State High School Graduation Rates By Race, Ethnicity

U.S. public high schools recorded a four-year graduation rate of 80 percent for the 2011-12 school year, an all-time high.

Graduation rates vary greatly by state and race. Nationwide, black students graduated at a rate of 69 percent; Hispanics graduated at 73 percent; whites graduated at a rate of 86 percent.

The following table lists 2011-2012 four-year adjusted cohort state graduation rates for public high schools by student race and ethnicity. Please note that state graduation rate data was not reported for Idaho, Kentucky and Oklahoma.

State Total White Hispanic Black Asian / Pacific Islander Alabama 75 81 69 67 85 Alaska 70 76 70 61 76 Arizona 76 84 70 71 84 Arkansas 84 87 78 78 84 California 78 86 73 66 90 Colorado 75 82 62 66 82 Connecticut 85 91 69 73 92 Delaware 80 83 74 74 93 District of Columbia 59 86 54 58 74 Florida 75 80 73 64 89 Georgia 70 78 60 62 82 Hawaii 82 79 76 76 84 Illinois 82 89 76 68 93 Indiana 86 89 80 73 89 Iowa 89 91 77 74 89 Kansas 85 88 77 75 86 Louisiana 72 78 70 65 85 Maine 85 86 80 72 89 Maryland 84 90 73 77 93 Massachusetts 85 90 66 73 89 Michigan 76 82 64 60 87 Minnesota 78 84 53 51 74 Mississippi 75 82 79 69 90 Missouri 86 89 80 73 90 Montana 84 87 79 79 92 Nebraska 88 91 78 74 83 Nevada 63 72 54 48 74 New Hampshire 86 87 74 76 86 New Jersey 86 93 77 75 95 New Mexico 70 77 68 69 84 New York 77 87 63 63 86 North Carolina 80 85 73 75 87 North Dakota 87 90 73 76 86 Ohio 81 86 68 61 90 Oregon 68 71 60 53 79 Pennsylvania 84 89 68 68 89 Rhode Island 77 82 67 67 79 South Carolina 75 78 69 71 85 South Dakota 83 89 67 67 84 Tennessee 87 91 80 79 91 Texas 88 93 84 84 94 Utah 80 83 66 64 78 Vermont 88 88 86 72 94 Virginia 83 88 73 75 90 Washington 77 80 67 67 82 West Virginia 79 80 79 74 94 Wisconsin 88 92 74 64 89 Wyoming 79 82 67 66 86

Source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data State Dropout and Graduation Rate Data

Review 2010-2011 graduation rates here.