State Graduation Rate Violent Crime Correctional Officer Wage Police Officer Wage Alabama 60.7 427 13.86 15.80 Alaska 63.6 635 21.76 26.98 Arizona 70.0 504 15.84 23.75 Arkansas 71.8 499 13.84 13.67 California 71.0 552 30.81 32.12 Colorado 72.5 374 19.72 25.57 Florida 57.5 711 16.82 22.15 Georgia 56.3 456 13.85 17.11 Idaho 77.8 245 13.86 19.78 Illinos 76.3 543 21.79 28.81 Iowa 82.5 271 18.92 20.12 Kansas 75.0 375 14.33 17.44 Kentucky 69.7 245 11.91 17.13 Lousiana 60.6 639 11.82 13.75 Maine 74.0 104 14.00 16.96 Maryland 74.4 701 18.65 23.91 Massachusetts 72.1 459 26.89 23.66 Minnesota 79.0 270 18.44 23.57 Mississippi 60.8 295 10.72 13.59 Missouri 74.7 491 11.84 15.39 Montana 75.8 294 13.89 18.08 Nebraska 77.8 309 14.15 18.72 Nevada 55.9 616 22.93 27.74 New Hampshire 77.7 167 16.81 19.29 New Jersey 84.5 356 27.83 33.88 New Mexico 56.7 687 14.06 17.66 North Carolina 66.2 448 13.75 17.34 North Dakota 83.1 79 14.04 18.81 Oklahoma 71.0 501 11.87 13.88 Oregon 69.0 298 20.70 24.76 South Carolina 52.5 784 13.34 16.40 South Dakota 74.5 172 13.56 16.07 Tennessee 62.2 695 12.52 15.26 Texas 66.8 541 14.20 21.29 Utah 76.7 236 16.59 19.28 Virginia 74.9 276 16.46 20.60 Washington 68.2 344 18.37 28.48 West Virginia 72.8 271 11.70 15.44 Wisconsin 80.6 210 17.54 22.35 Wyoming 74.0 230 15.22 19.74