High School Graduation
Averaged freshman graduation rate for public secondary schools
What does this mean?
The high school graduation rate is the percent of public high school students who graduated in four years or less.
Why does this matter?
High School Graduation Rates provide an indicator of the capacity of the labor force, present and future.
North Carolina Ranking
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* Source: National Center for Education Statistics
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Region Comparison
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High School Graduation
High School Graduation
State | 2000-01 | 2001-01 | 2003-01 | 2004-01 | 2005-01 | 2006-01 | 2007-01 | 2008-01 | 2009-01 | 2010-01 | 2011-01 | 2012-01 | 2013-01 | 2014-01 | 2015-01 | 2016-01 | 2017-01 | 2018-01 |
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Alabama | 64.10 | 63.70 | 64.70 | 65.00 | 65.90 | 66.20 | 67.10 | 69.00 | 69.90 | 71.80 | 76.10 | 75.10 | 74.20 | 86.30 | 89.30 | 87.10 | 89.30 | 90.00 |
Alaska | 66.70 | 68.00 | 68.00 | 67.20 | 64.10 | 66.50 | 69.00 | 69.10 | 72.60 | 75.50 | 77.90 | 78.60 | 79.90 | 71.10 | 75.60 | 76.10 | 78.20 | 78.50 |
Arizona | 63.60 | 74.20 | 75.90 | 66.80 | 84.70 | 70.50 | 69.60 | 70.70 | 72.50 | 74.70 | 78.90 | 77.30 | 76.50 | 75.70 | 77.40 | 79.50 | 78.00 | 78.70 |
Arkansas | 74.60 | 73.90 | 76.60 | 76.80 | 75.70 | 80.40 | 74.40 | 76.40 | 74.00 | 75.00 | 77.00 | 78.10 | 80.10 | 86.90 | 84.90 | 87.00 | 88.00 | 89.20 |
California | 71.70 | 71.60 | 74.10 | 73.90 | 74.60 | 69.20 | 70.70 | 71.20 | 71.00 | 78.20 | 79.70 | 81.70 | 83.60 | 81.00 | 82.00 | 83.00 | 82.70 | 83.00 |
Colorado | 74.10 | 73.20 | 76.40 | 78.70 | 76.70 | 75.50 | 76.60 | 75.40 | 77.60 | 79.80 | 82.00 | 82.30 | 83.30 | 77.30 | 77.30 | 78.90 | 79.10 | 80.80 |
Connecticut | 81.90 | 77.50 | 80.90 | 80.70 | 80.90 | 80.90 | 81.80 | 82.20 | 75.40 | 75.10 | 84.70 | 86.10 | 87.40 | 87.00 | 87.20 | 87.40 | 87.90 | 88.40 |
Delaware | 66.80 | 71.00 | 73.00 | 72.90 | 73.00 | 76.30 | 71.90 | 72.10 | 73.70 | 75.50 | 76.10 | 77.10 | 77.00 | 87.00 | 85.60 | 85.50 | 86.90 | 86.90 |
District of Columbia | 54.50 | 60.20 | 59.60 | 68.20 | 66.30 | 65.40 | 54.80 | 56.00 | 62.40 | 59.90 | 64.90 | 70.80 | 77.70 | 61.40 | 68.50 | 69.20 | 73.20 | 68.50 |
