Education Working Paper No. 8  February 2005

Table 1: High School Graduation Rates for the Class of 2002 State Total Hispanic African- American White Alabama 58% I 51% 62% Alaska 59% I I I Arizona 70% M M M Arkansas 72% I 66% 75% California 67% 54% 59% 76% Colorado 72% 47% 61% 80% Connecticut 79% 49% 61% 88% Delaware 63% I 54% 68% Florida 59% 50% 49% 67% Georgia 56% I 48% 63% Hawaii 63% I I I Idaho 75% M M M Illinois 74% 52% 52% 85% Indiana 72% I 52% 75% Iowa 85% I 61% 87% Kansas 78% M M M Kentucky 68% I 57% 71% Louisiana 63% 73% 56% 69% Maine 75% I I 75% Maryland 77% 68% 69% 81% Massachusetts 75% 46% 59% 81% Michigan 78% 48% 56% 78% Minnesota 84% I 54% 88% Mississippi 60% I 57% 64% Missouri 76% I 63% 79% Montana 78% I I 80% Nebraska 83% 60% 50% 87% Nevada 68% I 66% 75% New Hampshire 78% M M M New Jersey 89% M M M New Mexico 65% M M M New York 64% 36% 42% 81% North Carolina 67% M M M North Dakota 85% I I 87% Ohio 78% 55% 55% 83% Oklahoma 79% 59% 70% 81% Oregon 71% 50% 61% 72% Pennsylvania 80% I 58% 86% Rhode Island 74% I 70% 72% South Carolina 53% M M M South Dakota 76% I I 81% Tennessee 57% M M M Texas 68% 57% 66% 77% Utah 78% I I 81% Vermont 78% M M M Virginia 74% I 64% 77% Washington 72% 53% 59% 74% West Virginia 76% I 67% 76% Wisconsin 85% 58% 50% 91% Wyoming 73% 59% I 75% National 71% 52% 56% 78% M = Missing racial group data I = Insufficient data to calculate graduation rate

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