Table 102

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Table 102. Public high school graduates and dropouts, by race/ethnicity and state or Percent
jurisdiction:
of 9th-2001-02 and 2003-04
to 12th-graders who dropped out

High school graduates, by race/ethnicity, 2003-04 during 2001-02, by race/ethnicity\1\

American American
Asian/ Indian/ Asian/ Indian/
State or Pacific Alaska Pacific Alaska
other jurisdiction Total White Black Hispanic Islander Native Total White Black Hispanic Islander Native
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
United States\2,3\ .............
2,747,239 1,850,709 371,585 359,380 137,128 28,436 --- --- --- --- --- ---
Alabama ....................36,464 23,949 11,483 325 368 339 3.7 3.6 3.9 4.5 1.6 2.1
Alaska .................. 7,236 4,972 280 198 461 1,325 8.1 6.2 11.4 8.9 6.7 13.4
Arizona .....................45,508 25,685 2,204 13,874 1,174 2,571 10.5 6.8 13.4 15.2 3.9 19.0
Arkansas .................. 27,181 20,276 5,596 795 360 154 5.3 4.6 7.0 7.7 4.3 6.9
California .................340,069 141,574 25,267 121,418 48,770 3,040 --- --- --- --- --- ---

Colorado ....................
44,777 33,385 2,194 7,198 1,597 403 --- --- --- --- --- ---
Connecticut ............... 34,573 26,130 3,896 3,319 1,126 102 2.6 1.9 4.0 5.3 2.4 4.9
Delaware .................. 6,951 4,566 1,858 297 210 20 6.2 4.6 9.0 11.6 3.5 5.1
District of Columbia ........3,031 114 2,607 239 61 10 --- --- --- --- --- ---
Florida .................. 131,418 77,115 26,342 23,925 3,545 491 3.7 3.0 4.9 4.5 1.9 3.6

Georgia ................. 67,789 41,289 22,030 2,122 2,250 98 6.5 5.8 7.6 9.8 3.6 7.5
Hawaii .....................10,324 1,991 167 465 7,669 32 5.1 5.5 5.5 6.4 4.9 6.6
Idaho ........................
15,547 13,822 79 1,175 289 182 3.9 --- --- --- --- ---
Illinois ................. 124,763 86,179 18,341 14,561 5,427 255 6.4 3.7 13.6 10.4 2.6 5.7
Indiana .....................
56,008 49,248 4,342 1,602 696 120 2.3 2.1 3.1 4.0 1.1 2.8

Iowa ........................
34,339 31,718 900 928 672 121 2.4 2.1 6.8 7.1 2.7 6.6
Kansas .....................29,963 24,938 2,157 1,758 703 407 3.1 2.6 5.3 5.9 2.4 5.4
Kentucky ................. 37,755 33,385 3,387 586 347 50 3.9 3.8 5.3 4.0 1.7 0.0
Louisiana ...................
37,019 20,740 14,782 591 671 235 7.0 5.0 9.5 6.9 5.1 7.3
Maine ..................... 13,278 12,822 172 76 137 71 2.8 2.8 4.4 3.7 2.7 5.0

Maryland ....................
52,870 30,541 17,005 2,270 2,919 135 3.9 3.0 5.5 3.7 1.4 4.1
Massachusetts ..............58,326 46,535 4,584 4,205 2,873 129 --- --- --- --- --- ---
Michigan .....................
98,823 81,568 11,737 2,405 2,225 888 --- --- --- --- --- ---
Minnesota ...................
59,096 51,688 2,510 1,238 2,861 799 3.8 2.7 9.9 14.5 4.4 14.2
Mississippi ............. 23,716 12,362 11,000 122 212 20 3.9 3.1 4.7 4.1 2.2 2.2

Missouri ................. 57,983 48,118 7,863 947 866 189 3.6 3.2 5.8 5.8 1.6 4.8
Montana .....................
10,500 9,428 36 162 112 762 3.9 3.2 6.7 5.2 2.0 10.3
Nebraska ....................
20,309 17,798 984 1,004 340 183 4.2 3.1 11.3 11.7 3.3 11.9
Nevada .................... 15,216 9,961 1,155 2,659 1,238 203 6.4 5.0 8.9 9.3 5.2 5.6
New Hampshire ..................
13,309 --- --- --- --- --- 4.0 3.9 6.5 7.8 3.2 7.5

