Education Working Paper No. 8  February 2005

Table 9: White High School Graduation Rates by State, 1997–2002 State 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Alabama 64% 66% 62% 63% 66% 62% Alaska I I I I I I Arizona I I I I M M Arkansas M 73% 74% 76% 76% 75% California 80% 78% 78% 77% 79% 76% Colorado 72% 71% 71% 72% 81% 80% Connecticut 84% 85% 86% 86% 86% 88% Delaware 71% 74% 71% 68% 70% 68% Florida 69% 65% 65% 65% 66% 67% Georgia M 61% 60% 62% 64% 63% Hawaii I I I I I I Idaho M M M M M M Illinois 86% 87% 86% 85% 87% 85% Indiana 72% 73% 74% 72% 75% 75% Iowa 84% 88% 84% 84% 86% 87% Kansas M 75% 76% M M M Kentucky M M M M M 71% Louisiana 63% 65% 65% 65% 69% 69% Maine M M 75% 76% 78% 75% Maryland 82% 81% 82% 82% 83% 81% Massachusetts 82% 81% 80% 81% 82% 81% Michigan 75% 77% 76% 78% 83% 78% Minnesota 85% 86% 88% 87% 89% 88% Mississippi M 63% 62% 63% 64% 64% Missouri 75% 76% 76% 78% 80% 79% Montana 79% 79% 78% 86% 82% 80% Nebraska M 85% 87% 86% 87% 87% Nevada 71% 70% 72% 74% 77% 75% New Hampshire M M M M M M New Jersey M M M M M M New Mexico 70% 68% 72% 76% 80% M New York 81% M 79% 77% 76% 81% North Carolina 67% 68% 68% M M M North Dakota M M M 86% 88% 87% Ohio 78% 79% 79% 79% 83% 83% Oklahoma 73% 74% 76% 76% 82% 81% Oregon 67% 67% 68% 68% 71% 72% Pennsylvania 84% 84% 84% 84% 86% 86% Rhode Island 79% 79% 78% 80% 79% 72% South Carolina M M M M M M South Dakota 84% 82% 79% 83% 84% 81% Tennessee 59% M M M M M Texas 73% 73% 73% 74% 78% 77% Utah M M M M 83% 81% Vermont M M M M M M Virginia 76% 76% 75% 75% 80% 77% Washington M M M M 72% 74% West Virginia 74% 75% 77% 76% 78% 76% Wisconsin 85% 85% 85% 86% 91% 91% Wyoming 75% 74% 74% 75% 76% 75% National 76% 76% 76% 77% 80% 78%

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