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## Graduation rates, 2012-2013[edit]

The table below details the graduation rates for the 2012-2013 school year in all 50 states and Washington, D.C. In addition to the states' overall graduation rates, the table details the graduation rates of different groups within the states, such as students of different ethnicities, students with disabilities, low income students and students with limited English language proficiency. Of those states that reported, Iowa had the highest overall graduation rate, at 89.7 percent using the Regulatory Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate (RACGR). Washington, D.C. had the lowest graduation rate, at 62.3 percent.

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Regulatory Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate, 2012-2013

State  | Overall graduation rate  | American Indian/Alaskan Native  | Asian and Pacific Islander  | Asian  | Black  | Children with disabilities  | Hispanic  | Limited English Proficient  | Low Income  | Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander  | Two or more races  | White
Alabama | 80.00% | 86% | 89% | N/A | 73.90% | 76.90% | 74% | 44% | 71.80% | N/A | 77% | 83.90%
Alaska | 71.80% | 57% | 77% | 81% | 65% | 43% | 73% | 40% | 59.50% | 64% | 67% | 77.90%
Arizona | 75.10% | 61.10% | 84% | N/A | 69.60% | 63.30% | 68.90% | 20% | 69.40% | N/A | N/A | 82.60%
Arkansas | 84.90% | 78% | 81% | 88% | 78.10% | 80.40% | 82% | 81% | 80.30% | 58% | 88% | 87.80%
California | 80.40% | 72.80% | 90.90% | 91.60% | 68.10% | 61.90% | 75.70% | 63.10% | 74.80% | 78.40% | 77.80% | 87.70%
Colorado | 76.90% | 61% | 85% | 86% | 69.50% | 53.80% | 65.40% | 58.50% | 63.70% | 75% | 79% | 82.80%
Connecticut | 85.50% | 82% | 93% | 93% | 75.70% | 64.70% | 70.20% | 64% | 72.10% | 89% | 82% | 91.40%
Delaware | 80.40% | 80% | 88% | N/A | 76.10% | 60% | 78% | 71% | 74.20% | N/A | >=90 | 83.10%
District of Columbia | 62.30% | N/A | 86% | N/A | 60.70% | 41% | 62% | 52% | 58.90% | N/A | 89% | 85%
Florida | 75.60% | 77% | 88.40% | 88.40% | 64.60% | 52.30% | 74.90% | 57.50% | 67.00% | N/A | N/A | 80.50%
Georgia | 71.70% | 64% | 81.80% | N/A | 64.40% | 35.10% | 62.60% | 43.80% | 63.80% | N/A | 75.30% | 79.20%
Hawaii | 82.40% | 62% | 83.80% | N/A | 75% | 61% | 77% | 57% | 78.20% | N/A | N/A | 79%
Idaho1 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A
Illinois | 83.20% | 78% | 91.70% | 92.00% | 70.90% | 70.10% | 76.30% | 63.70% | 73.00% | 78% | 83.10% | 89.30%
Indiana | 87.00% | 86% | 89% | 89% | 73.80% | 69.30% | 82.50% | 78% | 82.70% | 89% | 84% | 89.70%
Iowa | 89.70% | 83% | 90% | 91% | 74% | 72.70% | 80% | 76% | 80.40% | 68% | 85% | 91.50%
Kansas | 85.70% | 77% | 89% | 89% | 76% | 77.80% | 79.90% | 75% | 76.60% | 80% | 83% | 88.10%
Kentucky | 86.10% | 79% | 87% | 88% | 78% | 52% | 80% | 64% | 85.40% | 78% | 83% | 87.60%
Louisiana | 73.50% | 75% | 85% | 85% | 65.90% | 36.70% | 73% | 48% | 67.70% | 72% | 78% | 80.20%
Maine | 86.40% | 72% | >=95% | >=95% | 75% | 70% | 81% | 73% | 76.90% | >=50% | 77% | 86.90%
Maryland | 85.00% | 83% | 94.80% | 95.00% | 78.30% | 60.00% | 75.10% | 57% | 75.80% | 81% | 90% | 91.10%
