Table 114

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Table 114. Public high school graduates and dropouts, by race/ethnicity and state or jurisdiction: 2008-09
Event dropout rates (percent of 9th- to 12thgraders who dropped out) during 2008-09, by
High school graduates, by race/ethnicity, 2008-09\1\
race/ethnicity
America
Two
America Two
Asian/
n
or
Asian/
n
or
Pacific Indian/ more
Pacific Indian/ more
Hispani Islande Alaska race Tota Whit Blac Hispani Islande Alaska race
State or
Total
White Black
c
r Native
s
l
e
k
c
r Native
s
other jurisdiction
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
United States .............
######## ######## ###### 481,698 163,575 32,213
4.1 2.7 6.6

6.0
2.4
6.3
Alabama ....................
42,033
26,380 13,884
799
509
461
--- 1.5 1.4 1.7
1.6
0.7
1.2 --Alaska ..................
8,008
4,874
283
364
588
1,508
391 7.0 --- --------- --Arizona .....................
62,374
31,895 3,519 21,607
2,007
3,346
--- 8.3 6.1 10.1
10.2
5.0
12.9 --Arkansas ..................
28,057
19,872 5,939
1,599
442
205
--- 4.1 3.5 5.7
4.7
3.8
4.5 --California .................
372,310 134,816 25,420 147,717 54,701
2,890 ####
5.0 3.2 9.2
6.2
2.4
6.8 5.5
Colorado ....................
47,459
Connecticut ...............
34,968
Delaware ..................
7,839
District of Columbia ........
3,517
Florida ..................
150,066

33,272 2,619
25,561 4,221
4,602 2,438
131 3,084
78,933 32,167

9,364
3,861
522
245
34,079

1,738
1,248
246
55
4,436

466
77
31
2
451

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6.1
3.1
5.1
7.0
2.6

3.7
1.4
4.1
4.8
1.8

9.6
6.8
6.9
6.9
4.3

11.4
7.4
6.6
8.3
3.0

3.4
0.9
2.3
5.3
0.9

12.3
2.4
5.4
0.0
2.9

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Georgia .................
86,163
Hawaii .....................
11,508
Idaho ........................
16,807
Illinois .................
130,094
Indiana .....................
62,312

45,921 31,949
2,065
226
14,353
181
82,749 21,887
52,568 6,070

5,052
487
1,778
19,616
2,700

3,101
8,673
297
5,600
834

140
57
198
242
140

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4.2
4.9
1.6
--1.7

3.4
5.3
1.4
--1.5

5.3
4.6
1.3
--2.7

4.7
4.8
3.1
--2.3

1.8
4.6
2.0
--1.0

2.3
6.6
2.7
--3.0

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Iowa ........................
33,926
Kansas .....................
29,702
Kentucky .................
41,390
Louisiana ...................
35,622
Maine .....................
14,093

30,418 1,344
23,569 2,321
36,044 4,213
19,589 14,346
13,397
274

1,353
2,655
710
718
116

657
739
417
682
216

154
418
6
287
90

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3.1
2.1
2.9
6.8
3.6

2.7
1.8
2.6
4.7
3.5

7.9
3.1
4.8
9.4
4.5

5.3
3.0
4.0
8.5
4.4

2.4
1.3
2.2
3.1
2.8

6.0
3.0
3.0
6.6
8.9

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Maryland ....................
58,304
Massachusetts ..............
65,258
Michigan .....................
112,084
Minnesota ...................
59,729
Mississippi .............
24,505

30,269 20,581
48,694 5,240
85,642 19,219
49,455 3,969
12,079 11,837

3,842
6,972
3,538
1,997
313

3,426
3,279
2,812
3,407
239

186
171
873
901
37

--902
----0

3.0
2.9
3.8
1.9
4.2

2.3
1.8
2.6
1.2
3.2

3.9
5.6
7.9
4.7
5.2

4.1
7.5
5.6
5.0
3.2

1.1
1.8
1.6
1.9
1.9

5.3
4.3
6.4
8.5
3.9

--3.4
----0.0

Missouri .................
62,969
49,938 10,111
Montana .....................
10,077
8,844
65
Nebraska ....................
19,501
16,275 1,054
Nevada ....................
19,904
10,723 1,849
New Hampshire ..................
14,757
13,892
359

1,591
190
1,617
5,014
192

1,058
115
328
2,054
276

271
863
227
264
38

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4.3
5.0
2.4
5.1
1.7

3.1
4.1
1.7
3.7
1.7

9.6
7.5
6.0
6.9
6.0

4.9
8.3
4.7
6.6
2.1

2.2
3.5
1.7
3.4
0.7

5.0
12.3
5.5
5.8
3.1

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New Jersey .................

