Education Dropouts County Dropouts (Grades 7-12)% Change Dropout Rate 1989/90 1996/97 90-97 1989/90 1996/97 Indiana 14,575 9,705 -33.4% 3.4 2.2 Adams 55 22 -60.0% 2.3 0.8 Allen 644 451 -30.0% 3.1 2.0 Bartholomew 111 71 -36.0% 2.0 1.4 Benton 17 18 5.9% 1.7 1.7 Blackford 37 35 -5.4% 3.2 3.2 Boone 65 47 -27.7% 2.1 1.3 Brown 46 14 -69.6% 4.2 1.2 Carroll 40 39 -2.5% 3.0 3.0 Cass 175 67 -61.7% 5.0 2.1 Clark 268 145 -45.9% 4.0 2.2 Clay 66 11 -83.3% 3.3 0.5 Clinton 119 38 -68.1% 4.3 1.3 Crawford 23 34 47.8% 2.7 4.0 Daviess 66 58 -12.1% 3.3 2.8 Dearborn 108 59 -45.4% 3.0 1.4 Decatur 86 47 -45.3% 3.8 2.2 Dekalb 120 118 -1.7% 3.7 3.4 Delaware 314 202 -35.7% 3.7 2.5 Dubois 55 33 -40.0% 1.9 1.0 Elkhart 439 358 -18.5% 3.8 2.7 Fayette 147 62 -57.8% 6.2 3.0 Floyd 148 92 -37.8% 3.0 1.7 Fountain 28 21 -25.0% 1.8 1.4 Franklin 103 47 -54.4% 6.8 3.5 Fulton 36 14 -61.1% 3.2 1.1 Gibson 76 27 -64.5% 3.0 1.0 Grant 124 73 -41.1% 2.2 1.4 Greene 72 81 12.5% 2.7 2.9 Hamilton 164 162 -1.2% 1.8 1.4 Hancock 65 53 -18.5% 1.5 1.1 Harrison 47 36 -23.4% 1.9 1.2 Hendricks 115 56 -51.3% 1.8 0.7 Henry 95 104 9.5% 2.3 2.6 Howard 82 174 112.2% 1.2 2.7 Huntington 148 81 -45.3% 5.0 2.6 Jackson 84 58 -31.0% 2.6 1.8 Jasper 60 20 -66.7% 2.9 0.8 Jay 69 22 -68.1% 3.7 1.2 Jefferson 84 49 -41.7% 3.5 2.1 Jennings 78 72 -7.7% 4.1 3.4 Johnson 191 75 -60.7% 2.5 0.9 Knox 93 77 -17.2% 3.4 2.6 Kosciusko 221 178 -19.5% 3.8 2.7 Lagrange 61 39 -36.1% 2.5 1.5 Lake 1,108 1,178 6.3% 2.7 2.9 Laporte 523 106 -79.7% 6.2 1.3 Lawrence 148 67 -54.7% 4.1 1.9 Madison 419 225 -46.3% 4.1 2.3 Marion 2,492 1,406 -43.6% 5.1 2.7 Marshall 103 70 -32.0% 3.2 1.9 Martin 23 10 -56.5% 2.6 1.1 Miami 132 71 -46.2% 3.4 2.0 Monroe 214 184 -14.0% 3.8 3.0 Montgomery 73 69 -5.5% 2.7 2.4 Morgan 181 173 -4.4% 3.8 3.3 Newton 26 20 -23.1% 2.1 1.5 Noble 146 68 -53.4% 4.7 2.0 Ohio 6 15 150.0% 1.3 3.1 Orange 68 38 -44.1% 4.4 2.4 Owen 53 38 -28.3% 4.4 2.6 Parke 31 12 -61.3% 2.7 1.0 Perry 27 55 103.7% 1.6 3.3 Pike 29 23 -20.7% 3.1 2.4 Porter 225 165 -26.7% 2.1 1.3 Posey 42 32 -23.8% 2.0 1.4 Pulaski 38 26 -31.6% 3.4 2.1 Putnam 77 33 -57.1% 3.0 1.1 Randolph 80 42 -47.5% 3.2 1.8 Ripley 62 48 -22.6% 2.8 2.0 Rush 57 60 5.3% 4.1 4.2 St. Joseph 765 462 -39.6% 4.7 2.7 Scott 63 43 -31.7% 3.3 2.4 Shelby 86 78 -9.3% 2.5 2.2 Spencer 28 28 0.0% 1.7 1.5 Starke 75 64 -14.7% 3.9 3.1 Steuben 56 21 -62.5% 2.9 1.0 Sullivan 32 44 37.5% 1.9 2.6 Switzerland 27 8 -70.4% 4.3 1.0 Tippecanoe 175 138 -21.1% 2.4 1.7 Tipton 37 22 -40.5% 2.6 1.5 Union 24 14 -41.7% 3.5 1.8 Vanderburgh 464 276 -40.5% 4.8 2.6 Vermillion 50 50 0.0% 3.5 3.4 Vigo 327 143 -56.3% 4.4 1.9 Wabash 104 74 -28.8% 3.4 2.4 Warren 7 10 42.9% 1.1 1.8 Warrick 144 41 -71.5% 3.4 1.0 Washington 73 31 -57.5% 3.5 1.4 Wayne 249 229 -8.0% 4.4 4.1 Wells 45 52 15.6% 2.0 2.1 White 54 39 -27.8% 2.2 1.5 Whitley 59 64 8.5% 2.7 2.8