High School Graduation Rates, 2003
| Rank | STATE | Total | African-American | White | Male | Female |
1 |
New Jersey | 88% | M | M | M | M |
2 |
Iowa | 85% | I | 88% | 84% | 87% |
3 |
Wisconsin | 85% | 46% | 92% | 83% | 88% |
4 |
North Dakota | 85% | I | 87% | 86% | 86% |
5 |
Minnesota | 84% | I | 90% | 82% | 87% |
6 |
Nebraska | 84% | 52% | 89% | 82% | 87% |
7 |
Connecticut | 82% | 67% | 91% | 78% | 87% |
8 |
Pennsylvania | 81% | 61% | 87% | 79% | 84% |
9 |
Ohio | 79% | 57% | 84% | 77% | 81% |
10 |
South Dakota | 79% | I | 83% | 80% | 81% |
11 |
New Hampshire | 79% | M | M | M | M |
12 |
Vermont | 78% | I | 80% | M | M |
13 |
Michigan | 77% | 57% | 80% | 71% | 80% |
14 |
Utah | 77% | I | 82% | 75% | 80% |
15 |
Missouri | 76% | 63% | 80% | 74% | 80% |
16 |
Montana | 76% | I | 80% | 78% | 80% |
17 |
West Virginia | 76% | 64% | 77% | 74% | 79% |
18 |
Kansas | 76% | 54% | 83% | 75% | 79% |
19 |
Rhode Island | 75% | I | 74% | 65% | 71% |
20 |
Maryland | 75% | 65% | 81% | 71% | 80% |
21 |
Virginia | 75% | 67% | 78% | 71% | 78% |
22 |
Idaho | 74% | M | M | M | M |
23 |
Indiana | 74% | 55% | 78% | 71% | 77% |
24 |
Maine | 74% | I | 75% | 70% | 74% |
25 |
Arkansas | 74% | 69% | 77% | 70% | 78% |
26 |
Illinois | 73% | 49% | 85% | 70% | 76% |
27 |
Oklahoma | 72% | 64% | 79% | 73% | 76% |
28 |
Massachusetts | 72% | 52% | 80% | 69% | 76% |
29 |
Colorado | 72% | 59% | 80% | 68% | 77% |
30 |
Arizona | 71% | M | M | M | M |
31 |
Oregon | 70% | I | 74% | 68% | 74% |
32 |
Wyoming | 70% | I | 72% | 67% | 75% |
33 |
Washington | 69% | 48% | 74% | 67% | 74% |
34 |
North Carolina | 69% | 62% | 76% | 66% | 73% |
35 |
Kentucky | 69% | 55% | 72% | 69% | 72% |
36 |
Texas | 69% | 67% | 78% | 66% | 72% |
37 |
Nevada | 67% | 73% | 75% | M | 67% |
38 |
California | 65% | 56% | 73% | 62% | 70% |
39 |
Delaware | 65% | 57% | 69% | 59% | 71% |
40 |
Louisiana | 63% | 55% | 70% | 58% | 69% |
41 |
Florida | 61% | 50% | 69% | 58% | 65% |
42 |
Alaska | 60% | 56% | 65% | 61% | 65% |
43 |
Tennessee | 60% | 49% | 59% | 52% | 61% |
44 |
Alabama | 60% | 52% | 65% | 56% | 64% |
45 |
Mississippi | 59% | 60% | 66% | 55% | 63% |
46 |
New Mexico | 59% | 47% | 71% | 56% | 64% |
47 |
NEW YORK | 58% | 38% | 74% | 54% | 61% |
48 |
Georgia | 56% | 48% | 64% | 51% | 61% |
49 |
South Carolina | 54% | M | M | M | M |
| U.S. Average | 70% | 55% | 78% | 65% | 72% | |
| M = Missing data | ||||||
| I = Insufficient data to calculate graduation rate | ||||||
| Source: Manhattan Institute analysis from National Center for Education Statistics data | ||||||