Florida | 61.00 | 61.20 | 66.70 | 66.40 | 64.60 | 63.60 | 65.00 | 66.90 | 68.90 | 70.80 | 72.00 | 74.70 | 75.80 | 76.10 | 77.90 | 80.70 | 82.30 | 86.30 |
Georgia | 59.70 | 58.70 | 60.80 | 61.20 | 61.70 | 62.40 | 64.10 | 65.40 | 67.80 | 69.90 | 69.60 | 69.60 | 70.50 | 72.50 | 78.80 | 79.40 | 80.60 | 81.60 |
Hawaii | 70.90 | 68.30 | 71.30 | 72.60 | 75.10 | 75.50 | 75.40 | 76.00 | 75.30 | 75.40 | 73.70 | 77.90 | 78.00 | 81.80 | 81.60 | 82.70 | 82.70 | 84.50 |
Idaho | 79.40 | 79.60 | 81.40 | 81.50 | 81.00 | 80.50 | 80.40 | 80.10 | 80.60 | 84.00 | 83.20 | 83.90 | 82.10 | 77.30 | 78.90 | 79.70 | 79.70 | 80.70 |
Illinois | 76.30 | 75.60 | 75.90 | 80.30 | 79.40 | 79.70 | 79.50 | 80.40 | 77.70 | 81.90 | 80.00 | 82.10 | 82.70 | 86.00 | 85.60 | 85.50 | 87.00 | 86.50 |
Indiana | 71.80 | 72.10 | 75.50 | 73.50 | 73.20 | 73.30 | 73.90 | 74.10 | 75.20 | 77.20 | 79.90 | 80.00 | 81.00 | 87.90 | 87.10 | 86.80 | 83.80 | 88.10 |
Iowa | 83.10 | 82.80 | 85.30 | 85.80 | 86.60 | 86.90 | 86.50 | 86.40 | 85.70 | 87.90 | 89.00 | 89.30 | 89.40 | 90.50 | 90.80 | 91.30 | 91.00 | 91.40 |
Kansas | 77.10 | 76.50 | 76.90 | 77.90 | 79.20 | 77.50 | 78.80 | 79.00 | 80.20 | 84.50 | 86.50 | 88.30 | 88.40 | 85.70 | 85.70 | 85.70 | 86.50 | 87.20 |
Kentucky | 69.70 | 69.80 | 71.70 | 73.00 | 75.90 | 77.20 | 76.40 | 74.40 | 77.60 | 79.90 | 80.90 | 81.90 | 83.10 | 87.50 | 88.00 | 88.60 | 89.70 | 90.30 |
Louisiana | 62.20 | 63.70 | 64.10 | 69.40 | 63.90 | 59.50 | 61.30 | 63.50 | 67.30 | 68.80 | 71.20 | 71.90 | 72.70 | 74.60 | 77.50 | 78.60 | 78.10 | 81.40 |
Maine | 75.90 | 76.40 | 76.30 | 77.60 | 78.60 | 76.30 | 78.50 | 79.10 | 79.90 | 82.80 | 85.70 | 86.70 | 87.50 | 86.50 | 87.50 | 87.00 | 86.90 | 86.70 |
Maryland | 77.60 | 78.70 | 79.20 | 79.50 | 79.30 | 79.90 | 80.00 | 80.40 | 80.10 | 82.20 | 83.80 | 84.50 | 85.60 | 86.40 | 87.00 | 87.60 | 87.70 | 87.10 |
Massachusetts | 78.00 | 78.90 | 75.70 | 79.30 | 78.70 | 79.50 | 80.80 | 81.50 | 83.30 | 82.60 | 85.40 | 86.50 | 88.40 | 86.10 | 87.30 | 87.50 | 88.30 | 87.80 |
Michigan | 75.30 | 75.40 | 74.00 | 72.50 | 73.00 | 72.20 | 77.00 | 76.30 | 75.30 | 75.90 | 74.70 | 77.50 | 78.30 | 78.60 | 79.80 | 79.70 | 80.20 | 80.60 |
