Students and educators have returned to the classroom for the fall of 2021 after the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted in-person learning in schools across the country. Yet, this does not mean the pandemic's effects on education and students are behind everyone, and the pandemic continues to linger across America. The current understanding of the pandemic's impact on students has been mixed. This year's report analyzes the most recently released data on the 2018-19 school year by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) and will therefore serve as an essential, final pre-COVID-19 baseline. In 2019, the country reached another all-time national high graduation rate of 85.8 percent. In addition to the traditional subgroup analysis, this report also includes a State Data Profile for each of the 50 states. The data profiles in this report highlight where the graduation rate challenges lie in the state (pre-COVID-19) and are a continuation of last year's Meeting the Moment Plan. [For the 2020 report, see ED610686.]