Andy Anderson wrote to point to an older (2006) item from Education Week that is nonetheless worth a look: Mapping Out High School Graduation. From the article: “The EPE Research Center mapped 2002-03 graduation rates for public school districts across the nation. Low levels of graduation (shown in red) predominate in urban centers nationwide as well as in the largely rural communities of the South, Southeast, and Southwest. The national graduation rate is 69.6 percent.”