Massachusetts | 85.00% | 73% | 90.20% | 90.60% | 73.80% | 67.80% | 66.80% | 63.50% | 73.60% | 75% | 84% | 90.10%
Michigan | 77.00% | 64% | 87.30% | 87.90% | 60.50% | 53.60% | 67.30% | 65.40% | 63.90% | 69% | 74% | 82.10%
Minnesota | 79.80% | 49% | 78.20% | N/A | 57.80% | 58.20% | 59.00% | 59.30% | 63.80% | N/A | N/A | 85.30%
Mississippi | 75.50% | 69% | 92% | 92% | 69.50% | 22.50% | 79% | 57% | 70.20% | N/A | N/A | 82.10%
Missouri | 85.70% | 82% | 91% | 91% | 72.10% | 73.40% | 81% | 69% | 78.00% | 82% | 84% | 89.10%
Montana | 84.40% | 65% | 94% | >=95% | 77% | 76% | 79% | 57% | 74.50% | >=80% | N/A | 87.00%
Nebraska | 88.50% | 72% | 77% | 77% | 77% | 71% | 78.60% | 60% | 80.90% | >=80% | 85% | 92.20%
Nevada | 70.70% | 59% | 81% | 82% | 56.70% | 26.40% | 64.40% | 24% | 64.00% | 75% | 80% | 77.20%
New Hampshire | 87.30% | 84% | 86% | 86% | 82% | 71% | 77% | 70% | 75.70% | >=50% | 92% | 87.80%
New Jersey | 87.50% | 76% | 95.80% | 95.90% | 76.40% | 75.90% | 78.60% | 70.50% | 77.10% | 92% | 89% | 93.10%
New Mexico | 70.30% | 64.30% | 86% | N/A | 69% | 60.10% | 68.00% | 65.40% | 64.70% | N/A | N/A | 77.00%
New York | 76.80% | 62% | 84.10% | N/A | 62.90% | 47.20% | 62.30% | 39.10% | 67.50% | N/A | 76% | 87.20%
North Carolina | 82.50% | 77% | 90% | N/A | 77.50% | 62.30% | 75.20% | 49% | 76.10% | N/A | 81.50% | 86.20%
North Dakota | 87.50% | 63% | 88% | 88% | 80% | 70% | 78% | 61% | 72% | N/A | N/A | 90.40%
Ohio | 82.20% | 68% | 89% | N/A | 63.40% | 69.20% | 69.00% | 67% | 69.60% | N/A | 74.20% | 87.00%
Oklahoma | 84.80% | 84.40% | 65% | 93% | 77.00% | 78.50% | 78.60% | 64% | 79.70% | N/A | 86% | 87.20%
Oregon | 68.70% | 52% | 81% | 84% | 57% | 37.20% | 60.80% | 49.10% | 60.40% | 64% | 67% | 71.00%
Pennsylvania | 85.50% | 74% | 91.00% | N/A | 72.60% | 75.00% | 71.00% | 67% | 76.50% | N/A | 82% | 90.00%
Rhode Island | 79.70% | 74% | 85% | 86% | 72% | 59% | 69% | 73% | 69.30% | 79% | 71% | 83.90%
South Carolina | 77.60% | 67% | 88% | N/A | 74.60% | 43.20% | 73% | 69% | 70.50% | N/A | N/A | 79.90%
South Dakota | 82.70% | 49% | 85% | N/A | 72% | 60% | 69% | 59% | 67% | N/A | 80% | 88.00%
Tennessee | 86.30% | 84% | 90% | 90% | 77.80% | 67.30% | 81.30% | 73% | 80.70% | 88% | N/A | 89.80%
Texas | 88.00% | 86% | 93.70% | 93.80% | 84.10% | 77.80% | 85.10% | 71.30% | 85.20% | 90% | 91.70% | 93.00%
Utah | 83.00% | 67% | 80% | 80% | 70% | 67.40% | 70.40% | 60% | 72.90% | 79% | 84% | 86.10%
Vermont | 86.60% | >=50% | 89% | 88% | 73% | 68% | 83% | 63% | 75% | >=50% | 77% | 87.20%
Virginia | 84.50% | N/A | 90.20% | 90.20% | 76.80% | 51.50% | 76.10% | 51.80% | 74.00% | N/A | N/A | 88.60%
Washington | 76.40% | 56% | 82.30% | 84.20% | 65.80% | 54.60% | 65.90% | 50.60% | 65.00% | 63% | 76.50% | 79.70%
West Virginia | 81.40% | 70% | 92% | N/A | 75% | 62.10% | 82% | 83% | 73.70% | N/A | 72% | 81.90%
Wisconsin | 88.00% | 76% | 90% | N/A | 66.10% | 68.70% | 74.30% | 62% | 76.60% | N/A | N/A | 92.40%
Wyoming | 77.00% | 41% | 86% | 87% | 66% | 59% | 71% | 68% | 64% | >=50% | 77% | 80.00%
United States | 81.40% | 69.70% | 88.70% | N/A | 70.70% | 61.90% | 75.20% | 61.10% | 73.30% | N/A | N/A | 86.60%
Source: United States Department of Education, ED Data Express

