Glance of graduate and dropout rates

January 21, 2013 @ 9:17 pm

A glance at the graduate and dropout rates for the 2009-2010 school year:
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State Four-year graduation rate Dropout rate
Alabama 71.8 1.8
Alaska 75.5 6.9
Arizona 74.7 7.8
Arkansas 75 3.6
California 78.2 4.6
Colorado 79.8 5.3
Connecticut 75.1 3
Delaware 75.5 3.9
District of Columbia 59.9 7
Florida 70.8 2.3
Georgia 69.9 3.8
Hawaii 75.4 5.2
Idaho 84 1.4
Illinois 81.9 2.9
Indiana 77.2 1.6
Iowa 87.9 3.4
Kansas 84.5 2.1
Kentucky 79.9 3.2
Louisiana 68.8 4.8
Maine 82.8 4.2
Maryland 82.2 2.7
Massachusetts 82.6 2.8
Michigan 75.9 4.3
Minnesota 88.2 1.6
Mississippi 63.8 7.4
Missouri 83.7 3.5
Montana 81.9 4.3
Nebraska 83.8 2.2
Nevada 57.8 4.5
New Hampshire 86.3 1.2
New Jersey 87.2 1.6
New Mexico 67.3 6.9
New York 76 3.6
North Carolina 76.9 4.7
North Dakota 88.4 2.2
Ohio 81.4 4.2
Oklahoma 78.5 2.4
Oregon 76.3 3.4
Pennsylvania 84.1 2.1
Rhode Island 76.4 4.6
South Carolina 68.2 3
South Dakota 81.8 2.6
Tennessee 80.4 2.7
Texas 78.9 2.7
Utah 78.6 2.6
Vermont 91.4 2.4
Virginia 81.2 2.1
Washington 77.2 4.2
West Virginia 78.3 4
Wisconsin 91.1 2.2
Wyoming 80.3 6
Source: U.S. Department of Education
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