Table 5. Public school averaged freshman graduation rate and components, White, non-Hispanic students, by state: School year 2004

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Table 5. Public school averaged freshman graduation rate and components, White, non-Hispanic students, by state: School year 2004–05

State	Averaged freshman graduation rate¹	Regular diplomas, school year 2004–05	Estimated first-time 9th graders in 2001–02²	Grade 10 membership, school year 2002–03	Grade 9 membership, school year 2001–02	Grade 8 membership, school year 2000–01


Reporting states³	80.4	1,818,502	2,295,813	2,248,075	2,404,143	2,235,222

Alabama	70.5	24,391	34,581	32,106	36,446	35,192
Alaska	71.3	4,756	6,668	6,334	7,198	6,473
Arizona	88.8	33,363	37,569	38,529	38,046	36,131
Arkansas	76.9	19,563	25,451	24,806	25,983	25,565
California	80.6	140,807	174,644	175,040	179,208	169,686

Colorado	82.1	32,999	40,194	39,473	42,109	39,000
Connecticut	86.2	26,482	30,730	30,204	31,481	30,506
Delaware	77.3	4,386	5,670	5,372	6,165	5,474
District of Columbia	81.7	127	155	152	150	164
Florida	70.2	77,144	109,938	100,113	127,998	101,702

Georgia	66.6	41,903	62,895	58,837	68,407	61,442
Hawaii	71.9	2,094	2,913	2,778	3,261	2,699
Idaho⁴	—	13,921	5,767	17,301	—	—
Illinois	87.5	83,613	95,549	95,143	98,687	92,818
Indiana	76.3	48,421	63,443	61,479	65,988	62,861

Iowa	87.7	30,708	35,020	34,942	36,130	33,989
Kansas	81.6	24,734	30,297	30,251	31,051	29,588
Kentucky	76.8	33,984	44,230	42,289	47,414	42,989
Louisiana	72.2	20,243	28,056	25,620	29,853	28,696
Maine	78.0	12,552	16,087	15,264	16,337	16,660

Maryland	83.5	30,384	36,409	35,239	38,265	35,723
Massachusetts	82.7	47,369	57,273	55,141	59,260	57,417
Michigan	79.0	82,259	104,113	103,569	108,680	100,090
Minnesota	89.1	50,749	56,941	57,270	57,690	55,863
Mississippi	66.6	12,150	18,255	16,953	19,075	18,738

Missouri	82.9	47,485	57,275	56,364	59,343	56,119
Montana	84.0	9,191	10,942	10,883	11,157	10,788
Nebraska	91.0	17,242	18,943	18,930	19,481	18,419
Nevada	62.4	9,988	16,017	15,453	17,586	15,012
New Hampshire⁴	—	—	16,456	15,840	16,915	16,612

New Jersey	88.7	54,422	61,384	60,541	61,783	61,830
New Mexico	73.4	6,867	9,356	9,235	9,810	9,023
New York	79.1	100,188	126,686	123,932	131,733	124,394
North Carolina	76.4	48,422	63,341	60,025	68,106	61,891
North Dakota	89.3	6,907	7,732	7,718	7,748	7,729

Ohio	83.6	97,704	116,890	113,396	122,734	114,542
Oklahoma	77.9	23,714	30,445	29,395	31,466	30,473
Oregon	74.9	26,482	35,357	35,140	36,260	34,671
Pennsylvania	86.3	101,285	117,302	116,103	121,508	114,295
Rhode Island	80.2	7,576	9,444	9,119	9,931	9,282

South Carolina⁴	—	—	30,438	27,712	34,094	29,507
South Dakota	86.4	7,879	9,117	9,074	9,245	9,031
Tennessee	71.0	36,254	51,095	49,243	54,103	49,939
Texas	81.5	113,213	138,907	132,495	149,168	135,058
Utah	87.5	26,976	30,837	31,070	30,820	30,620

Vermont	79.1	6,315	7,979	7,880	8,294	7,764
Virginia	82.3	48,428	58,821	56,515	62,680	57,269
Washington	76.6	46,943	61,270	60,883	64,201	58,726
West Virginia	77.4	16,249	21,007	20,086	22,133	20,802
Wisconsin	91.8	54,566	59,443	60,422	62,396	55,510
Wyoming	78.8	5,104	6,478	6,416	6,566	6,451

¹ Averaged freshman graduation rate (AFGR) is an estimate of the percentage of an entering freshman class graduating in 4 years. For 2004–05, it equals the total number of diploma recipients in 2004–05 divided by the average membership of the 8th-grade class in 2000–01, the 9th-grade class in 2001–02, and the 10th-grade class in 2002–03.
² First-time 9th-graders were estimated as the average of student membership in grades 8, 9, and 10 in 3 consecutive years.
³ Reporting states totals include the 50 states and the District of Columbia for which data were available.
⁴ Missing data prevented the caculation of AFGR.
NOTE: Ungraded students were allocated to individual grades proportional to each state's enrollment in those grades.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 2000–01, Version 1b; 2001–02, Version 1b; 2002–03, Version 1b; and 2005–06, Version 1a.

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