New Jersey .................83,816 53,298 12,768 11,406 6,072 272 2.5 1.5 4.9 4.7 0.9 2.2
New Mexico .................17,892 7,205 405 8,123 265 1,894 5.2 3.5 2.6 6.4 3.4 5.8
New York ................ 142,526 \4\ --- --- --- --- --- 7.1 3.3 12.9 14.2 5.9 9.4
North Carolina ........... 72,126 47,657 19,685 2,291 1,659 834 5.7 4.9 7.0 9.4 3.7 9.9
North Dakota ................7,888 7,253 69 83 66 417 2.0 1.5 2.7 3.4 1.9 8.0

Ohio .......................
118,173 100,613 14,084 1,696 1,648 132 3.1 2.4 7.2 6.6 2.0 7.1
Oklahoma ....................36,799 24,679 3,386 1,726 727 6,281 4.4 3.8 6.7 9.4 3.2 3.8
Oregon ......................32,395 26,981 692 2,583 1,565 574 4.6 4.0 9.9 10.5 3.6 0.0
Pennsylvania ...............
123,478 101,989 14,303 4,134 2,952 100 3.3 2.4 7.0 8.9 2.9 3.3
Rhode Island .............. 9,258 7,335 640 950 294 39 4.3 3.3 6.9 8.2 4.6 5.9

South Carolina ..........................

33,235 --- --- --- --- --- 3.3 3.1 3.7 3.9 1.7 3.1
South Dakota ............. 9,001 8,262 108 98 118 415 2.8 2.0 7.3 6.1 1.9 13.0
Tennessee ............... 46,096 35,364 9,301 642 726 63 3.8 --- --- --- --- ---
Texas .................... 244,167 116,499 33,213 85,412 8,304 739 3.8 2.2 4.9 5.5 1.6 4.1
Utah .................... 30,252 26,975 218 1,838 844 377 3.7 3.1 8.8 8.2 5.2 8.1

Vermont .................... 7,092 6,753 89 63 147 40 4.0 3.9 7.3 9.0 2.2 5.9
Virginia ....................71,754 48,300 16,751 2,956 3,591 156 2.9 2.3 4.0 5.8 2.0 4.1
Washington ..................61,194 47,582 2,630 4,549 5,163 1,270 7.1 5.6 16.8 12.3 6.6 15.2
West Virginia ........... 17,339 16,462 636 80 149 12 3.7 3.7 3.9 1.8 1.8 8.9
Wisconsin ................ 62,784 \4\ --- --- --- --- --- 1.9 1.2 8.3 5.6 1.8 4.1
Wyoming ................... 5,833 5,329 33 318 51 102 5.8 5.2 9.9 12.3 2.7 13.0
Bureau of Indian
Affairs schools ....................
--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
DODDS, overseas ...............
2,352 1,333 416 288 299 16 --- --- --- --- --- ---
DODDS, domestic ...... 534 172 103 218 39 2 --- --- --- --- --- ---
Other jurisdictions
American Samoa ........ 852 0 0 0 852 0 1.1 --- --- --- 1.1 ---
Guam ................. 1,350 22 4 4 1,319 1 --- --- --- --- --- ---
Northern Marianas ........ 575 4 0 0 571 0 7.1 0.0 16.7 --- 7.2 ---
Puerto Rico ...............30,083 0 0 30,083 0 0 1.2 --- --- 1.2 --- ---
Virgin Islands ............ 819 5 699 112 2 1 --- --- --- --- --- ---
---Not available.
\1\Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Tennessee, Vermont, and Puerto Rico reported data on
an alternative July through June cycle, rather than the specified October through September cycle for dropout data.
\2\Includes estimates for nonreporting states, based on 2003 12th-grade enrollment racial/ethnic distribution reported by state.
\3\Data differ slightly from figures reported in other tables due to varying reporting practices for racial/ethnic survey data.
\4\Estimated high school graduates from NCES 2006-606rev, The Averaged Freshman Graduation Rate for Public High Schools From the
Common Core of Data: School Years 2002-03 and 2003-04.
NOTE: Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic origin.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "State Nonfiscal Survey of
Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 2004-05, and "Local Education Agency Universe Survey Dropout and Completion Data File," 2001-
02; and unpublished tabulations. (This table was prepared March 2007.)

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