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Graduation Rate

• State To Screen High School Graduation Waivers (Ind'pls Star, 1/29/08)

• UPDATED 2006 & 2007 Graduation Rates For Midwest Conference And Other Area Schools (1/5/07, 1/28/08)
• Keeping Students In School (includes reference to Caston, Logansport Pharos-Tribune, 1/11/07)
• 2006 Graduation Rate (1/5/07)

UPDATED 2006 & 2007 Graduation Rates (1/5/07, 1/28/08) - Earlier this week the DOE announced that 76.5% of eligible Indiana students earned a high school diploma in 2006. The article includes:

2006 Public High School Graduation Rate Breakdown

• 100 percent – 2 schools (0.6%)
• 90-99.9 percent – 42 schools (11.6%)
• 80-89.9 percent – 159 schools (44.0%)
• 70-79.9 percent – 98 schools (27.1%)
• 60-69.9 percent – 34 schools (9.4%)
• 50-59.9 percent – 11 schools (3.0%)
• Less than 50 percent – 15 schools (4.2%)

In The Indianapolis Star on January 3rd there was an article on this topic which included a table showing the "top 3" and "bottom 3" schools in each of four categories (Metro, Suburban, Town, and Rural) as defined by DOE. The "Rural" category has 171 high schools including Caston and the "bottom 3" graduation rates are:

In the table below are the graduation rates for Caston and other Midwest Conference Schools as well as several other area schools. Supplemental information for 2007 is here.

State To Screen High School Graduation Waivers (Ind'pls Star, 1/29/08) - "The state plans to monitor more closely how school districts around Indiana grant students waivers to graduate without passing the statewide mandatory graduation exam.
    Three Gary high schools had the highest percentage of students seeking waivers to graduate without passing the statewide mandatory graduation exam last year. At Gary's Roosevelt High School, 42 percent of seniors did not pass the Graduation Qualifying Exam but received diplomas because principals and teachers signed off on their waivers. At Wirt High School, the rate was 41 percent and at West Side, 40 percent.
   The next highest in the state was a 30 percent rate at Arlington High School in Indianapolis. The waiver rates were far greater than the statewide average of 5.6 percent reported by the state Department of Education.
   ...Sixty-three high schools in Indiana gave out no waivers whatsoever.
   ...To receive a waiver, students have to retake the ISTEP at least once a year and attend all the help sessions offered by schools. They also must maintain a C average and attend school 95 percent of the time. (Suellen Reed, the state's superintendent of public instruction) said the criteria appears to be 'rigorous enough'.
   ...In addition to monitoring the waivers, the state is starting 'data bridges' to track the future of waiver recipients, Reed said.
   'Are they going to college, are they holding a job and being productive citizens? If that is the case, then we can surmise that school corporations have been right in giving them waivers,' Reed said..." (more)

Keeping Students In School (includes reference to Caston, Logansport Pharos-Tribune, 1/11/07)