Table 48
Public School Graduation Rate, 1999
Rank	State	Amt.		Rank	State	Amt.
1	New Jersey	91.6		27	Arkansas	70.0
2	Connecticut	84.8		28	Ohio	68.4
3	Minnesota	84.7		29	California	67.9
4	Utah	84.3		30	Kentucky	67.3
5	Iowa	83.9		31	Oklahoma	67.2
6	North Dakota	83.0		32	Delaware	66.3
7	Nebraska	82.8		33	Oregon	64.9
8	Maine	79.3		34	Tennessee	63.9
9	Montant	78.0		35	New Hampshire	63.4
10	South Dakota	78.0		36	Alaska	62.8
11	Vermont	78.0		37	Arizona	61.6
12	Illinois	77.8		38	Hawaii	61.4
13	Wisconsin	77.6		39	North Carolina	60.3
14	Idaho	77.2		40	Rhode Island	60.1
15	Massachusetts	76.2		41	NEW YORK	59.9
16	Wyoming	76.1		42	New Mexico	58.0
17	Kansas	75.3		43	Nevada	57.8
18	Pennsylvania	75.3		44	Texas	57.2
19	West Virginia	75.2		45	South Carolina	56.1
20	Virginia	74.1		46	Georgia	55.6
21	Michigan	73.6		47	Florida	55.1
22	Missouri	73.4		48	Alabama	54.9
23	Maryland	72.5		49	Louisiana	54.2
24	Colorado	71.3		50	Mississippi	52.8
25	Washington	70.7		U.S. total		67.5
26	Indiana	70.5		N.Y.S. % below avg.		11.3%
Source: State Rankings 2000 (data from U.S. Department of Education)
Morgan Quitno Press calculated graduation rates by comparing estimated number of graduates with 9th-grade enrollment in 1995.