.4	26,569	75.8
Alaska	1,616	55.8	660	71.9	412	85.8	273	61.3	4,855	78.4
Arizona	3,370	66.2	1,879	95.8	22,452	70.6	3,622	81.0	29,448	76.5
Arkansas	171	65.8	553	85.7	1,849	77.0	5,945	67.6	19,498	75.8
California	3,168	75.1	56,224	90.1	174,088	71.7	27,580	65.4	132,893	83.9
Colorado	507	62.1	1,810	97.4	10,533	65.9	2,913	75.9	33,558	85.4
Connecticut	95	61.3 ⁴	1,324	88.5 ⁴	4,063	55.5 ⁴	4,226	63.5 ⁴	24,787	81.8 ⁴
Delaware	26	96.3	309	100.0	594	67.3	2,507	68.2	4,697	79.9
District of Columbia	2	100.0	65	79.3	309	58.5	3,097	59.0	129	87.8
Florida	502	78.1	4,540	92.5	36,397	71.1	33,748	63.6	77,375	72.3
Georgia	226	100.0	3,394	92.3	6,649	66.3	33,342	62.9	45,833	74.6
Hawaii	56	67.5	8,297	77.0	481	72.4	210	67.3	1,954	71.0
Idaho	199	56.7	310	97.5	2,176	80.4	165	75.0	14,943	85.0
Illinois	284	82.1	5,827	97.1	22,320	76.0	24,859	68.7	83,547	88.1
Indiana	182	75.5	900	95.2	3,168	71.8	6,583	61.6	52,160	79.1
Iowa	159	68.5	668	87.3	1,794	86.3	1,268	60.7	30,160	88.5
Kansas	383	65.4	767	88.6	3,468	78.8	2,297	68.0	23,844	85.8
Kentucky	51	67.1	533	100.0	835	81.1	4,573	75.6	36,672	80.9
Louisiana	245	66.0	721	100.0	933	78.3	15,178	61.9	19,496	74.0
Maine	100	95.2 ⁵	217	96.9 ⁵	146	96.1 ⁵	290	86.9 ⁵	13,316	82.4 ⁵
Maryland	190	78.2	3,700	100.0	4,087	77.4	21,231	74.1	29,870	87.5
Massachusetts	179	70.5	3,314	93.7	6,979	65.0	5,133	72.1	47,891	86.6
Michigan	891	62.7	2,808	92.6	3,721	62.9	19,278	59.2	83,188	81.5
Minnesota	902	61.1	3,347	90.0	2,176	66.7	4,194	69.5	49,048	92.3
Mississippi	40	59.7	257	86.7	325	61.8	12,165	59.3	12,685	68.4
Missouri	318	89.3	1,126	100.0	1,772	81.2	10,262	71.2	50,516	86.5
Montana	848	61.7	124	90.5	209	74.9	69	71.9	8,825	84.7
Nebraska	191	50.8	353	94.9	1,812	71.3	1,093	57.6	15,921	88.8
Nevada	275	44.3	2,165	80.6	5,713	47.2	2,045	46.7	10,758	65.5
New Hampshire	35	71.4	260	96.9	392	89.9	205	78.5	14,086	85.9
New Jersey	176	94.1	7,811	93.9	15,456	77.1	14,918	74.8	57,186	91.8
New Mexico	2,182	63.4	292	94.8	9,617	65.3	403	59.4	5,975	70.5
New York	727	59.7	15,058	92.1	30,909	60.7	31,609	61.7	105,114	86.7
North Carolina	1,243	75.2	2,243	93.1	5,681	67.4	25,181	69.5	52,339	80.6
North Dakota	489	60.2	76	100.0	90	66.7	136	100.0	6,364	91.3
Ohio	165	80.9	1,695	97.7	2,314	67.7	16,574	60.2	99,925	86.5
Oklahoma	7,281	76.9	1,063	100.0	2,870	70.7	3,797	68.8	23,492	80.7
Oregon	616	58.7	1,703	83.6	4,900	75.6	893	65.9	25,675	77.3
Pennsylvania	198	73.6	3,530	100.0	7,055	70.4	17,753	68.3	102,057	87.9
Rhode Island	61	76.3	337	82.0	1,563	69.1	865	74.2	7,082	78.3
South Carolina	109	59.6	699	97.1	1,394	65.7	15,125	61.5	22,985	72.8
South Dakota	477	47.5	92	96.8	152	73.4	145	80.1	7,296	86.0
Tennessee	124	83.8	1,062	99.1	2,046	78.1	15,242	75.6	43,934	82.0
Texas	1,472	100.0	10,490	95.9	120,985	77.4	37,491	69.4	110,456	82.8
Utah	442	57.4	1,113	85.5	3,096	60.6	367	69.8	26,357	81.7
Vermont	32	71.1	192	100.0	81	100.0	119	100.0	6,724	89.9
Virginia	260	85.2	4,970	100.0	5,508	75.9	19,642	71.0	49,860	84.9
Washington	1,437	58.7	5,893	86.8	6,971	64.1	3,130	63.0	46,124	77.7
West Virginia	21	77.8	143	100.0	137	74.9	850	74.4	16,476	78.2
Wisconsin	893	78.9	2,261	94.9	3,364	78.2	5,050	66.0	53,119	95.6
Wyoming	108	37.6	59	69.0	500	74.3	62	57.4	4,918	82.6

Department of Defense dependents schools, Bureau of Indian Education, and other jurisdictions
DoDDS: DoDs Overseas⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
DDESS: DoDs Domestic⁶	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Bureau of Indian Education	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
American Samoa	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Guam	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Puerto Rico	1	†	5	†	25,481	60.1	9	†	18	100.0
U.S. Virgin Islands	4	100.0	2	66.7	105	56.5	842	66.8	5	55.6

— Not available. State or jurisdiction did not report diploma count by race/ethnicity.
† Not applicable. Rate could not be calculated because applicable enrollment is zero.
¹ The rate for American Indians/Alaska Natives excludes students served in schools operated by the Bureau of Indian Education.
² AFGR is an estimate of the percentage of an entering freshman class graduating in 4 years. For 2009–10, it equals the total number of diploma recipie in 2009–10 divided by the average membership of the 8th-grade class in 2005–06, the 9th-grade class in 2006–07, and the 10th-grade class in 2007–0
³ Totals include the 50 states and the District of Columbia.
⁴ Data were imputed based on prior year rates.
⁵ Maine's estimated first-time 9th graders were edited to include 1,419 9th grade, publicly-funded private school students that were not reported as 9th graders on the 2006–07 Common Core of Data (CCD) but were reported as 10th graders in 2007–08 and as diploma recipients in 2009–10. These 1,419 students include 15 American Indian/Alaska Native students, 24 Asian/Pacific Islander students, 9 Hispanic students, 20 Black students, and 1,351 White students.
⁶ DoDDS and DDESS are the Department of Defense Overseas Dependent Elementary and Secondary Schools and the Department of Defense Domestic Dependent Elementary and Secondary Schools, respectively.
NOTE: Ungraded students were allocated to individual grades proportional to each state's enrollment in those grades. Black includes African American, Hispanic includes Latino, Asian/Pacific Islander includes Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and American Indian includes Alaska Native. Race categories exclude Hispanic origin unless specified. Data needed to calculate the denominator for AFGR for the Two or more races category are not available. 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.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "NCES Common Core of Data State Dropout and Completion Data File," School Year 2009–10, Version 1a.

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