Building on its previous work examining education and the economy, the Alliance for Excellent Education (the Alliance), with generous support from State Farm[R], analyzed the economies of all fifty states and the District of Columbia to determine the economic benefits that states could see by improving high school graduation rates. Using a sophisticated economic model developed by Economic Modeling Specialists Inc., an economics firm specializing in socioeconomic impact tools, the Alliance calculated economic projections for each state. The findings presented in this document clearly demonstrate that the best economic stimulus package is a high school diploma. In Rhode Island, an estimated 3,500 students dropped out from the Class of 2010 at great costs to themselves and to their communities. Cutting that number of dropouts in half for this single high school class could result in tremendous economic benefits to the state. This paper presents the economic benefits that would likely occur if half of Rhode Island's nongraduates from the Class of 2010 had graduated with their high school class. (Contains 4 footnotes.) [For the main report, "Education and the Economy: Boosting the Nation's Economy by Improving High School Graduation Rates," see ED517973.]