95,085
56,875 15,220
New Mexico .................
17,931
6,298
478
New York ................
180,594 105,632 30,441
North Carolina ...........
84,847
52,487 24,103
North Dakota ................
7,232
6,507
138

14,808
8,760
29,529
5,067
89

7,776
277
14,346
2,088
75

136
2,118
646
1,102
423

270
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1.6
4.9
4.2
5.3
2.5

0.9
3.8
2.0
4.6
1.7

3.4
5.2
7.6
6.0
5.5

2.9
5.0
7.1
7.3
5.2

0.3
3.1
2.5
2.1
1.0

3.5
7.1
6.7
7.7
8.7

0.7
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Ohio .......................
119,883 100,117 15,630
Oklahoma ....................
37,219
22,976 3,643
Oregon ......................
34,022
26,558
826
Pennsylvania ...............
130,242 103,712 16,424
Rhode Island ..............
10,028
7,324
836

2,113
2,664
4,250
6,509
1,519

1,835
902
1,695
3,428
286

188
7,034
693
169
63

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4.2
2.5
3.4
2.3
4.4

2.8
2.3
2.9
1.6
3.5

9.9
2.7
6.1
4.6
6.3

7.8
3.7
5.1
5.9
7.2

1.7
1.9
2.4
1.5
3.7

7.6
2.6
6.4
3.4
5.4

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

38,933
22,453 14,541
1,227
South Dakota .............
8,123
7,192
141
137
Tennessee ...............
60,368
43,360 14,221
1,762
Texas ....................
264,275 112,016 35,982 104,854
Utah ....................
30,358
25,801
344
2,707

605
99
916
10,462
1,086

107
554
109
961
420

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3.4
1.8
3.2
3.2
3.3

3.2
1.2
2.0
1.5
2.6

3.6
0.8
6.4
5.0
5.3

3.9
3.5
3.9
4.2
6.7

1.4
0.8
1.7
1.0
2.8

6.3
6.2
2.7
2.2
7.4

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61
4,960
6,398
140
3,122
414

150
4,758
5,860
149
2,533
69

39
240
1,217
16
848
130

38
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2.6
2.5
4.7
4.1
2.3
1.1

--1.7
4.0
4.1
1.3
0.7

--3.9
7.2
4.4
8.0
2.7

--5.0
6.7
4.8
5.2
2.7

--1.1
3.1
1.2
2.0
0.3

--3.2
9.4
8.4
4.9
4.5

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Vermont ....................
7,209
Virginia ....................
78,409
Washington ..................
61,932
West Virginia ...........
17,690
Wisconsin ................
65,410
Wyoming ...................
5,493

6,822
99
49,490 18,961
45,496 2,961
16,644
741
53,987 4,920
4,815
65

Bureau of Indian
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Other jurisdictions
American Samoa ........--------------- --- --- --------Guam ................. --------------- --- --- --------Northern Marianas ........
--------------- --- --- --------Puerto Rico ...............
--------------- --- --- --------U.S. Virgin Islands ............
940
6
833
97
1
3
--- 7.4 8.3 7.2
9.2
0.0
12.5
---Not available.
#Rounds to zero.
Reporting standards not met (too few cases).
\1\Data differ slightly from figures reported in other tables due to varying reporting practices for racial/ethnic
NOTE: Includes only graduates for whom race/ethnicity was reported. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic
ethnicity. Event dropout rates measure the percentage of public school students in grades 9 through 12 who dropped
of school between one October and the next. DoD = Department of Defense.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), Public
School Graduates and Dropouts from the Common Core of Data, 2007-08 and 2008-09. (This table was prepared August
2011.)

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