State Public High School Graduates

Summary: Number of public high school graduates

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Name	State Public High School Graduates
Summary	Number of public high school graduates
Additional Background	This database reports the number of public high school graduates by state or jurisdiction.  Data include regular diploma recipients, but exclude students receiving a certificate of attendance and persons receiving high school equivalency certificates. Some numbers are rounded.  Years refer to the second year of a traditional academic year, e.g., 2010 reflects the 2009-2010 academic year.  2011 data are preliminary.  Data include regular diploma recipients, but excludes students receiving a certificate of attendance and persons receiving high school equivalency certificates.  In addition: Graduates from adult programs are excluded for the District of Columbia starting in 1990 1990 Massachusetts data are projected 1990, 1994, 2006, and 2006 U.S. totals include estimates for nonreporting states 2004 New York and Wisconsin data are estimated Graduates are projected for the District of Columbia, Pennsylvania, and South Carolina in 2006 Maine data include 1,161 graduates in 2008 and and 1,169 graduates in 2009 from private high schools that received a majority of their funding from public sources 2009 indicates estimated high school graduates for California and Nevada Data for the category DoD, Dependent Of Schools are reported only for years 1998 and 1999 are are excluded from this database.
Geographic Coverage	U.S., States
Periodicity	Biennially
Series Begins/Ends	1970, 1980 - 1981, 1986 - 2021
Data Source	U.S Department of Education

Note: Database contains variables for all categories, areas, and time periods for which data are available from the originating source.

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  Additional Background

This database reports the number of public high school graduates by state or jurisdiction.  Data include regular diploma recipients, but exclude students receiving a certificate of attendance and persons receiving high school equivalency certificates. Some numbers are rounded.  Years refer to the second year of a traditional academic year, e.g., 2010 reflects the 2009-2010 academic year.  2011 data are preliminary.  Data include regular diploma recipients, but excludes students receiving a certificate of attendance and persons receiving high school equivalency certificates.  In addition:

• Graduates from adult programs are excluded for the District of Columbia starting in 1990
• 1990 Massachusetts data are projected

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1990, 1994, 2006, and 2006 U.S. totals include estimates for nonreporting states
2004 New York and Wisconsin data are estimated
Graduates are projected for the District of Columbia, Pennsylvania, and South Carolina in 2006
Maine data include 1,161 graduates in 2008 and and 1,169 graduates in 2009 from private high schools that received a majority of their funding from public sources
2009 indicates estimated high school graduates for California and Nevada
Data for the category DoD, Dependent Of Schools are reported only for years 1998 and 1999 are are excluded from this database.

Geographic Coverage: U.S., States

Periodicity: Biennially

Series Begins/Ends: 1970, 1980 - 1981, 1986 - 2021

Source (APA): RAND State Statistics. (2021, October 21). State Public High School Graduates. https://randstatestats.org/us/stats/state-public-high-school-graduates.html?dbc=cmFuZF91c2E=&bid=%27Mw==%27
Set APA as default format "State Public High School Graduates." RAND State Statistics. Last modified October 21, 2021. https://randstatestats.org/us/stats/state-public-high-school-graduates.html?dbc=cmFuZF91c2E=&bid=%27Mw==%27.
Set Chicago as default format "State Public High School Graduates." RAND State Statistics, 21 Oct 2021, https://randstatestats.org/us/stats/state-public-high-school-graduates.html?dbc=cmFuZF91c2E=&bid=%27Mw==%27.
Set MLA as default format State Public High School Graduates. RAND State Statistics. Updated October 21, 2021. Accessed June 30, 2022. https://randstatestats.org/us/stats/state-public-high-school-graduates.html?dbc=cmFuZF91c2E=&bid=%27Mw==%27
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Derived From: U.S Department of Education