United States · annual SERIES
Lower secondary completion rate in United States
Percentage of a cohort of children or young people aged 3–5 years above the intended age for the last grade of lower secondary education who have completed that grade.
98.66%%
2024Observation year
-0.02 pp from 2023
Source note for 2024: [{"type":"Source","subtype":"Data sources","value":"United States of America American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 (IPUMS version). The survey collected data on school attendance for age 0-95 and educational attainment for age 3 and above."}]
% · UNESCO Institute for Statistics · Missing observations remain gaps.
Underlying data
Download CSV| Year | Value | Status & source note |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 98.65912628173828 | present · [{"type":"Source","subtype":"Data sources","value":"United States of America American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 (IPUMS version). The survey collected data on school attendance for age 0-95 and educational attainment for age 3 and above."}] |
| 2023 | 98.68329620361328 | present · [{"type":"Source","subtype":"Data sources","value":"United States of America American Community Survey (ACS) 2023 (IPUMS version). The survey collected data on school attendance for age 0-95 and educational attainment for age 3 and above."}] |
| 2022 | 98.67488861083984 | present · [{"type":"Source","subtype":"Data sources","value":"United States of America American Community Survey (ACS) 2022 (IPUMS version). The survey collected data on school attendance for age 0-95 and educational attainment for age 3 and above."}] |
| 2021 | 98.76283264160156 | present · [{"type":"Source","subtype":"Data sources","value":"United States of America American Community Survey (ACS) 2021 (IPUMS version). The survey collected data on school attendance for age 0-95 and educational attainment for age 0 and above."}] |
| 2020 | 98.79956817626953 | present · [{"type":"Source","subtype":"Data sources","value":"United States of America American Community Survey (ACS) 2020 (IPUMS version). The survey collected data on school attendance for age 0-95 and educational attainment for age 0 and above."}] |
| 2019 | 98.61999999999999 | present · [{"type":"Source","subtype":"Data sources","value":"United States of America CPS-ASEC 2019 (GEMR)."}] |
| 2018 | 98.59 | present · [{"type":"Source","subtype":"Data sources","value":"United States of America CPS-ASEC 2018 (GEMR)."}] |
| 2017 | 98.82060241699219 | present · [{"type":"Source","subtype":"Data sources","value":"United States of America American Community Survey (ACS) 2017 (IPUMS version). The survey collected data on school attendance for age 0-95 and educational attainment for age 0 and above."}] |
| 2016 | 98.7800064086914 | present · [{"type":"Source","subtype":"Data sources","value":"United States of America American Community Survey (ACS) 2016 (IPUMS version). The survey collected data on school attendance for age 0-95 and educational attainment for age 0 and above."}] |
| 2015 | 98.78231048583984 | present · [{"type":"Source","subtype":"Data sources","value":"United States of America American Community Survey (ACS) 2015 (IPUMS version). The survey collected data on school attendance for age 0-95 and educational attainment for age 0 and above."}] |
| 2013 | 98.54 | present · [{"type":"Source","subtype":"Data sources","value":"United States of America CPS-ASEC 2013 (GEMR)."}] |
| 2010 | 98.32962036132812 | present · [{"type":"Source","subtype":"Data sources","value":"United States of America American Community Survey 2010. IPUMS-USA, University of Minnesota. The survey collected data on school attendance and educational attainment for age 3 and above."}] |
Definition & method
UIS SDG 4.1.2 completion rate, CR.2, total population. Original national survey/census observations, not gross intake ratios or modelled completion series.
Percentage of a cohort of children or young people aged 3–5 years above the intended age for the last grade of lower secondary education who have completed that grade.
What to keep in mind
- Survey and census coverage is irregular; no interpolation is applied.
- Survey reference periods and sources are retained in each observation note.
- Selected data and adaptations retain the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.