| Graduation Rates by State and Race | ||||||
| State | Native American |
Asian | Hispanic | African American |
White | Total |
| Alabama | 86% | 79% | INS | 59% | 68% | 66% |
| Alaska | 49% | INS | 61% | 61% | 65% | 61% |
| Arizona | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 59% |
| Arkansas | INS | 90% | INS | 68% | 77% | 75% |
| California | 61% | 81% | 55% | 59% | 75% | 66% |
| Colorado | 52% | 78% | 49% | 55% | 74% | 69% |
| Connecticut | INS | 84% | 53% | 62% | 82% | 76% |
| Delaware | INS | INS | 49% | 56% | 72% | 67% |
| District of Columbia | INS | INS | 55% | 64% | INS | 58% |
| Florida | INS | 81% | 48% | 46% | 60% | 55% |
| Georgia | INS | INS | INS | 47% | 63% | 56% |
| Hawaii | INS | 70% | 67% | INS | 69% | 69% |
| Idaho | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 79% |
| Illinois | 76% | 95% | 57% | 57% | 86% | 77% |
| Indiana | INS | 86% | 57% | 50% | 77% | 73% |
| Iowa | INS | 74% | INS | 58% | 87% | 85% |
| Kansas | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 74% |
| Kentucky | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 71% |
| Louisiana | 58% | 80% | 73% | 57% | 73% | 66% |
| Maine | INS | INS | INS | INS | 73% | 73% |
| Maryland | INS | 90% | INS | 63% | 77% | 72% |
| Massachusetts | INS | 73% | 50% | 66% | 77% | 73% |
| Michigan | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Minnesota | 44% | INS | INS | INS | 85% | 80% |
| Mississippi | INS | INS | 23% | 60% | 68% | 63% |
| Missouri | INS | 92% | INS | 58% | 78% | 75% |
| Montana | 50% | INS | INS | INS | 84% | 81% |
| Nebraska | 40% | INS | INS | 53% | 88% | 84% |
| Nevada | 48% | INS | INS | 56% | 68% | 60% |
| New Hampshire | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 69% |
| New Jersey | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 87% |
| New Mexico | 51% | 88% | 53% | 63% | 74% | 64% |
| New York | 49% | 75% | 40% | 46% | 78% | 64% |
| North Carolina | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 63% |
| North Dakota | 56% | INS | INS | INS | 89% | 86% |
| Ohio | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 76% |
| Oklahoma | 68% | 90% | INS | 64% | 78% | 74% |
| Oregon | 49% | 78% | 46% | 46% | 68% | 66% |
| Pennsylvania | INS | 82% | 50% | 59% | 83% | 78% |
| Rhode Island | INS | 66% | 54% | 60% | 74% | 71% |
| South Carolina | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 59% |
| South Dakota | INS | INS | INS | INS | 89% | 83% |
| Tennessee | INS | 69% | INS | 46% | 63% | 60% |
| Texas | 63% | 82% | 57% | 61% | 76% | 67% |
| Utah | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 86% |
| Vermont | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 77% |
| Virginia | INS | 86% | 62% | 66% | 78% | 75% |
| Washington | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 68% |
| West Virginia | INS | INS | INS | 74% | 83% | 83% |
| Wisconsin | 54% | INS | 54% | 41% | 87% | 81% |
| Wyoming | INS | INS | 72% | INS | 82% | 80% |
| National | 57% | 79% | 53% | 55% | 76% | 69% |
| NA = Data Not Available INS = Insufficient Information for Calculating Graduation Rate Source: Public School Graduation Rates in the United States, Table 1, November 2002. |
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George A. Clowes
George Clowes is former Heartland senior fellow addressing education policy. He served as founding managing editor of School Reform News between November 1996 and January 2005.
