Indiana's graduation rate increases

The most-recent graduation rates for Wells County's three public school districts exceeded 90 percent, surpassing the state average by several percentage points.

To learn more about local graduation rates, see the Tuesday, Feb. 7, News-Banner.

Other graduation statistics released Tuesday include:

2011 State Graduation Rate Breakdown

• 85.7 percent of students graduated within four years
• 6.1 percent of students are reported dropouts or undetermined, which means they either moved out of state, dropped out or left school without formally withdrawing
• 6.3 percent of students are still in school
• 0.4 percent of students earned a General Education Development (GED) diploma
• 1.2 percent of students earned a Special Education Certificate
• 0.2 percent of students earned a non-diploma Course Completion Certificate

2011 Public High School Graduation Rate Breakdown

• 90-100 percent graduation rate – 171 schools (45 percent)
• 80-89.9 percent graduation rate – 142 schools (38 percent)
• 70-79.9 percent graduation rate – 39 schools (10 percent)
• 60-69.9 percent graduation rate – 11 schools (3 percent)
• Less than 60 percent graduation rate – 14 schools (4 percent)