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

All 49 values come from National Center for Education Statistics for 2022, so the places are comparable. 2 states have no value for that period and are not ranked.

- Indicator id: `high_school_graduation_rate_acgr`
- Unit: %
- Definition: 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).
- Source: 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)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/national-center-for-education-statistics
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/high-school-graduation-rate/us-states

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 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 |