Stats Indiana
Drop Out Rates by County, 1997/98 School Year
Source: Indiana Department of Education

County		Dropouts
		(Grades 7-12)	% Chg	Dropout Rate
		1989/90	1997/98	1990-98	1989/90	1997/98
Indiana		14575	9340	-35.92%	3.4%	2.1%
Adams		55	48	-12.73%	2.3%	1.9%
Allen		644	311	-51.71%	3.1%	1.4%
Bartholomew	111	79	-28.83%	2.0%	1.6%
Benton		17	18	5.88%	1.7%	1.7%
Blackford	37	14	-62.16%	3.2%	1.3%
Boone		65	66	1.54%	2.1%	1.8%
Brown		46	12	-73.91%	4.2%	1.0%
Carroll		40	27	-32.50%	3.0%	2.1%
Cass		175	81	-53.71%	5.0%	2.6%
Clark		268	169	-36.94%	4.0%	2.6%
Clay		66	30	-54.55%	3.3%	1.4%
Clinton		119	37	-68.91%	4.3%	1.3%
Crawford	23	21	-8.70%	2.7%	2.5%
Daviess		66	64	-3.03%	3.3%	3.2%
Dearborn	108	51	-52.78%	3.0%	1.2%
Decatur		86	70	-18.60%	3.8%	3.3%
Dekalb		120	125	4.17%	3.7%	3.6%
Delaware	314	230	-26.75%	3.7%	2.8%
Dubois		55	29	-47.27%	1.9%	0.9%
Elkhart		439	391	-10.93%	3.8%	3.0%
Fayette		147	69	-53.06%	6.2%	3.5%
Floyd		148	177	19.59%	3.0%	3.3%
Fountain	28	33	17.86%	1.8%	2.2%
Franklin	103	33	-67.96%	6.8%	2.4%
Fulton		36	7	-80.56%	3.2%	0.5%
Gibson		76	31	-59.21%	3.0%	1.2%
Grant		124	59	-52.42%	2.2%	1.2%
Greene		72	120	66.67%	2.7%	4.4%
Hamilton	164	168	2.44%	1.8%	1.3%
Hancock		65	92	41.54%	1.5%	2.0%
Harrison	47	36	-23.40%	1.9%	1.2%
Hendricks	115	73	-36.52%	1.8%	0.9%
Henry		95	101	6.32%	2.3%	2.6%
Howard		82	64	-21.95%	1.2%	1.0%
Huntington	148	132	-10.81%	5.0%	4.1%
Jackson		84	58	-30.95%	2.6%	1.9%
Jasper		60	31	-48.33%	2.9%	1.3%
Jay		69	17	-75.36%	3.7%	1.0%
Jefferson	84	26	-69.05%	3.5%	1.1%
Jennings	78	50	-35.90%	4.1%	2.4%
Johnson		191	78	-59.16%	2.5%	0.9%
Knox		93	70	-24.73%	3.4%	2.4%
Kosciusko	221	187	-15.38%	3.8%	2.8%
Lagrange	61	42	-31.15%	2.5%	1.6%
Lake		1108	776	-29.96%	2.7%	2.0%
Laporte		523	97	-81.45%	6.2%	1.2%
Lawrence	148	63	-57.43%	4.1%	1.9%
Madison		419	154	-63.25%	4.1%	1.6%
Marion		2492	1330	-46.63%	5.1%	2.5%
Marshall	103	46	-55.34%	3.2%	1.3%
Martin		23	23	0.00%	2.6%	2.6%
Miami		132	96	-27.27%	3.4%	2.7%
Monroe		214	284	32.71%	3.8%	4.6%
Montgomery	73	53	-27.40%	2.7%	1.8%
Morgan		181	155	-14.36%	3.8%	2.9%
Newton		26	30	15.38%	2.1%	2.2%
Noble		146	65	-55.48%	4.7%	1.8%
Ohio		6	4	-33.33%	1.3%	0.8%
Orange		68	26	-61.76%	4.4%	1.7%
Owen		53	44	-16.98%	4.4%	3.1%
Parke		31	20	-35.48%	2.7%	1.6%
Perry		27	53	96.30%	1.6%	3.3%
Pike		29	27	-6.90%	3.1%	2.9%
Porter		225	168	-25.33%	2.1%	1.3%
Posey		42	20	-52.38%	2.0%	0.9%
Pulaski		38	28	-26.32%	3.4%	2.3%
Putnam		77	15	-80.52%	3.0%	0.5%
Randolph	80	41	-48.75%	3.2%	1.8%
Ripley		62	40	-35.48%	2.8%	1.6%
Rush		57	57	0.00%	4.1%	4.3%
St. Joseph	765	403	-47.32%	4.7%	2.3%
Scott		63	54	-14.29%	3.3%	3.0%
Shelby		86	50	-41.86%	2.5%	1.4%
Spencer		28	97	246.43%	1.7%	5.6%
Starke		75	55	-26.67%	3.9%	2.8%
Steuben		56	14	-75.00%	2.9%	0.7%
Sullivan	32	37	15.63%	1.9%	2.1%
Switzerland	27	6	-77.78%	4.3%	0.7%
Tippecanoe	175	127	-27.43%	2.4%	1.6%
Tipton		37	27	-27.03%	2.6%	1.8%
Union		24	18	-25.00%	3.5%	2.4%
Vanderburgh	464	207	-55.39%	4.8%	2.0%
Vermillion	50	40	-20.00%	3.5%	2.8%
Vigo		327	348	6.42%	4.4%	4.6%
Wabash		104	61	-41.35%	3.4%	2.0%
Warren		7	16	128.57%	1.1%	2.7%
Warrick		144	103	-28.47%	3.4%	2.4%
Washington	73	40	-45.21%	3.5%	1.8%
Wayne		249	164	-34.14%	4.4%	3.0%
Wells		45	46	2.22%	2.0%	1.9%
White		54	45	-16.67%	2.2%	1.7%
Whitley		59	40	-32.20%	2.7%	1.7%