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Graduation in the United States RATE TOPS 80 PERCENT
For the first time, more than 8 out of every 10 American public high school students are graduating with a diploma. The U.S. Department of Education places the overall graduation rate at 81 percent for the class of 2012,
according to the agency's latest Averaged Freshman Graduation Rate (AFGR) calculations. Thirty-three percentage points separate graduation rates in the top and bottom states. In 2012, rates in four states exceeded
90 percent, a mark no state had reached five years ago.
Nationally, graduation rates have improved by 7 percentage points since 2007, with all racial and ethnic groups seeing gains. The most substantial growth was found for Latino students, whose graduation rates rose by
14 points over this five-year period. American Indian and black students experienced gains of 7 and 8 points, respectively.
FIVE-YEAR GRADUATION TREND
ALL STUDENTS
CHANGE
ALABAMA
ALASKA
ARIZONA
ARKANSAS
CALIFORNIA
COLORADO
CONNECTICUT
DELAWARE
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
FLORIDA
GEORGIA
HAWAII
IDAHO
ILLINOIS
INDIANA
IOWA
KANSAS
KENTUCKY
LOUISIANA
MAINE
MARYLAND
MASSACHUSETTS
MICHIGAN
MINNESOTA
MISSISSIPPI
MISSOURI
MONTANA
NEBRASKA
NEVADA
NEW HAMPSHIRE
NEW JERSEY1
NEW MEXICO
NEW YORK
NORTH CAROLINA
NORTH DAKOTA
OHIO
OKLAHOMA
OREGON
PENNSYLVANIA
RHODE ISLAND
SOUTH CAROLINA
SOUTH DAKOTA
TENNESSEE
TEXAS1
UTAH
VERMONT
VIRGINIA
WASHINGTON
WEST VIRGINIA
WISCONSIN
WYOMING
U.S.
CLASS OF 2012
75%
79
77
78
82
82
86
77
71
75
70
78
84
82
80
89
89
82
72
87
84
86
77
88
68
86
86
93
60
87
87
74
78
79
91
84
79
78
88
76
72
83
83
82
78
93
84
79
80
92
80
81%
CLASS OF 2007
67%
69
70
74
71
77
82
72
55
65
64
75
80
80
74
87
79
76
61
79
80
81
77
87
64
82
82
86
54
82
84
59
69
69
83
79
78
74
83
78
59
83
73
72
77
89
76
75
78
89
76
74%
2007 TO 2012
(PERCENTAGE
POINT)
+8
+10
+7
+4
+11
+5
+4
+5
+16
+10
+6
+3
+4
+2
+6
+2
+10
+6
+11
+8
+4
+5
0
+1
+4
+4
+4
+7
+6
+5
+3
+15
+9
+10
+8
+5
+1
+4
+5
-2
+13
0
+10
+10
+1
+4
+8
+4
+2
+3
+4
+7
MALE
72%
78
73
75
78
79
83
72
62
73
66
75
82
83
78
87
86
80
66
86
81
85
74
86
61
83
84
91
55
84
84
71
76
76
89
84
76
77
86
72
67
82
81
80
76
91
81
77
78
90
78
78%
≥ Greater than or equal to. Results have been top coded to protect the confidentiality of individual student data.
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FEMALE
79%
82
81
81
86
86
89
82
80
82
75
81
86
85
87
92
92
86
78
88
89
89
82
91
74
89
88
95
65
90
89
78
79
83
93
89
82
85
91
80
78
85
86
85
80
95
90
85
82
94
82
85%
NOTE: Graduation rates are calculated using the U.S. Department of Education's Averaged Freshman Graduation Rate.
† Results were suppressed because the reported data did not meet NCES standards or to protect the confidentiality of individual student data.
Missing data for 2012 have been imputed by NCES. New Jersey did not report graduate data by gender. Texas did not report any graduate data.
SOURCE: National Center for Education Statistics, "Public High School Four-Year-On-Time Graduation Rates and Event Dropout Rates: School Years 2010-11 and 2011-12," April 2014; NCES, Common Core of Data
(CCD), "State Dropout and Completion Data File," 2006-07 v.1b.
AMERICAN
INDIAN
87%
62
67
69
77
57
≥98
89
†
94
86
65
67
91
80
59
64
72
68
60
70
70
66
48
44
98
62
68
37
65
59
71
68
74
62
75
72
58
79
52
53
42
94
97
58
≥90
82
41
69
76
44
68%
ASIAN
89%
98
89
84
96
87
95
96
†
94
90
76
96
98
≥99
91
92
≥99
98
≥98
96
98
92
92
85
98
87
97
71
≥99
≥99
90
94
88
≥95
97
≥99
87
≥99
74
83
≥98
94
94
87
≥98
96
81
≥98
97
79
93%
LATINO
67%
84
72
80
77
76
74
70
59
78
64
68
83
79
83
88
87
89
87
97
85
69
51
70
68
92
96
93
50
86
78
73
65
78
82
82
78
78
76
72
72
77
†
80
65
≥95
92
79
81
85
77
76%
BLACK
68%
75
73
72
70
65
73
69
70
66
62
77
78
64
63
64
70
78
65
83
74
82
60
66
63
73
65
65
41
74
74
68
65
68
≥98
64
66
65
75
66
64
77
76
73
60
≥98
71
57
76
63
58
68%
WHITE
80%
83
82
79
88
84
90
81
98
77
76
56
83
89
82
90
89
82
76
86
87
90
83
92
72
87
87
93
64
87
91
76
85
82
93
89
80
78
92
76
76
88
86
84
80
91
85
80
80
96
82
85%
GRADUATION RATES
FOR STUDENT SUBGROUPS, CLASS OF 2012
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