Top 10s

States with lowest graduation rates, 2006-07

(percentage of entering freshman class that graduated in 4 years)
Dec. 1, 2009
Nevada 52.0%
Washington, D.C. 54.9%
South Carolina 58.9%
New Mexico 59.1%
Louisiana 61.3%
Mississippi 63.6%
Georgia 64.1%
Florida 65.0%
Alabama 67.1%
North Carolina 68.6%
Source: National Center for Education Statistics

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