Public school attendance rates by state

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The following are estimated public school attendance rates, based upon a survey of more than 88,000 schools conducted by the U.S. Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics. The rates are for the 2003-04 school year.STATE NAME ...... ATTENDANCE RATEAlabama ................. 91.0Alaska .................. 89.4Arizona ................. 82.6Arkansas ................ 93.8California .............. 90.0Colorado ................ 89.9Connecticut ............. 85.0Delaware ................ 94.7District of Columbia .... 93.0Florida ................. 89.1Georgia ................. 94.4Hawaii .................. 91.0Idaho ................... 94.1Illinois ................ 92.1Indiana ................. 93.5Iowa .................... 93.9Kansas .................. 94.7Kentucky ................ 94.3Louisiana ............... 90.8Maine ................... 90.9Maryland ................ 94.2Massachusetts ........... 93.0Michigan ................ 90.9Minnesota ............... 91.6Mississippi ............. 92.6Missouri ................ 93.3Montana ................. 91.2Nebraska ................ 93.5Nevada .................. 92.5New Hampshire ........... 91.4New Jersey .............. 93.7New Mexico .............. 92.8New York ................ 94.3North Carolina .......... 91.3North Dakota ............ 94.3Ohio .................... 94.5Oklahoma ................ 93.6Oregon .................. 91.6Pennsylvania ............ 94.0Rhode Island ............ 93.7South Carolina .......... 92.4South Dakota ............ 90.7Tennessee ............... 93.8Texas ................... 95.1Utah .................... 85.9Vermont ................. 92.3Virginia ................ 93.6Washington .............. 90.2West Virginia ........... 93.9Wisconsin ............... 92.7Wyoming ................. 92.6U.S. Average ............ 92.1Source: National Center for Education Statistics' School and Staffing Survey for the 2003-04 school year.(Distributed by Scripps Howard News Service, http://www.scrippsnews.com)