Civic Report
No. 31 November 2002

Table 9: Comparison of 1998 and 2000 Greene Method Graduation Rates by State STATE Revised 1998 Total Graduation Rate 2000 Total Graduation Rate ALABAMA 62% 66% ALASKA 63% 61% ARIZONA 59% 59% ARKANSAS 71% 75% CALIFORNIA 64% 66% COLORADO 66% 69% CONNECTICUT 72% 76% DELAWARE 67% 67% DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 60% 58% FLORIDA 55% 55% GEORGIA 54% 56% HAWAII 65% 69% IDAHO 76% 79% ILLINOIS 74% 77% INDIANA 73% 73% IOWA 86% 85% KANSAS 71% 74% KENTUCKY 70% 71% LOUISIANA 64% 66% MAINE 76% 73% MARYLAND 71% 72% MASSACHUSETTS 73% 73% MICHIGAN 75% NA MINNESOTA 77% 80% MISSISSIPPI 61% 63% MISSOURI 73% 75% MONTANA 78% 81% NEBRASKA 79% 84% NEVADA 60% 60% NEW HAMPSHIRE 69% 69% NEW JERSEY 78% 87% NEW MEXICO 59% 64% NEW YORK 65% 64% NORTH CAROLINA 63% 63% NORTH DAKOTA 81% 86% OHIO 73% 76% OKLAHOMA 71% 74% OREGON 65% 66% PENNSYLVANIA 77% 78% RHODE ISLAND 71% 71% SOUTH CAROLINA 57% 59% SOUTH DAKOTA 73% 83% TENNESSEE 60% 60% TEXAS 63% 67% UTAH 78% 86% VERMONT 78% 77% VIRGINIA 74% 75% WASHINGTON 65% 68% WEST VIRGINIA 80% 83% WISCONSIN 77% 81% WYOMING 74% 80% National 68% 69% NA = Data not available INS = Insufficient information for calculating graduation rate

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