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ACGR, all students, 2021–22: U.S. states ranked

Measure: ACGR, all students, 2021–22. All 48 states and District of Columbia with data in Public high school graduation rates by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2021–22.

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

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National value: 86.6 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 76.4 %
RI 83.3 %
DE 87.8 %
CT 88.9 %
NJ 85.2 %
MD 86.3 %
MA 90.1 %
VT 82.8 %
NH 87.7 %

Lowest: 76.4 to 82.3 %
Group 2: 82.3 to 85.8 %
Group 3: 85.8 to 87.3 %
Group 4: 87.3 to 89.1 %
Highest: 89.1 to 91.2 %

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	91.2
2	Tennessee	90.4
3	Wisconsin	90.3
4	Kentucky	90.1
4	Massachusetts	90.1
6	Iowa	89.9
7	Missouri	89.8
8	Texas	89.7
9	Kansas	89.1
9	Virginia	89.1
11	Connecticut	88.9
11	Mississippi	88.9
13	Alabama	88.2
13	Arkansas	88.2
13	Utah	88.2
16	Delaware	87.8
17	Indiana	87.7
17	New Hampshire	87.7
19	Florida	87.3
19	Illinois	87.3
21	Nebraska	87.1
22	California	87
22	Pennsylvania	87
24	New York	86.7
25	North Carolina	86.4
26	Maryland	86.3
27	Ohio	86.2
28	Maine	86.1
29	Hawaii	86
30	Montana	85.8
31	New Jersey	85.2
32	North Dakota	85.1
33	Georgia	84.1
34	South Carolina	83.8
35	Minnesota	83.6
35	Washington	83.6
37	Rhode Island	83.3
38	Louisiana	83.1
39	Vermont	82.8
40	Colorado	82.3
41	South Dakota	82.1
42	Wyoming	81.8
43	Nevada	81.7
44	Oregon	81.3
45	Michigan	81
46	Idaho	79.9
47	Alaska	77.8
48	Arizona	77.3
49	District of Columbia	76.4

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, 2021–22 (2021–22). 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-2021-to-22/

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