Minnesota | 84.90 | 83.60 | 84.80 | 84.70 | 85.90 | 86.20 | 86.50 | 86.40 | 87.40 | 88.20 | 89.20 | 88.40 | 91.00 | 81.20 | 81.90 | 82.20 | 82.70 | 83.20 |
Mississippi | 59.40 | 59.70 | 62.70 | 62.70 | 63.30 | 63.50 | 63.50 | 63.90 | 62.00 | 63.80 | 68.50 | 67.30 | 68.40 | 77.60 | 75.40 | 82.30 | 83.00 | 84.00 |
Missouri | 76.30 | 75.50 | 78.30 | 80.40 | 80.60 | 81.00 | 81.90 | 82.40 | 83.10 | 83.70 | 84.70 | 85.90 | 86.60 | 87.30 | 87.80 | 89.00 | 88.30 | 89.20 |
Montana | 80.80 | 80.00 | 81.00 | 80.40 | 81.50 | 81.90 | 81.50 | 82.00 | 82.00 | 81.90 | 83.70 | 85.70 | 84.70 | 85.40 | 86.00 | 85.60 | 85.80 | 86.40 |
Nebraska | 85.70 | 83.80 | 85.20 | 87.60 | 87.80 | 87.00 | 86.30 | 83.80 | 82.90 | 83.80 | 89.80 | 92.70 | 93.30 | 89.70 | 88.90 | 89.30 | 89.10 | 88.70 |
Nevada | 69.70 | 70.00 | 72.30 | 57.40 | 55.80 | 55.80 | 54.20 | 56.30 | 56.30 | 57.80 | 58.70 | 59.50 | 67.50 | 70.00 | 71.30 | 73.60 | 80.90 | 83.20 |
New Hampshire | 76.10 | 77.80 | 78.20 | 78.70 | 80.10 | 81.10 | 81.70 | 83.30 | 84.30 | 86.30 | 86.60 | 87.00 | 87.30 | 88.10 | 88.10 | 88.20 | 88.90 | 88.80 |
New Jersey | 83.60 | 85.40 | 87.00 | 86.30 | 85.10 | 84.80 | 84.40 | 84.60 | 85.30 | 87.20 | 86.60 | 86.40 | 89.10 | 88.60 | 89.70 | 90.10 | 90.50 | 90.90 |
New Mexico | 64.70 | 65.90 | 63.10 | 67.00 | 65.40 | 67.30 | 59.10 | 66.80 | 64.80 | 67.30 | 70.70 | 74.30 | 71.60 | 68.50 | 68.60 | 71.00 | 71.10 | 73.90 |
New York | 61.80 | 61.50 | 60.90 | 60.90 | 65.30 | 67.40 | 68.90 | 70.90 | 73.50 | 76.00 | 77.60 | 77.10 | 78.50 | 77.80 | 79.20 | 80.40 | 81.80 | 82.30 |
North Carolina | 65.80 | 66.50 | 70.10 | 71.40 | 72.60 | 71.80 | 68.60 | 72.80 | 75.10 | 76.90 | 76.80 | 78.70 | 80.50 | 83.90 | 85.60 | 85.90 | 86.60 | 86.30 |
North Dakota | 86.00 | 85.40 | 86.40 | 86.10 | 86.30 | 82.20 | 83.10 | 83.80 | 87.40 | 88.40 | 90.20 | 91.10 | 91.40 | 87.20 | 86.60 | 87.50 | 87.20 | 88.10 |
Ohio | 75.20 | 76.50 | 79.00 | 81.30 | 80.20 | 79.20 | 78.70 | 79.00 | 79.60 | 81.40 | 82.30 | 83.90 | 84.90 | 81.80 | 80.70 | 83.50 | 84.20 | 82.10 |
Oklahoma | 75.80 | 75.80 | 76.00 | 77.00 | 76.90 | 77.80 | 77.80 | 78.00 | 77.30 | 78.50 | 79.90 | 79.30 | 79.40 | 82.70 | 82.50 | 81.60 | 82.60 | 81.80 |
Oregon | 69.60 | 68.30 | 73.70 | 74.20 | 74.20 | 73.00 | 73.80 | 76.70 | 76.50 | 76.30 | 78.10 | 78.00 | 76.80 | 72.00 | 73.80 | 74.80 | 76.70 | 78.70 |
