Civic Report
No. 31 November 2002

Table 2: Ranking of Graduation Rates by State Rank STATE Total Graduation Rate, 2000 1 NEW JERSEY 87% 2 NORTH DAKOTA 86% 3 UTAH 86% 4 IOWA 85% 5 NEBRASKA 84% 6 SOUTH DAKOTA 83% 7 WEST VIRGINIA 83% 8 MONTANA 81% 9 WISCONSIN 81% 10 MINNESOTA 80% 11 WYOMING 80% 12 IDAHO 79% 13 PENNSYLVANIA 78% 14 VERMONT 77% 15 ILLINOIS 77% 16 OHIO 76% 17 CONNECTICUT 76% 18 VIRGINIA 75% 19 MISSOURI 75% 20 ARKANSAS 75% 21 KANSAS 74% 22 OKLAHOMA 74% 23 INDIANA 73% 24 MAINE 73% 25 MASSACHUSETTS 73% 26 MARYLAND 72% 27 RHODE ISLAND 71% 28 KENTUCKY 71% 29 HAWAII 69% 30 NEW HAMPSHIRE 69% 31 COLORADO 69% 32 WASHINGTON 68% 33 DELAWARE 67% 34 TEXAS 67% 35 CALIFORNIA 66% 36 OREGON 66% 37 ALABAMA 66% 38 LOUISIANA 66% 39 NEW YORK 64% 40 NEW MEXICO 64% 41 MISSISSIPPI 63% 42 NORTH CAROLINA 63% 43 ALASKA 61% 44 NEVADA 60% 45 TENNESSEE 60% 46 SOUTH CAROLINA 59% 47 ARIZONA 59% 48 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 58% 49 GEORGIA 56% 50 FLORIDA 55% MICHIGAN NA National 69% NA = Data not available INS = Insufficient information for calculating graduation rate

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