Sec. Arne Duncan

America’s students are graduating from high school at a higher rate than ever before, reaching 82 percent in 2013-14.

What’s more, the gap between white students and black and Hispanic students receiving high school diplomas continues to narrow, and traditionally underserved populations like English language learners and students with disabilities continue to make gains, the data show.

“The hard work of teachers, administrators, students and their families has made these gains possible and as a result many more students will have a better chance of going to college, getting a good job, owning their own home, and supporting a family. We can take pride as a nation in knowing that we’re seeing promising gains, including for students of color,” said U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan.

				Percent of students
State	Total___	Amer,  Indian / Alaskan	Asian / Pacific Isl.	Hispanic	Black	White	Econ. disadv.	Limited English	Students with disabilities
United States	82.3	69.61	89.4	76.3	72.5	87.2	74.6	62.6	63.1
Alabama	86.3	87.7	91.0	85.0	83.8	87.8	81.5	67.3	64.4
Alaska	71.1	54.9	74.0	70.4	66.1	78.5	59.6	32.2	41.9
Arizona	75.7	62.7	83.4	70.3	71.0	82.3	69.9	18.1	63.3
Arkansas	86.9	85-89	84.7	84.5	81.0	89.3	82.7	84.1	83.1
California	81.0	71.0	91.8	77.0	68.0	88.0	76.0	65.0	62.0
Colorado	77.3	60.8	83.9	66.7	69.0	83.2	64.2	58.7	54.6
Connecticut	87.0	85-89	93.1	74.0	78.6	92.2	75.9	63.0	65.2
Delaware	87.0	80-89	92.8	83.6	83.1	89.5	81.0	77.3	67.7
District of Columbia	61.4	‡	80-89	64.5	59.7	85-89	60.1	63.6	40.9
Florida	76.1	73.8	89.2	75.0	64.7	81.7	67.8	55.8	55.1
Georgia	72.5	65-69	82.8	64.0	65.2	79.7	62.5	43.9	36.5
Hawaii	81.8	70-79	82.8	75.9	75-79	79.9	77.6	52.9	59.1
Idaho2	77.3	56.3	78.8	70.3	75-79	79.2	71.3	74.7	59.2
Illinois	86.0	82.1	94.1	81.3	77.2	90.1	78.5	71.7	71.8
Indiana	87.9	80-84	89.4	83.2	75.0	90.4	85.4	79.8	73.4
Iowa	90.5	75-79	90.3	81.7	78.6	92.2	84.1	83.1	76.4
Kansas	85.7	75.6	89.6	78.7	76.5	88.3	76.9	75.3	76.7
Kentucky	87.5	80-84	88.8	84.4	79.4	88.7	84.0	65.6	70.8
Louisiana	74.6	79.7	89.1	73.0	67.9	80.3	68.8	49.8	42.8
Maine	86.5	80-84	≥ 95	70-74	79.2	87.0	77.8	72.1	71.0
Maryland	86.4	85-89	94.9	77.5	80.5	91.9	77.8	54.1	63.5
Massachusetts	86.1	75-79	91.9	69.2	74.9	90.9	76.0	63.4	69.1
Michigan	78.6	64.8	88.7	68.8	64.5	82.9	65.6	68.2	55.1
Minnesota	81.2	50.6	81.7	63.2	60.4	86.3	65.9	63.7	58.4
Mississippi	77.6	60-69	89.4	79.7	71.5	84.0	70.9	65-69	28.1
Missouri	87.3	83.5	90.3	79.9	74.8	90.4	80.4	64.3	75.3
Montana	85.4	65.0	85-89	80.8	85-89	88.3	75.4	58.6	75.8
Nebraska	89.7	65-69	78.0	82.8	80.9	92.8	82.4	60.4	72.1
Nevada	70.0	52.3	82.5	64.6	53.9	76.9	63.6	28.6	27.6
New Hampshire	88.1	80-89	89.6	76.6	80-84	88.6	77.2	75.1	71.5
New Jersey	88.6	85-89	96.0	80.6	78.9	93.5	79.6	71.1	76.6
New Mexico	68.5	61.4	83.5	66.9	62.4	74.7	62.3	63.9	56.5
New York	77.8	65.5	83.6	63.9	64.5	88.0	68.8	37.1	51.8
North Carolina	83.9	79.4	91.3	77.4	79.9	87.1	78.0	51.7	64.4
North Dakota	87.2	66.2	85-89	70-74	75-79	90.2	72.1	60-64	69.9
Ohio	81.8	70-74	88.1	69.2	62.7	86.6	69.2	66.4	68.4
Oklahoma	82.7	82.4	87.8	77.6	75.7	84.8	78.2	59.1	77.2
Oregon	72.0	53.6	83.5	65.0	60.2	74.3	64.2	51.7	51.1
Pennsylvania	85.3	80-84	90.4	71.1	72.3	89.6	76.5	64.1	70.9
Rhode Island	80.8	50-59	87.9	71.8	71.8	85.0	71.1	72.4	60.0
South Carolina	80.1	74.3	88.0	76.9	76.0	82.8	72.5	73.4	43.2
South Dakota	82.7	47.0	80-84	70-74	70-74	88.5	65.2	55-59	59.4
Tennessee	87.2	80-84	92.6	81.4	78.6	90.9	82.2	73.5	69.0
Texas	88.3	87.1	94.6	85.5	84.2	93.0	85.2	71.5	77.5
Utah	83.9	65.6	85.1	72.9	68.8	86.6	73.5	62.2	68.2
Vermont	87.8	≥ 50	90-94	75-79	75-79	88.6	77.6	65-69	70.3
Virginia	85.3	—	90.5	75.9	78.5	89.2	75.1	48.2	53.2
Washington	78.2	57.2	84.4	67.5	68.0	80.9	66.8	53.8	55.8
West Virginia	84.5	40-59	≥ 95	85-89	79.4	84.7	80.1	85-89	70.3
Wisconsin	88.6	80.6	90.1	78.1	66.1	92.9	77.9	64.0	69.0
Wyoming	78.6	45-49	85-89	72.1	65-69	80.9	65.4	65-69	61.8

— Not available.

‡ Reporting standards not met. Data were suppressed to protect the confidentiality of individual student data.

≥ Greater than or equal to. The estimate has been top coded to protect the confidentiality of individual student data.

1 The United States 4-year ACGR for American Indian/Alaska Native students was estimated using both the reported 4-year ACGR data from 49 states and the District of Columbia and using imputed data for Virginia.

NOTE: The 4-year ACGR is the number of students who graduate in 4 years with a regular high school diploma divided by the number of students who form the adjusted cohort for the graduating class. From the beginning of 9th grade (or the earliest high school grade), students who are entering that grade for the first time form a cohort that is “adjusted” by adding any students who subsequently transfer into the cohort and subtracting any students who subsequently transfer out, emigrate to another country, or die. To protect the confidentiality of individual student data, ACGRs are shown at varying levels of precision depending on the size of the cohort population for each category cell. There are some differences in how states implemented the requirements for the ACGR, leading to the potential for differences across states in how the rates are calculated. This is particularly applicable to the population of children with disabilities. Black includes African American, Hispanic includes Latino, Asian/Pacific Islander includes Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and American Indian includes Alaska Native. Race categories exclude Hispanic origin unless specified.

SOURCE: EDFacts Data Groups 695 and 696, School year 2013–14; September 4, 2015.

U.S. Department of Education
Institute of Education Sciences
National Center for Education Statistics

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