Table 7.Completion and 4-year graduation rates for Texas and Galveston County school districts, for classes of 1998-2002
	1998*	1999	2000	2001	2002
					Total	African American	Hispanic	White	Asian	ED*
	Completion Rate (Graduated, GED, or Continued)
State	91.4	91.5	92.8	93.8	95.0	93.6	92.2	97.3	97.4	92.3
Galveston County Independent School Districts
Clear Creek	94.9	96.0	96.2	97.4	98.1	98.6	95.4	98.2	99.2	95.8
Dickinson	87.8	88.9	89.0	88.6	91.2	86.2	86.5	94.0	90.9	89.7
Friendswood	98.1	96.6	98.1	66.7	99.2	100.0	95.7	99.4	100.0	80.0
Galveston	85.6	89.1	93.4	93.2	93.1	93.9	91.7	93.3	100.0	93.8
High Island	96.6	94.4	91.9	93.3	100.0	n/a	n/a	100.0	n/a	100.0
Hitchcock	96.7	92.5	93.2	86.2	97.6	97.0	100.0	97.1	n/a	94.1
La Marque	87.9	93.8	96.5	95.1	99.2	98.9	100.0	100.0	n/a	98.2
Santa Fe	92.1	95.3	96.2	95.1	95.6	n/a	96.3	95.5	n/a	95.7
Texas City	92.7	95.7	92.7	96.8	96.2	98.2	95.9	98.3	n/a	98.9
	Four Year Graduation Rate
State	76.7	79.5	80.7	81.1	82.8	79.8	75.7	88.2	90.6	75.8
Galveston County Independent School Districts
Clear Creek	83.1	86.0	86.1	87.4	89.2	89.4	81.6	89.7	92.1	79.2
Dickinson	69.5	73.9	73.9	70.7	77.4	72.4	73.0	80.2	81.8	71.3
Friendswood	91.9	92.1	92.1	94.7	94.4	100.0	95.7	94.0	100.0	80.0
Galveston	65.8	71.4	77.9	77.0	74.4	78.2	66.0	76.4	100.0	71.4
High Island	96.6	88.9	89.2	86.7	96.6	n/a	n/a	96.4	n/a	90.0
Hitchcock	81.3	78.8	90.5	77.0	89.0	93.9	75.0	91.2	n/a	88.2
La Marque	73.5	78.7	84.8	82.0	88.0	87.4	93.8	90.5	n/a	80.0
Santa Fe	79.0	78.5	85.6	84.9	82.9	n/a	85.2	82.6	n/a	78.3
Texas City	68.1	74.2	77.3	81.6	77.0	76.4	67.1	81.7	n/a	70.1
Students were tracked from their freshman year until graduation. Four year gaduation rate is the percentage of those students who received their high school diploma on time orearlier. Completion rate is the percentage of those students who graduated, received their GED, or continued high school.
-Used "Completion/Student Status Rate: Graduated" for four Year Graduation Rate
-For Completion, subtracted "Completion/Student Status Rate: Dropped Out (4-yr) percent from 100
* ED is Economically Disadvantaged				n/a is not avaliable
Source: Texas Education Agency				http://www.tea.state.tx.us/perfreport/aeis/index.html
(Accessed 6/7/04)