High school completion rates: 1975-2002.

Estimated Completion Rates, which
take into account migration adjustments

1975   83%
1980   80%
1985   78%
1990   75%
1995   71%
2000   70%
2002   66%

Basic Completion Rates, which are
the number of ninth-graders in one year
compared to the number of high school
completers three years later

1975   71%
1980   69%
1985   67%
1990   65%
1995   61%
2000   59%
2002   57%

Source: Education Policy Analysis Archives, State-Level
High School Completion Rates Concepts, Measures, and
Trends. University of Minnesota, 2005