: Restoring Shared Prosperity
High School Graduation
75.5%
of high school students had graduated high school. Increasing the number of students who graduate high school will better prepare workers to compete in the labor force and ensure workers will have sufficient earnings to stay out of poverty.
| State | High School Graduation | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 69.9% | 43rd | |
| Alaska | 72.6% | 40th | |
| Arizona | 72.5% | 41st | |
| Arkansas | 74.0% | 36th | |
| California | 71.0% | 42nd | |
| Colorado | 77.6% | 22nd | |
| Connecticut | 75.4% | 28th | |
| Delaware | 73.7% | 37th | |
| District of Columbia | 62.4% | 49th | |
| Florida | 68.9% | 44th | |
| Georgia | 67.8% | 45th | |
| Hawaii | 75.3% | 30th | |
| Idaho | 80.6% | 13th | |
| Illinois | 77.7% | 21st | |
| Indiana | 75.2% | 33rd | |
| Iowa | 85.7% | 5th | |
| Kansas | 80.2% | 15th | |
| Kentucky | 77.6% | 22nd | |
| Louisiana | 67.3% | 46th | |
| Maine | 79.9% | 17th | |
| Maryland | 80.1% | 16th | |
| Massachusetts | 83.3% | 8th | |
| Michigan | 75.3% | 30th | |
| Minnesota | 87.4% | 3rd | |
| Mississippi | 62.0% | 50th | |
| Missouri | 83.1% | 9th | |
| Montana | 82.0% | 11th | |
| Nebraska | 82.9% | 10th | |
| Nevada | 56.3% | 51st | |
| New Hampshire | 84.3% | 7th | |
| New Jersey | 85.3% | 6th | |
| New Mexico | 64.8% | 48th | |
| New York | 73.5% | 39th | |
| North Carolina | 75.1% | 35th | |
| North Dakota | 87.4% | 3rd | |
| Ohio | 79.6% | 18th | |
| Oklahoma | 77.3% | 25th | |
| Oregon | 76.5% | 27th | |
| Pennsylvania | 80.5% | 14th | |
| Rhode Island | 75.3% | 30th | |
| South Carolina | 66.0% | 47th | |
| South Dakota | 81.7% | 12th | |
| Tennessee | 77.4% | 24th | |
| Texas | 75.4% | 28th | |
| Utah | 79.4% | 19th | |
| Vermont | 89.6% | 2nd | |
| Virginia | 78.4% | 20th | |
| Washington | 73.7% | 37th | |
| West Virginia | 77.0% | 26th | |
| Wisconsin | 90.7% | 1st | |
| Wyoming | 75.2% | 33rd | |