Education Week: NC 43rd in graduation rate
Diplomas Count 2012, a publication of Education Week, was released yesterday. As usual, the publication includes graduation rates for all 50 states and the District and Columbia. The following is the latest state-by-state graduation rates available:
| State | Class of 2009 | Class of 1999 | Change |
| NEW JERSEY | 87.4 | 76.3 | 11.0 |
| NORTH DAKOTA | 85.9 | 82.9 | 3.1 |
| WISCONSIN | 83.8 | 76.4 | 7.4 |
| MINNESOTA | 82.6 | 79.4 | 3.1 |
| IOWA | 80.5 | 78.9 | 1.7 |
| PENNSYLVANIA | 80.5 | 75.3 | 5.1 |
| MISSOURI | 79.3 | 72.1 | 7.3 |
| MASSACHUSETTS | 79.1 | 73.9 | 5.3 |
| NEW HAMPSHIRE | 79.1 | 72.7 | 6.5 |
| KANSAS | 78.4 | 73.5 | 5.0 |
| NEW YORK | 78.4 | 58.5 | 19.9 |
| UTAH | 78.4 | 75.7 | 2.7 |
| MARYLAND | 77.9 | 71.8 | 6.1 |
| MONTANA | 77.4 | 75.7 | 1.7 |
| VERMONT | 77.4 | 76.9 | 0.5 |
| NEBRASKA | 76.6 | 77.6 | (1.0) |
| COLORADO | 76.4 | 67.5 | 8.9 |
| OHIO | 76.4 | 69.0 | 7.4 |
| CONNECTICUT | 76.0 | 75.1 | 0.9 |
| VIRGINIA | 76.0 | 73.9 | 2.1 |
| INDIANA | 75.8 | 71.1 | 4.7 |
| TENNESSEE | 75.8 | 62.1 | 13.7 |
| RHODE ISLAND | 75.3 | 70.8 | 4.5 |
| MICHIGAN | 74.1 | 68.7 | 5.4 |
| WYOMING | 73.9 | 73.4 | 0.5 |
| OKLAHOMA | 73.6 | 70.4 | 3.2 |
| OREGON | 73.1 | 64.0 | 9.1 |
| ARIZONA | 72.3 | 48.2 | 24.1 |
| MAINE | 72.3 | 68.9 | 3.4 |
| IDAHO | 72.1 | 76.5 | (4.4) |
| TEXAS | 71.5 | 60.2 | 11.3 |
| WEST VIRGINIA | 71.5 | 71.2 | 0.4 |
| CALIFORNIA | 71.3 | 68.7 | 2.5 |
| ILLINOIS | 71.2 | 72.4 | (1.2) |
| ARKANSAS | 70.6 | 70.5 | 0.1 |
| KENTUCKY | 70.5 | 62.3 | 8.2 |
| FLORIDA | 70.4 | 52.5 | 17.9 |
| SOUTH DAKOTA | 69.5 | 74.6 | (5.0) |
| ALASKA | 69.3 | 63.7 | 5.6 |
| ALABAMA | 69.2 | 56.7 | 12.5 |
| HAWAII | 69.2 | 59.5 | 9.6 |
| WASHINGTON | 68.1 | 68.6 | (0.5) |
| NORTH CAROLINA | 68.0 | 58.7 | 9.3 |
| DELAWARE | 67.9 | 57.7 | 10.2 |
| LOUISIANA | 64.0 | 59.1 | 4.9 |
| GEORGIA | 62.7 | 51.5 | 11.2 |
| MISSISSIPPI | 62.2 | 58.4 | 3.8 |
| SOUTH CAROLINA | 61.7 | 47.1 | 14.6 |
| NEW MEXICO | 59.4 | 58.1 | 1.3 |
| NEVADA | 59.2 | 69.0 | (9.8) |
| DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA | 52.4 | 65.7 | (13.3) |
Despite the state’s relatively low rank, North Carolina had the 12th highest percentage change in graduation rate. We’re moving in the right direction, but we have a long way to go.
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