Civic Report
No. 31 November 2002

Table 8: Comparison of Greene Method and NCES Graduation Rates by State STATE Greene Method Total Graduation Rate, 2000 NCES Total Graduation Rate, 2000 Difference ALABAMA 66% 74.8% -9% ALASKA 61% 76.7% -16% ARIZONA 59% ARKANSAS 75% 74.2% 0% CALIFORNIA 66% COLORADO 69% CONNECTICUT 76% 86.4% -11% DELAWARE 67% 79.8% -13% DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 58% FLORIDA 55% GEORGIA 56% 65.1% -9% HAWAII 69% IDAHO 79% ILLINOIS 77% 75.4% 2% INDIANA 73% IOWA 85% 88.5% -4% KANSAS 74% KENTUCKY 71% LOUISIANA 66% 61.1% 5% MAINE 73% 86.1% -13% MARYLAND 72% 81.1% -9% MASSACHUSETTS 73% 85.5% -13% MICHIGAN NA MINNESOTA 80% 81.2% -1% MISSISSIPPI 63% 70.4% -7% MISSOURI 75% 79.4% -5% MONTANA 81% 82.4% -2% NEBRASKA 84% 84.3% -1% NEVADA 60% 66.4% -6% NEW HAMPSHIRE 69% NEW JERSEY 87% 86.7% 1% NEW MEXICO 64% 72.0% -8% NEW YORK 64% NORTH CAROLINA 63% NORTH DAKOTA 86% 88.9% -3% OHIO 76% 80.4% -4% OKLAHOMA 74% 78.8% -5% OREGON 66% PENNSYLVANIA 78% 84.1% -6% RHODE ISLAND 71% 80.6% -10% SOUTH CAROLINA 59% SOUTH DAKOTA 83% 83.6% -1% TENNESSEE 60% 71.5% -12% TEXAS 67% UTAH 86% 80.6% 5% VERMONT 77% 81.2% -4% VIRGINIA 75% 79.5% -5% WASHINGTON 68% WEST VIRGINIA 83% 82.5% 0% WISCONSIN 81% 89.3% -9% WYOMING 80% 77.3% 2% NA = Data not available INS = Insufficient information for calculating graduation rate

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