Education Working Paper No. 8  February 2005

Table 4: Ranking States by African-American High School Graduation Rates in 2002 Rank State African-American Graduation Rate 1 Rhode Island 70% 2 Oklahoma 70% 3 Maryland 69% 4 West Virginia 67% 5 Arkansas 66% 6 Texas 66% 7 Nevada 66% 8 Virginia 64% 9 Missouri 63% 10 Connecticut 61% 11 Iowa 61% 12 Oregon 61% 13 Colorado 61% 14 Massachusetts 59% 15 California 59% 16 Washington 59% 17 Pennsylvania 58% 18 Mississippi 57% 19 Kentucky 57% 20 Louisiana 56% 21 Michigan 56% 22 Ohio 55% 23 Delaware 54% 24 Minnesota 54% 25 Illinois 52% 26 Indiana 52% 27 Alabama 51% 28 Nebraska 50% 29 Wisconsin 50% 30 Florida 49% 31 Georgia 48% 32 New York 42% Arizona M Hawaii M Idaho M Kansas M Maine M Montana M New Hampshire M New Jersey M New Mexico M North Carolina M Alaska I North Dakota I South Carolina I South Dakota I Tennessee I Utah I Vermont I Wyoming I

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