Pennsylvania | 78.70 | 79.00 | 81.70 | 82.20 | 82.50 | 83.50 | 83.00 | 82.70 | 80.50 | 84.10 | 85.80 | 88.30 | 88.40 | 85.30 | 84.80 | 86.10 | 86.60 | 85.90 |
Rhode Island | 72.80 | 73.50 | 77.70 | 75.90 | 78.40 | 77.80 | 78.40 | 76.40 | 75.30 | 76.40 | 76.60 | 77.10 | 79.00 | 80.80 | 83.20 | 82.80 | 84.10 | 84.00 |
South Carolina | 58.60 | 56.50 | 59.70 | 60.60 | 60.10 | 61.00 | 58.90 | 62.20 | 66.00 | 68.20 | 69.00 | 71.60 | 74.20 | 80.10 | 80.30 | 82.60 | 83.60 | 81.00 |
South Dakota | 77.60 | 77.40 | 83.00 | 83.70 | 82.30 | 84.50 | 82.50 | 84.40 | 81.70 | 81.80 | 81.60 | 83.10 | 83.80 | 82.70 | 83.90 | 83.90 | 83.70 | 84.10 |
Tennessee | 59.50 | 59.00 | 63.40 | 66.10 | 68.50 | 70.70 | 72.60 | 74.90 | 77.40 | 80.40 | 81.10 | 83.60 | 82.40 | 87.20 | 87.90 | 88.50 | 89.80 | 90.00 |
Texas | 71.00 | 70.80 | 75.50 | 76.70 | 74.00 | 72.50 | 71.90 | 73.10 | 75.40 | 78.90 | 81.40 | 83.00 | 83.60 | 88.30 | 89.00 | 89.10 | 89.70 | 90.00 |
Utah | 82.50 | 81.60 | 80.20 | 83.00 | 84.40 | 78.60 | 76.60 | 74.30 | 79.40 | 78.60 | 78.50 | 77.60 | 81.60 | 83.90 | 84.80 | 85.20 | 86.00 | 87.00 |
Vermont | 81.00 | 80.20 | 83.60 | 85.40 | 86.50 | 82.30 | 88.50 | 89.30 | 89.60 | 91.40 | 92.70 | 91.90 | 89.30 | 87.80 | 87.70 | 87.70 | 89.10 | 85.10 |
Virginia | 76.90 | 77.50 | 80.60 | 79.30 | 79.60 | 74.50 | 75.50 | 77.00 | 78.40 | 81.20 | 82.70 | 83.90 | 84.80 | 85.30 | 85.70 | 86.70 | 86.90 | 87.50 |
Washington | 73.70 | 69.20 | 74.20 | 74.60 | 75.00 | 72.90 | 74.80 | 71.90 | 73.70 | 77.20 | 79.00 | 79.20 | 80.40 | 78.20 | 78.20 | 79.70 | 79.40 | 86.70 |
West Virginia | 76.70 | 75.90 | 75.70 | 76.90 | 77.30 | 76.90 | 78.20 | 77.30 | 77.00 | 78.30 | 78.10 | 80.30 | 81.50 | 84.50 | 86.50 | 89.80 | 89.40 | 90.20 |
Wisconsin | 82.70 | 83.30 | 85.80 | 85.80 | 86.70 | 87.50 | 88.50 | 89.60 | 90.70 | 91.10 | 92.20 | 92.20 | 93.00 | 88.60 | 88.40 | 88.20 | 88.60 | 89.70 |
Wyoming | 76.30 | 73.40 | 73.90 | 76.00 | 76.70 | 76.10 | 75.80 | 76.00 | 75.20 | 80.30 | 80.40 | 80.20 | 82.50 | 78.60 | 79.30 | 80.00 | 86.20 | 81.70 |
U.S. Average | 72.93 | 73.02 | 74.86 | 75.35 | 75.79 | 75.17 | 75.07 | 75.79 | 76.51 | 78.33 | 79.91 | 80.96 | 81.94 | 82.05 | 82.88 | 83.72 | 84.52 | 84.99 |