National High School Graduation Rates
I believe this is the most current date available. It was a study conducted by the Manhattan Institute.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The report's main findings are the following:
-The national graduation rate for the class of 1998 was 71%. For white students the rate was 78%, while it was 56% for African-American students and 54% for Latino students.
-Georgia had the lowest overall graduation rate in the nation with 54% of students graduating, followed by Nevada, Florida, and Washington, D.C.
-Iowa had the highest overall graduation rate with 93%, followed by North Dakota, Wisconsin, and Nebraska.
-Wisconsin had the lowest graduation rate among African-American students with 40%, followed by Minnesota, Georgia, and Tennessee. Georgia had the lowest graduation rate among Latino students with 32%, followed by Alabama, Tennessee, and North Carolina. Less than 50% of African-American students graduated in seven states and less than 50% of Latino students graduated in eight states for which data were available.
-The highest rate of graduation among African-American students was 71% in West Virginia, followed by Massachusetts, Arkansas, and New Jersey. The highest rate of graduation among Latino students was 82% in Montana, followed by Louisiana, Maryland, and Hawaii.
-Among the fifty largest school districts in the country, Cleveland City had the lowest overall graduation rate with 28%, followed by Memphis, Milwaukee, and Columbus.
-Fairfax County, VA had the highest overall graduation rate among the districts with 87%, followed by Montgomery County, MD, Albuquerque and Boston.
-Cleveland City had the lowest graduation rate among African-American students with 29%, followed by Milwaukee, Memphis, and Gwinnett County, Georgia. Cleveland City also had the lowest graduation rate among Latino students, followed by Georgia’s Dekalb, Gwinnett, and Cobb counties. Less than 50% of African-American students graduated in fifteen of forty-five districts for which there was sufficient data, and less than 50% of Latino students graduated in twenty-one of thirty-six districts for which there was sufficient data.
-The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) finds a national high school completion rate of 86% for the class of 1998. The discrepancy between the NCES’ finding and this report’s finding of a 71% rate is largely caused by NCES’ counting of General Educational Development (GED) graduates and others with alternative credentials as high school graduates, and by its reliance on a methodology that is likely to undercount dropouts.
Civic Report November-----The top number is the ranking and the bottom is the graduation rate.
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High School Graduation Rates in the United States
Table 2: Ranking of Graduation Rates by State
State
Ranking
Graduation Rate
Georgia
51
54%
Nevada
50
58
Florida
49
59
District of Columbia
48
59
Arizona
47
59
Tennessee
46
60
South Carolina
45
62
Mississippi
44
62
Alabama
43
62
North Carolina
42
63
New Mexico
41
65
Texas
40
67
Oregon
39
67
Alaska
38
67
California
37
68
Colorado
36
68
Louisiana
35
69
Hawaii
34
69
Washington
33
70
New York
32
70
New Hampshire
31
71
Kentucky
30
71
Arkansas
29
72
Rhode Island
28
72
Delaware
27
73
Indiana
26
74
Oklahoma
25
74
Virginia
24
74
Missouri
23
75
Connecticut
22
75
Michigan
21
75
Massachusetts
20
75
Maryland
19
75
New Jersey
18
75
Kansas
17
76
Ohio
16
77
Illinois
15
78
Idaho
14
78
Maine
13
78
South Dakota
12
80
Wyoming
11
81
Utah
10
81
Pennsylvania
9
82
West Virginia
8
82
Minnesota
7
82
Montana
6
83
Vermont
5
84
Nebraska
4
85
Wisconsin
3
85
North Dakota
2
88
Iowa
1
93
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