Indiana’s 2018 graduation rates were released by the Department of Education Wednesday. Of Marshall County’s school corporations, Triton had the highest total graduation rate at 98.5 percent, followed by Culver Community Schools at 97.8 percent. Argos had the lowest at 79.6 percent, followed by Union-North at 88 percent.
The Plymouth Community School Corporation’s graduation rate was 91.7 percent, while Bremen Public Schools had a graduation rate of 93.5 percent. All of the school corporations serving Marshall County saw their total graduation rates improve from 2017 to 2018, except for Argos and John Glenn.
The Indiana Department of Education is touting increases in the state’s waiver and non-waiver graduation rates. The department also released a separate set of federally-calculated graduation rates, which are based on slightly different accountability equations and standards. Each set of graduation rates, including various breakdowns of state, corporation, and school level data is available on the Indiana Department of Education website.