Map Key
  • Less than 70 %
  • 70.1 - 76 %
  • 76.1 - 82 %
  • 82.1 - 88 %
  • More than 88 %
Percentage of public high school students who graduated on time of the 2015–16 school year
State High School Graduation Rate Rank
Iowa 91.3%1st
New Jersey 90.1%2nd
West Virginia 89.8%3rd
Nebraska 89.3%4th
Texas 89.1%5th
Missouri 89.0%6th
Kentucky 88.6%7th
Tennessee 88.5%8th
Wisconsin 88.2%9th
New Hampshire 88.2%9th
Vermont 87.7%11th
Maryland 87.6%12th
North Dakota 87.5%13th
Massachusetts 87.5%13th
Connecticut 87.4%15th
Alabama 87.1%16th
Arkansas 87.0%17th
Maine 87.0%17th
Indiana 86.8%19th
Virginia 86.7%20th
Pennsylvania 86.1%21st
North Carolina 85.9%22nd
Kansas 85.7%23rd
Montana 85.6%24th
Illinois 85.5%25th
Delaware 85.5%25th
Utah 85.2%27th
South Dakota 83.9%28th
Ohio 83.5%29th
California 83.0%30th
Rhode Island 82.8%31st
Hawaii 82.7%32nd
South Carolina 82.6%33rd
Mississippi 82.3%34th
Minnesota 82.2%35th
Oklahoma 81.6%36th
Florida 80.7%37th
New York 80.4%38th
Wyoming 80.0%39th
Michigan 79.7%40th
Idaho 79.7%40th
Washington 79.7%40th
Arizona 79.5%43rd
Georgia 79.4%44th
Colorado 78.9%45th
Louisiana 78.6%46th
Alaska 76.1%47th
Oregon 74.8%48th
Nevada 73.6%49th
New Mexico 71.0%50th
District of Columbia 69.2%51st