US states by high school graduation rate (4-year adjusted cohort), 2022

West Virginia had the highest high school graduation rate (4-year adjusted cohort) of 49 states in 2022, at 91.2%. District of Columbia had the lowest, at 76.4%. The median was 86.4% and the figure for the United States was 86.6%. Source: National Center for Education Statistics.

Highest91.2West Virginia

Lowest76.4District of Columbia

Median86.449 states

United States86.6History

Map of states, 2022

Under 82
82 to 84
84 to 86
86 to 88
88 to 89
89 and over
No data

%, 2022. Hatched areas have no value for this period. Source: NCES, Digest of Education Statistics, table 219.46: public high school 4-year adjusted cohort graduation rate (ACGR), total, by state. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All states, 2022

%. Source: NCES, Digest of Education Statistics, table 219.46: public high school 4-year adjusted cohort graduation rate (ACGR), total, by state. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	States	2022 (%)	Change on 2021
1	West Virginia	91.2	+0.1 pts
2	Tennessee	90.4	+1.1 pts
3	Wisconsin	90.3	+0.7 pts
4	Kentucky	90.1	-0.1 pts
4	Massachusetts	90.1	+0.3 pts
6	Iowa	89.9	-0.3 pts
7	Missouri	89.8	+0.6 pts
8	Texas	89.7	-0.3 pts
9	Kansas	89.1	+1.2 pts
9	Virginia	89.1	-0.7 pts
11	Connecticut	88.9	-0.7 pts
11	Mississippi	88.9	+0.5 pts
13	Alabama	88.2	-2.5 pts
13	Arkansas	88.2	-0.2 pts
13	Utah	88.2	+0.1 pts
16	Delaware	87.8	+7.3 pts
17	Indiana	87.7	-0.5 pts
17	New Hampshire	87.7	+0.6 pts
19	Florida	87.3	-2.9 pts
19	Illinois	87.3	n/a
21	Nebraska	87.1	-0.5 pts
22	California	87	+3.4 pts
22	Pennsylvania	87	+0.3 pts
24	New York	86.7	+1.8 pts
25	North Carolina	86.4	-0.6 pts
26	Maryland	86.3	-0.9 pts
27	Ohio	86.2	+0.9 pts
28	Maine	86.1	0 pts
29	Hawaii	86	0 pts
30	Montana	85.8	-0.3 pts
31	New Jersey	85.2	-3.3 pts
32	North Dakota	85.1	-1.9 pts
33	Georgia	84.1	+0.4 pts
34	South Carolina	83.8	+0.5 pts
35	Minnesota	83.6	+0.3 pts
35	Washington	83.6	n/a
37	Rhode Island	83.3	-0.4 pts
38	Louisiana	83.1	+1 pts
39	Vermont	82.8	-0.4 pts
40	Colorado	82.3	+0.6 pts
41	South Dakota	82.1	-0.8 pts
42	Wyoming	81.8	-0.7 pts
43	Nevada	81.7	+0.4 pts
44	Oregon	81.3	+0.7 pts
45	Michigan	81	+0.5 pts
46	Idaho	79.9	-0.2 pts
47	Alaska	77.8	-0.4 pts
48	Arizona	77.3	+0.9 pts
49	District of Columbia	76.4	+1.6 pts

Other periods

About this ranking

Share of public high school students who graduate with a regular diploma within four years of starting grade 9, adjusted for students who transfer in, transfer out, emigrate or die (the 4-year adjusted cohort graduation rate, ACGR), as a percentage. From the NCES Digest of Education Statistics, based on state reports to the U.S. Department of Education. The year is the end of the school year (2022 means 2021-22).

States set their own diploma requirements, so rates are not fully comparable between states. 2011-12 rates are published as whole numbers. The national rate covers the 50 states and the District of Columbia; NCES estimates parts of it where a state did not report.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the states are compared on one definition. 2 states with data in other periods have no value for 2022 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics. Digest of Education Statistics, table 219.46: public high school 4-year adjusted cohort graduation rate (ACGR), total, by state. https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d23/tables/dt23_219.46.asp. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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National Center for Education Statistics. (2024). Digest of Education Statistics, table 219.46: public high school 4-year adjusted cohort graduation rate (ACGR), total, by state (US states by high school graduation rate (4-year adjusted cohort), 2022) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d23/tables/dt23_219.46.asp

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Digest of Education Statistics, table 219.46: public high school 4-year adjusted cohort graduation rate (ACGR), total, by state, US states by high school graduation rate (4-year adjusted cohort), 2022. National Center for Education Statistics, 15 May 2024, https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d23/tables/dt23_219.46.asp. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/high-school-graduation-rate/us-states. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

National Center for Education Statistics. 2024. Digest of Education Statistics, table 219.46: public high school 4-year adjusted cohort graduation rate (ACGR), total, by state. US states by high school graduation rate (4-year adjusted cohort), 2022. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d23/tables/dt23_219.46.asp. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/high-school-graduation-rate/us-states.

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National Center for Education Statistics (2024) Digest of Education Statistics, table 219.46: public high school 4-year adjusted cohort graduation rate (ACGR), total, by state, US states by high school graduation rate (4-year adjusted cohort), 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d23/tables/dt23_219.46.asp, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/high-school-graduation-rate/us-states (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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Which state has the highest high school graduation rate (4-year adjusted cohort)?

West Virginia, with 91.2% in 2022, according to National Center for Education Statistics.

Which state has the lowest high school graduation rate (4-year adjusted cohort)?

District of Columbia, with 76.4% in 2022.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: National Center for Education Statistics, Digest of Education Statistics, table 219.46: public high school 4-year adjusted cohort graduation rate (ACGR), total, by state. Retrieved 2026-10-12. 2 states have no value for 2022 and are not ranked.