1Idaho has an approved timeline extension request, and will not report an adjusted cohort graduation rate until SY 2013-14.

## Graduation rates, 2011-2012[edit]

The table below details the graduation rates for the 2011-2012 school year in all 50 states and Washington, D.C. In addition to the states' overall graduation rates, the table details the graduation rates of different groups within the states, such as students of different ethnicities, students with disabilities, low income students and students with limited English language proficiency. Of those states that reported, New Jersey and Texas had the highest graduation rates, using the Regulatory Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate (RACGR).

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Regulatory Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate, 2011-2012

State  | State RACGR*  | American Indian and Alaskan Native  | Asian and Pacific Islander  | Asian  | Black  | Children with Disabilities  | Hispanic  | Limited English Proficient  | Low Income  | Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander  | Two or More Races  | White
Alabama | 75% | 84% | 85% | N/A | 67% | 54% | 69% | 36% | 66% | N/A | 89% | 81%
Alaska | 70% | 54% | 76% | N/A | 61% | 46% | 70% | 47% | 59% | N/A | 67% | 76%
Arizona | 76% | 63% | 85% | N/A | 71% | 65% | 70% | 24% | 71% | N/A | N/A | 84%
Arkansas | 84% | 78% | 84% | 88% | 78% | 79% | 78% | 77% | 79% | 63% | 84% | 87%
California | 78% | 72% | 90% | 91% | 66% | 61% | 73% | 62% | 73% | 77% | 74% | 86%
Colorado | 75% | 58% | 82% | 83% | 66% | 54% | 62% | 53% | 61% | 70% | 80% | 82%
Connecticut | 85% | 85% | 92% | N/A | 73% | 64% | 69% | 63% | 70% | >=80 | 83% | 91%
Delaware | 80% | 72% | 93% | N/A | 74% | 57% | 74% | 71% | 72% | n< | 87% | 83%
District of Columbia | 59% | n< | 74% | 79% | 58% | 44% | 54% | 52% | 70% | 55% | N/A | 86%
Florida | 75% | 70% | 88% | 88% | 64% | 48% | 73% | 57% | 65% | N/A | N/A | 79%
Georgia | 70% | 67% | 82% | N/A | 62% | 35% | 60% | 44% | 61% | N/A | 72% | 78%
Hawaii | 82% | 65% | 84% | N/A | 76% | 74% | 76% | 56% | 80% | N/A | N/A | 79%
Idaho | Did not report
Illinois | 82% | 79% | 93% | 93% | 68% | 69% | 76% | 66% | 73% | 87% | 83% | 89%
Indiana | 86% | 78% | 89% | 89% | 73% | 71% | 80% | 78% | 85% | 88% | 84% | 89%
Iowa | 89% | 73% | 89% | 90% | 74% | 73% | 77% | 74% | 80% | 77% | 84% | 91%
Kansas | 85% | 78% | 86% | 88% | 75% | 77% | 77% | 74% | 76% | 62% | 84% | 88%
Kentucky | Did not report
Louisiana | 72% | 73% | 86% | 86% | 65% | 33% | 71% | 49% | 66% | 58% | 79% | 78%
Maine | 85% | 72% | 89% | 89% | 72% | 70% | 80% | 74% | 76% | 86% | 73% | 86%
Maryland | 84% | 79% | 93% | 93% | 77% | 57% | 73% | 55% | 75% | 75% | 89% | 90%
Massachusetts | 85% | 70% | 89% | 90% | 73% | 69% | 66% | 61% | 72% | 71% | 83% | 90%
