INDIANAPOLIS - A new report says the number of Indiana high schools considered "dropout factories" because they fail to graduate more than 60 percent of students fell from 30 in 2002 to 15 in 2010.
The children's advocacy group America's Promise Alliance says in a report released Monday the number of Indiana students attending dropout factory schools dropped by 19,070 during that time.
The report says the average freshman graduation rate increased in Indiana from 73.1 percent in 2002 to 75.2 percent in 2010. That's slightly below the national average of 75.5 percent.
The report says Indiana is among 13 states that have to be most aggressive in accelerating their graduation rate to reach a 90 percent graduation rate by 2020. That's the rate the alliance says states should aim for.
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