An area chart showing annual public high school graduates in the U.S. for graduating classes 1993-2024 and projections for 2025-2032. Graduations rose from 2.2m in 1993 and are expected to peak at 3.5m in 2025 and fall to 3.2m by 2032. The South has the largest number of graduates, followed by the West, Midwest, and Northeast in that order.