The averaged freshman graduation rate provides an estimate of the percentage of students who receive a regular diploma within four years of entering ninth grade. The rate uses aggregate student enrollment data to estimate the size of an incoming freshman class and aggregate counts of the number of diplomas awarded four years later.
Averaged freshman graduation rates of public high school students: 2004-05
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Digest of Education Statistics: 2007."
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Averaged freshman graduation rates of public high school students: 2000-05
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| State |
2000-01
|
2002-03
|
Two-Year Change
|
2004-05
|
Two-Year Change
|
| Alabama |
63.7 |
64.7 |
1.1 |
65.9 |
1.1 |
| Arkansas |
73.9 |
76.6 |
2.7 |
75.7 |
-0.9 |
| Florida |
61.2 |
66.7 |
5.5 |
64.6 |
-2.1 |
| Georgia |
58.7 |
60.8 |
2.1 |
61.7 |
1.0 |
| Kentucky |
69.8 |
71.7 |
2.0 |
75.9 |
4.2 |
| Louisiana |
63.7 |
64.1 |
0.3 |
63.9 |
-0.2 |
| Maryland |
78.7 |
79.2 |
0.5 |
79.3 |
0.1 |
| Mississippi |
59.7 |
62.7 |
3.0 |
63.3 |
0.6 |
| Missouri |
75.5 |
78.3 |
2.9 |
80.6 |
2.3 |
| North Carolina |
66.5 |
70.1 |
3.5 |
72.6 |
2.5 |
| Oklahoma |
75.8 |
76.0 |
0.2 |
76.9 |
0.9 |
| South Carolina |
56.5 |
59.7 |
3.2 |
60.1 |
0.4 |
| Tennessee |
59.0 |
63.4 |
4.4 |
68.5 |
5.1 |
| Texas |
70.8 |
75.5 |
4.6 |
74.0 |
-1.5 |
| Virginia |
77.5 |
80.6 |
3.1 |
79.6 |
-1.0 |
| West Virginia |
75.9 |
75.7 |
-0.1 |
77.3 |
1.6 |
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Legend
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Highest rates of graduation |
Lowest rates of graduation |
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| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Digest of Education Statistics" |
The dropout rate is the count of grade dropouts divided by the enrollment base for the grade. Note that total dropout rates are not inverses of graduation rates because neither rate counts students that were held back a grade or completed with a GED, an occupational diploma, or a special education certificate of attendance.
Total dropout rates for public school students in grades 9–12: 2000-2005
|
| State |
2000-01
|
2002-03
|
Two-Year Change
|
2004-05
|
Two-Year Change
|
| Alabama |
4.1
|
3.5
|
-0.6
|
2.8
|
-0.7
|
| Arkansas |
5.3
|
4.6
|
-0.7
|
4.3
|
-0.3
|
| Florida |
4.4
|
3.4
|
-1.0
|
3.5
|
0.1
|
| Georgia |
7.2
|
5.8
|
-1.4
|
5.6
|
-0.2
|
| Kentucky |
4.6
|
3.3
|
-1.3
|
3.5
|
0.2
|
| Louisiana |
8.3
|
7.5
|
-0.8
|
7.5
|
0.0
|
| Maryland |
4.1
|
3.6
|
-0.5
|
3.9
|
0.3
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| Mississippi |
4.6
|
3.7
|
-0.9
|
2.8
|
-0.9
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| Misssouri |
4.2
|
3.3
|
-0.9
|
3.7
|
0.4
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| North Carolina |
6.3
|
5.2
|
-1.1
|
5.2
|
0.0
|
| Oklahoma |
5.2
|
4.0
|
-1.2
|
3.5
|
-0.5
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| South Carolina |
3.3
|
3.2
|
-0.1
|
3.3
|
0.1
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| Tennessee |
4.3
|
3.2
|
-1.1
|
2.7
|
-0.5
|
| Texas |
4.2
|
3.6
|
-0.6
|
3.6
|
0.0
|
| Virginia |
3.5
|
3.0
|
-0.5
|
2.5
|
-0.5
|
| West Virginia |
4.2
|
3.7
|
-0.5
|
4.1
|
0.4
|
|
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Legend
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Lowest rates of dropouts
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Highest rates of dropouts
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| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "State-Level Public School Dropout Data" |
