Dropouts (Grades 7 % Chg Dropout Rate 1989/90 1998/99 1990-99 1989/90 1998/99 Indiana 14575 8224 -43.6% 3.40% 1.85% Adams 55 42 -23.6% 2.30% 1.65% Allen 644 253 -60.7% 3.10% 1.13% Bartholomew 111 81 -27.0% 2.00% 1.60% Benton 17 10 -41.2% 1.70% 0.92% Blackford 37 25 -32.4% 3.20% 2.29% Boone 65 34 -47.7% 2.10% 0.95% Brown 46 11 -76.1% 4.20% 0.90% Carroll 40 33 -17.5% 3.00% 2.53% Cass 175 96 -45.1% 5.00% 3.05% Clark 268 219 -18.3% 4.00% 3.36% Clay 66 33 -50.0% 3.30% 1.49% Clinton 119 50 -58.0% 4.30% 1.73% Crawford 23 25 8.7% 2.70% 3.00% Daviess 66 75 13.6% 3.30% 3.72% Dearborn 108 55 -49.1% 3.00% 1.31% Decatur 86 44 -48.8% 3.80% 2.08% Dekalb 120 72 -40.0% 3.70% 2.09% Delaware 314 136 -56.7% 3.70% 1.67% Dubois 55 36 -34.5% 1.90% 1.07% Elkhart 439 470 7.1% 3.80% 3.50% Fayette 147 49 -66.7% 6.20% 2.48% Floyd 148 142 -4.1% 3.00% 2.64% Fountain 28 29 3.6% 1.80% 1.90% Franklin 103 49 -52.4% 6.80% 3.58% Fulton 36 14 -61.1% 3.20% 1.08% Gibson 76 36 -52.6% 3.00% 1.38% Grant 124 66 -46.8% 2.20% 1.28% Greene 72 75 4.2% 2.70% 2.72% Hamilton 164 155 -5.5% 1.80% 1.24% Hancock 65 112 72.3% 1.50% 2.39% Harrison 47 41 -12.8% 1.90% 1.35% Hendricks 115 57 -50.4% 1.80% 0.72% Henry 95 118 24.2% 2.30% 3.01% Howard 82 47 -42.7% 1.20% 0.74% Huntington 148 67 -54.7% 5.00% 2.09% Jackson 84 57 -32.1% 2.60% 1.85% Jasper 60 49 -18.3% 2.90% 2.10% Jay 69 25 -63.8% 3.70% 1.41% Jefferson 84 44 -47.6% 3.50% 1.93% Jennings 78 42 -46.2% 4.10% 2.01% Johnson 191 95 -50.3% 2.50% 1.09% Knox 93 58 -37.6% 3.40% 1.97% Kosciusko 221 206 -6.8% 3.80% 3.12% Lagrange 61 49 -19.7% 2.50% 3.15% Lake 1108 698 -37.0% 2.70% 1.77% Laporte 523 94 -82.0% 6.20% 1.12% Lawrence 148 55 -62.8% 4.10% 1.62% Madison 419 99 -76.4% 4.10% 1.06% Marion 2492 1087 -56.4% 5.10% 2.05% Marshall 103 64 -37.9% 3.20% 1.75% Martin 23 18 -21.7% 2.60% 2.02% Miami 132 80 -39.4% 3.40% 2.23% Monroe 214 167 -22.0% 3.80% 2.72% Montgomery 73 66 -9.6% 2.70% 2.25% Morgan 181 137 -24.3% 3.80% 2.60% Newton 26 22 -15.4% 2.10% 1.59% Noble 146 77 -47.3% 4.70% 2.14% Ohio 6 5 -16.7% 1.30% 1.05% Orange 68 31 -54.4% 4.40% 1.95% Owen 53 24 -54.7% 4.40% 1.67% Parke 31 14 -54.8% 2.70% 1.14% Perry 27 42 55.6% 1.60% 2.64% Pike 29 11 -62.1% 3.10% 1.16% Porter 225 101 -55.1% 2.10% 0.79% Posey 42 26 -38.1% 2.00% 1.16% Pulaski 38 12 -68.4% 3.40% 1.00% Putnam 77 25 -67.5% 3.00% 0.82% Randolph 80 55 -31.3% 3.20% 2.37% Ripley 62 32 -48.4% 2.80% 1.29% Rush 57 39 -31.6% 4.10% 2.93% St. Joseph 765 268 -65.0% 4.70% 1.53% Scott 63 48 -23.8% 3.30% 2.61% Shelby 86 80 -7.0% 2.50% 2.24% Spencer 28 70 150.0% 1.70% 3.95% Starke 75 34 -54.7% 3.90% 1.69% Steuben 56 21 -62.5% 2.90% 0.96% Sullivan 32 34 6.3% 1.90% 1.97% Switzerland 27 11 -59.3% 4.30% 1.36% Tippecanoe 175 137 -21.7% 2.40% 1.69% Tipton 37 26 -29.7% 2.60% 1.77% Union 24 9 -62.5% 3.50% 1.20% Vanderburgh 464 183 -60.6% 4.80% 1.72% Vermillion 50 32 -36.0% 3.50% 2.24% Vigo 327 197 -39.8% 4.40% 2.60% Wabash 104 71 -31.7% 3.40% 2.35% Warren 7 8 14.3% 1.10% 1.36% Warrick 144 102 -29.2% 3.40% 2.38% Washington 73 43 -41.1% 3.50% 1.97% Wayne 249 154 -38.2% 4.40% 2.79% Wells 45 38 -15.6% 2.00% 1.53% White 54 48 -11.1% 2.20% 1.84% Whitley 59 47 -20.3% 2.70% 1.98% Source: Indiana Department of Education Note: Rates computed by the Indiana Business Research C