Graduation rates by groups in state

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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