Civic Report
No. 31 November 2002

Table 3: Ranking of White Graduation Rates by State Rank STATE White Graduation Rate, 2000 1 NORTH DAKOTA 89% 2 SOUTH DAKOTA 89% 3 NEBRASKA 88% 4 IOWA 87% 5 WISCONSIN 87% 6 ILLINOIS 86% 7 MINNESOTA 85% 8 MONTANA 84% 9 WEST VIRGINIA 83% 10 PENNSYLVANIA 83% 11 CONNECTICUT 82% 12 WYOMING 82% 13 VIRGINIA 78% 14 NEW YORK 78% 15 MISSOURI 78% 16 OKLAHOMA 78% 17 MARYLAND 77% 18 ARKANSAS 77% 19 INDIANA 77% 20 MASSACHUSETTS 77% 21 TEXAS 76% 22 CALIFORNIA 75% 23 RHODE ISLAND 74% 24 COLORADO 74% 25 NEW MEXICO 74% 26 LOUISIANA 73% 27 MAINE 73% 28 DELAWARE 72% 29 HAWAII 69% 30 ALABAMA 68% 31 NEVADA 68% 32 MISSISSIPPI 68% 33 OREGON 68% 34 ALASKA 65% 35 GEORGIA 63% 36 TENNESSEE 63% 37 FLORIDA 60% ARIZONA NA IDAHO NA KANSAS NA KENTUCKY NA MICHIGAN NA NEW HAMPSHIRE NA NEW JERSEY NA NORTH CAROLINA NA OHIO NA SOUTH CAROLINA NA UTAH NA VERMONT NA WASHINGTON NA DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA INS National 76% NA = Data not available INS = Insufficient information for calculating graduation rate

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