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Indiana high schoolers set record graduation rate in 2025

January 6, 2026

Leslie Bonilla Muñiz, Indiana Capital Chronicle

It represents the third straight year of post-pandemic improvement kicked off in 2023, following a decade-low graduation rate in 2022.

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Indiana’s college-going rate drops again

July 24, 2025

Casey Smith, Indiana Capital Chronicle

The figures reflect concerns expressed by state leaders about Indiana’s declining college-going culture, especially as the state shifts focus toward career credentials and work-based learning.

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Indiana education officials green-light high school diploma overhaul

December 12, 2024 | Casey Smith, Indiana Capital Chronicle

The overhaul has been pitched by state officials as a way to boost Indiana’s dismal college-going numbers, but more critically, to also ensure that all Hoosier students—college-bound or not—graduate from high school with high-value, work-ready skills.

Indiana officials make major updates to high school diploma plan, earning higher ed support

August 14, 2024 | Casey Smith, Indiana Capital Chronicle

The announcement follows waves of criticism from Hoosier teachers, parents and students over earlier diploma proposals that would broadly exclude certain course requirements, like those in history, foreign language and fine arts.

Graduation rates for Indiana schools could dip after change to state law

June 7, 2023 | Amelia Pak-Harvey, Chalkbeat Indiana

The changes could have a large effect on publicized graduation rates, which are often used as a measure of success for school leaders and can be a key metric parents use to determine the quality of their child’s education.

Indiana’s 2022 graduation rates stagnant, with disparities persisting among groups

January 3, 2023 | Casey Smith, Indiana Capital Chronicle

Indiana Secretary of Education Katie Jenner said the data indicates that many students are continuing to recover from the academic impacts of COVID-related learning disruptions.

Some Indiana high school students have new paths to graduation

December 8, 2022 | Aleksandra Appleton, Chalkbeat Indiana

The State Board of Education on Wednesday approved three locally created graduation tracks at two school districts and one adult learning center.

Indiana high school graduation rate rises despite pandemic

January 18, 2021 | Dylan Peers McCoy / Chalkbeat Indiana

The increase in graduation rates may not reflect how much students learned because the state relaxed requirements after schools were forced to finish the year remotely.

New Indiana law puts pressure on high schools to reduce home-school withdrawals

November 25, 2020 | Dylan Peers McCoy, Chalkbeat Indiana

The state will review more than 100 schools under a new law that aims to stem the tide of students who leave without diplomas but are not counted as dropping out.

Lawmakers scrap plan to let schools count high school equivalency as diploma

February 24, 2020 | Emma Kate Fittes, Chalkbeat Indiana

The pilot would have allowed seniors behind on credits to be counted as graduates in Indiana if they pass a high school equivalency exam and take steps toward career training.

Manual’s graduation rate plunges after state audit cuts number of home-schoolers

January 14, 2020 | Dylan Peers McCoy, Chalkbeat Indiana

The graduation rate at Emmerich Manual High School plummeted to 57% last year after a state audit found the school did not have the proper documentation for many of the students designated as leaving to be home-schooled.

Hidden dropouts: How Indiana schools write off departing students as home-schoolers

September 18, 2019 | Dylan Peers McCoy, Chalkbeat Indiana

When students are recorded as leaving for home schools in Indiana, they’re left out of a school’s graduation calculations, as though they never attended at all.

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