Wednesday, April 22, 2009
| A breakdown of the 2005 graduation rates in the 50 largest cities, along with the percentage point changes in this rate between 1995 and 2005. |
| City State 2005 Rate change |
| rate 1995-2005 |
| Mesa Ariz. 76.60 12 |
| San Jose Calif. 73.3 -1.8 |
| Tucson Ariz. 71.6 22.7 |
| Seattle Wash. 68.9 -0.7 |
| Colorado |
| Springs Colo. 68.8 4.6 |
| Portland Ore. 68.6 13.1 |
| Virginia Beach Va. 68.5 8.8 |
| Honolulu Hawaii 67.4 3.6 |
| Long Beach Calif. 64 -3.7 |
| San Diego Calif. 63.7 -2.4 |
| Louisville Ky. 63.4 -0.3 |
| Sacramento Calif. 62.1 4.9 |
| Philadelphia Pa. 62.1 23.2 |
| El Paso Texas 60.6 13.9 |
| Charlotte N.C. 60.5 -2.3 |
| Arlington Texas 60.3 -11.6 |
| Austin Texas 58.9 11.5 |
| Denver Colo. 58.6 6.9 |
| Boston Mass. 58.6 -1.7 |
| Phoenix Ariz. 58 5.6 |
| Washington D.C. 57.6 4.8 |
| San Francisco Calif. 57.1 -6.5 |
| Fort Worth Texas 56.5 10.4 |
| Miami Fla. 55.9 10.4 |
| Wichita Kan. 54.5 -17.6 |
| Kansas City Mo. 53.3 19.7 |
| Houston Texas 52.9 9.8 |
| Fresno Calif. 51.9 -1.5 |
| Memphis Tenn. 51.2 -1.2 |
| Chicago Ill. 51 9.2 |
| Jacksonville Fla. 50.8 0.7 |
| Dallas Texas 50.8 12.7 |
| Oakland Calif. 50.5 9.2 |
| New York N.Y. 50.5 12.8 |
| Omaha Neb. 49.6 -14.8 |
| Albuquerque N.M. 49 -6.6 |
| Tulsa Okla. 48.5 -2 |
| San Antonio Texas 47.3 6.4 |
| Oklahoma City Okla. 47 5.3 |
| Minneapolis Minn. 45.3 -1.7 |
| Nashville Tenn. 45.2 3.1 |
| Columbus Ohio 44.7 12.6 |
| Las Vegas Nev. 44.5 -23.1 |
| Los Angeles Calif. 44.4 -3.6 |
| Atlanta Ga. 43.5 10.8 |
| Baltimore Md. 41.5 7.7 |
| Milwaukee Wis. 41 5.2 |
| Detroit Mich. 37.5 6.9 |
| Cleveland Ohio 34.4 -4.9 |
| Indianapolis Ind. 30.5 5.3 |
| ___ |
| Source: Editorial Projects in Education Research Center based on Education Department data |
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