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Shelby Co. schools above state graduation average

The Indiana Department of Education has released graduation rates for high schools and districts across Indiana. 

 

While a global pandemic altered the 2019-20 school year, graduation numbers rose in the state from 87.69 percent to 87.29 percent. The rate reflects the State Board of Education's waiver of the Graduation Qualifying Exam for the class of 2020, which was not given, along with other statewide tests, due to the Covid-19 pandemic. 

 

In Shelby County, all four school districts had a graduation rate higher than the state average. 

 

Southwestern Consolidated had the highest graduation rate in the county, as 50 of 52 students graduated for a 96.15 percent graduation rate.

 

Right behind them was Northwestern Consolidated, which had a graduation rate of 93.46 percent as 100 of 107 students graduated.

 

Shelbyville Central Schools had the third best graduation rate in the county, as 248 students out of 269 graduated for a 92.19 percent graduating.

 

Shelby Eastern Schools had a graduation rate of 87.34 percent as 69 out of 79 students graduated. 

Within Shelby Eastern Schools, Morristown Junior-Senior High School posted a 93.18 percent graduation rate, as 41 of 44 students graduated. At Waldron, the graduation rate was 80 percent. 

 

While Shelby County's main school districts did well, the Excel Center did not. The Excel Center had the lowest graduation rate in Shelby County. A total of 16 students out of 55 graduated for a total of 29.09 percent. 

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