US Counties With the Lowest High School Graduation
2,489 US counties ranked by high school graduation, from lowest to highest. First are Oglala Lakota County, SD (0.225%), Clarke County, GA (0.321%) and Bent County, CO (0.402%). The middle one of the 2,489 has 0.892%.
What this measures
The percentage of students who finish high school within four years. Source: County Health Rankings.
For most measures, a national ranking mostly sorts places by income and by how urban they are. Each county’s own page compares it with the 50 counties most like it instead, which is often the fairer view.
The 100 lowest counties
Every state, lowest first
Each state’s own published figure, not an average of its counties.
| Rank | State | % |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | District of Columbia | 0.77% |
| 2 | Arizona | 0.773% |
| 3 | Alaska | 0.776% |
| 4 | Idaho | 0.799% |
| 5 | South Dakota | 0.816% |
| 6 | Wyoming | 0.817% |
| 7 | Nevada | 0.818% |
| 8 | Oregon | 0.821% |
| 9 | Michigan | 0.821% |
| 10 | Colorado | 0.824% |
| 11 | Vermont | 0.83% |
| 12 | Rhode Island | 0.834% |
| 13 | Washington | 0.836% |
| 14 | South Carolina | 0.837% |
| 15 | North Dakota | 0.838% |
| 16 | Louisiana | 0.839% |
| 17 | Minnesota | 0.841% |
| 18 | Georgia | 0.849% |
| 19 | Montana | 0.852% |
| 20 | New Jersey | 0.853% |
| 21 | Hawaii | 0.859% |
| 22 | Nebraska | 0.859% |
| 23 | North Carolina | 0.864% |
| 24 | Maryland | 0.864% |
| 25 | New York | 0.868% |
| 26 | Ohio | 0.868% |
| 27 | California | 0.868% |
| 28 | Pennsylvania | 0.872% |
| 29 | Florida | 0.872% |
| 30 | Illinois | 0.873% |
| 31 | Indiana | 0.878% |
| 32 | Delaware | 0.879% |
| 33 | New Hampshire | 0.88% |
| 34 | Utah | 0.882% |
| 35 | Arkansas | 0.883% |
| 36 | Alabama | 0.883% |
| 37 | Kansas | 0.889% |
| 38 | Connecticut | 0.89% |
| 39 | Virginia | 0.891% |
| 40 | Mississippi | 0.891% |
| 41 | Iowa | 0.897% |
| 42 | Texas | 0.899% |
| 43 | Massachusetts | 0.9% |
| 44 | Wisconsin | 0.902% |
| 45 | Tennessee | 0.904% |
| 46 | Missouri | 0.905% |
| 47 | Kentucky | 0.907% |
| 48 | West Virginia | 0.911% |
More on high school graduation
- US Counties With the Highest High School Graduation
- High school graduation by US county: map by year and what it goes with
A ranking describes places, not the people in them, and a high or low place does not by itself say why. All US rankings.