Education Working Paper No. 8  February 2005

Table 2: Ranking the States by High School Graduation Rate in 2002 Rank State Total Graduation Rate 1 New Jersey 89% 2 Iowa 85% 3 Wisconsin 85% 4 North Dakota 85% 5 Minnesota 84% 6 Nebraska 83% 7 Pennsylvania 80% 8 Connecticut 79% 9 Oklahoma 79% 10 Ohio 78% 11 New Hampshire 78% 12 Utah 78% 13 Vermont 78% 14 Kansas 78% 15 Montana 78% 16 Michigan 78% 17 Maryland 77% 18 South Dakota 76% 19 Missouri 76% 20 West Virginia 76% 21 Massachusetts 75% 22 Maine 75% 23 Idaho 75% 24 Illinois 74% 25 Rhode Island 74% 26 Virginia 74% 27 Wyoming 73% 28 Arkansas 72% 29 Colorado 72% 30 Indiana 72% 31 Washington 72% 32 Oregon 71% 33 Arizona 70% 34 Nevada 68% 35 Kentucky 68% 36 Texas 68% 37 North Carolina 67% 38 California 67% 39 New Mexico 65% 40 New York 64% 41 Louisiana 63% 42 Hawaii 63% 43 Delaware 63% 44 Mississippi 60% 45 Florida 59% 46 Alaska 59% 47 Alabama 58% 48 Tennessee 57% 49 Georgia 56% 50 South Carolina 53%

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