Education Working Paper No. 8  February 2005

Table 10: African-American High School Graduation Rates by State, 1997–2002 State 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Alabama 48% 50% 50% 54% 55% 51% Alaska I I I I I I Arizona I I I I M M Arkansas M 68% 68% 69% 70% 66% California 60% 60% 60% 60% 61% 59% Colorado 59% 57% 55% 53% 61% 61% Connecticut 69% 66% 61% 64% 59% 61% Delaware 54% 59% 54% 49% 53% 54% Florida 53% 52% 51% 50% 50% 49% Georgia M 44% 44% 46% 45% 48% Hawaii I I I I I I Idaho M M M M M M Illinois 56% 58% 56% 55% 50% 52% Indiana 51% 51% 53% 47% 52% 52% Iowa 55% 58% 54% 59% 57% 61% Kansas M 55% 56% M M M Kentucky M M M M M 57% Louisiana 52% 53% 52% 53% 57% 56% Maine M M I I I I Maryland 65% 65% 66% 67% 69% 69% Massachusetts 65% 70% 67% 68% 66% 59% Michigan 52% 53% 53% 55% 59% 56% Minnesota 50% 53% 54% 52% 46% 54% Mississippi M 55% 55% 54% 57% 57% Missouri 54% 57% 62% 61% 62% 63% Montana I I I I I I Nebraska M 54% 54% 59% 60% 50% Nevada 62% 58% 53% 61% 59% 66% New Hampshire M M M M M M New Jersey M M M M M M New Mexico 56% 54% 59% 71% 77% M New York 47% M 42% 45% 41% 42% North Carolina 57% 58% 58% M M M North Dakota M M M I I I Ohio 50% 49% 46% 48% 53% 55% Oklahoma 63% 61% 64% 63% 67% 70% Oregon 45% 49% 51% 48% 56% 61% Pennsylvania 57% 57% 59% 59% 57% 58% Rhode Island 57% 63% 67% 63% 62% 70% South Carolina M M M M M M South Dakota I I I I I I Tennessee 45% M M M M M Texas 55% 57% 57% 60% 64% 66% Utah M M M M I I Vermont M M M M M M Virginia 64% 65% 64% 64% 67% 64% Washington M M M M 59% 59% West Virginia 69% 63% 68% 69% 68% 67% Wisconsin 40% 41% 41% 41% 47% 50% Wyoming I I I I I I National 54% 55% 54% 55% 55% 56%

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