State	All Students	Children with Disabilities	Limited English Proficient	Economically disadvantaged
Alabama	72%	30%	36%	62%
Alaska	68%	40%	41%	56%
Arizona	78%	67%	25%	73%
Arkansas	81%	75%	76%	75%
California	76%	59%	60%	70%
Colorado	74%	53%	53%	62%
Connecticut	83%	61%	59%	62%
Delaware	78%	56%	65%	71%
District Of Columbia	59%	39%	53%	58%
Florida	71%	44%	53%	60%
Georgia	67%	30%	32%	59%
Hawaii	80%	59%	60%	75%
Idaho
Illinois	84%	66%	68%	75%
Indiana	86%	65%	73%	79%
Iowa	88%	70%	70%	78%
Kansas	83%	73%	70%	73%
Kentucky
Louisiana	71%	29%	43%	64%
Maine	84%	66%	78%	73%
Maryland	83%	57%	54%	74%
Massachusetts	83%	66%	56%	70%
Michigan	74%	52%	62%	63%
Minnesota	77%	56%	52%	58%
Mississippi	75%	23%	67%	69%
Missouri	81%	68%	62%	74%
Montana	82%	69%	57%	71%
Nebraska	86%	70%	52%	78%
Nevada	62%	23%	29%	53%
New Hampshire	86%	69%	73%	72%
New Jersey	83%	73%	68%	71%
New Mexico	63%	47%	56%	56%
New York	77%	48%	46%	69%
North Carolina	78%	57%	48%	71%
North Dakota	86%	67%	61%	76%
Ohio	80%	67%	53%	65%
Oklahoma
Oregon	68%	42%	52%	61%
Pennsylvania	83%	71%	63%	71%
Rhode Island	77%	58%	68%	66%
South Carolina	74%	39%	62%	67%
South Dakota	83%	84%	82%	86%
Tennessee	86%	67%	71%	80%
Texas	86%	77%	58%	84%
Utah	76%	59%	45%	65%
Vermont	87%	69%	82%	77%
Virginia	82%	47%	55%	70%
Washington	76%	56%	51%	66%
West Virginia	76%	57%	79%	68%
Wisconsin	87%	67%	66%	74%
Wyoming	80%	57%	62%	66%

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