Michigan | 76% | 66% | 87% | 87% | 60% | 54% | 64% | 63% | 64% | 73% | 74% | 82%
Minnesota | 78% | 45% | 74% | N/A | 51% | 56% | 53% | 51% | 59% | N/A | N/A | 84%
Mississippi | 75% | 71% | 90% | 90% | 69% | 32% | 79% | 54% | 70% | N/A | N/A | 82%
Missouri | 86% | 87% | 90% | 90% | 73% | 73% | 80% | 67% | 79% | 90% | 87% | 89%
Montana | 84% | 63% | 92% | 95% | 79% | 81% | 79% | 53% | 73% | 82% | N/A | 87%
Nebraska | 88% | 67% | 83% | 84% | 74% | 72% | 78% | 64% | 80% | 82% | 85% | 91%
Nevada | 63% | 54% | 74% | 75% | 48% | 24% | 55% | 23% | 58% | 72% | 78% | 72%
New Hampshire | 86% | 73% | 86% | 87% | 76% | 70% | 74% | 68% | 73% | 55% | 85% | 87%
New Jersey | 86% | 84% | 95% | 95% | 75% | 74% | 77% | 73% | 75% | 91% | 90% | 93%
New Mexico | 70% | 65% | 84% | N/A | 69% | 56% | 68% | 66% | 65% | N/A | N/A | 77%
New York | 77% | 63% | 86% | N/A | 63% | 48% | 63% | 44% | 68% | N/A | 80% | 87%
North Carolina | 80% | 74% | 88% | N/A | 75% | 60% | 73% | 50% | 75% | N/A | 81% | 85%
North Dakota | 87% | 63% | 86% | 86% | 76% | 68% | 73% | 68% | 74% | N/A | N/A | 90%
Ohio | 81% | 65% | 90% | N/A | 61% | 68% | 68% | 62% | 68% | N/A | 75% | 86%
Oklahoma | Did not report
Oregon | 68% | 51% | 79% | 81% | 53% | 38% | 60% | 49% | 61% | 66% | 69% | 71%
Pennsylvania | 84% | 74% | 89% | N/A | 68% | 70% | 68% | 64% | 74% | N/A | 76% | 89%
Rhode Island | 77% | 58% | 79% | 80% | 67% | 59% | 67% | 69% | 66% | 73% | 74% | 82%
South Carolina | 75% | 71% | 85% | N/A | 71% | 40% | 69% | 64% | 68% | N/A | N/A | 78%
South Dakota | 83% | 47% | 84% | 86% | 67% | 64% | 67% | 60% | 67% | 64% | 81% | 89%
Tennessee | 87% | 88% | 91% | 91% | 79% | 73% | 80% | 72% | 82% | 95% | N/A | 91%
Texas | 88% | 87% | 94% | 94% | 84% | 77% | 84% | 59% | 85% | 89% | 92% | 93%
Utah | 80% | 64% | 78% | 79% | 64% | 64% | 66% | 51% | 70% | 76% | 81% | 83%
Vermont | 88% | >=80 | 94% | N/A | 72% | 71% | N/A | 75% | 77% | N/A | 76% | 88%
Virginia | 83% | N/A | N/A | 90% | 75% | 49% | 73% | 55% | 72% | N/A | N/A | 87%
Washington | 77% | 57% | 83% | 84% | 67% | 58% | 67% | 54% | 66% | 65% | 78% | 80%
West Virginia | 79% | 67% | 94% | N/A | 74% | 60% | 79% | 83% | 72% | N/A | 73% | 80%
Wisconsin | 88% | 77% | 89% | N/A | 64% | 69% | 74% | 66% | 75% | N/A | N/A | 92%
Wyoming | 79% | 50% | 86% | N/A | 66% | 59% | 67% | 56% | 65% | N/A | 74% | 82%
*Regulatory Adjusted Cohort Rate (except for Idaho, Kentucky, Oklahoma, which did not report “Regulatory Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate,” but instead used their own method of calculation).
**Graduation rates for states in the first quintile ranked in the top 20 percent nationally. Similarly, graduation rates for states in the fifth quintile ranked in the bottom 20 percent nationally.
Source: United States Department of Education, ED Data Express

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