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ACGR, all students, 2020–21: U.S. states ranked

Measure: ACGR, all students, 2020–21. All 48 states and District of Columbia with data in Public high school graduation rates by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2020.

Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated: 2026-10-30

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National value: 86.1 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 74.8 %
RI 83.7 %
DE 80.5 %
CT 89.6 %
NJ 88.5 %
MD 87.2 %
MA 89.8 %
VT 83.2 %
NH 87.1 %

Lowest: 74.8 to 81.3 %
Group 2: 81.3 to 83.7 %
Group 3: 83.7 to 87.2 %
Group 4: 87.2 to 89.6 %
Highest: 89.6 to 91.1 %

The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified. Alaska and Hawaii are shown as insets, not to scale.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. Values are as published in the source table.


1	West Virginia	91.1
2	Alabama	90.7
3	Florida	90.2
3	Iowa	90.2
3	Kentucky	90.2
6	Texas	90
7	Massachusetts	89.8
7	Virginia	89.8
9	Connecticut	89.6
9	Wisconsin	89.6
11	Tennessee	89.3
12	Missouri	89.2
13	New Jersey	88.5
14	Arkansas	88.4
14	Mississippi	88.4
16	Indiana	88.2
17	Utah	88.1
18	Kansas	87.9
19	Nebraska	87.6
20	Maryland	87.2
21	New Hampshire	87.1
22	North Carolina	87
22	North Dakota	87
24	Pennsylvania	86.7
25	Maine	86.1
25	Montana	86.1
27	Hawaii	86
28	Ohio	85.3
29	New York	84.9
30	Georgia	83.7
30	Rhode Island	83.7
32	California	83.6
33	Minnesota	83.3
33	South Carolina	83.3
35	Vermont	83.2
36	South Dakota	82.9
37	Wyoming	82.5
38	Louisiana	82.1
39	Colorado	81.7
40	Nevada	81.3
41	Oregon	80.6
42	Delaware	80.5
42	Michigan	80.5
44	Idaho	80.1
45	Oklahoma	80
46	Alaska	78.2
47	New Mexico	76.6
48	Arizona	76.4
49	District of Columbia	74.8

Source: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Digest of Education Statistics 2023, Table 219.46. Reference period: 2021–22.

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U.S. states ranked by ACGR, all students, 2020–21 (2020). Data: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Digest of Education Statistics 2023, Table 219.46; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-10-30. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-acgr-all-students-2020-to-21/

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