Education

  • Notre Dame to increase tuition 3.8%
    The University of Notre Dame is increasing tuition 3.8 percent for the 2012-13 school year, to $42,971, the university announced today.
  • State board OKs overhaul of Indiana school grading system
     INDIANAPOLIS – Sweeping changes to Indiana’s A-to-F ranking standards for public schools have been approved despite complaints that the new rules are too complex for schools and parents to understand.
  • Indiana gets No Child Left Behind waiver
    Under the deal, the states must show they will prepare children for college and careers, set new targets for improving achievement among all students, reward the best performing schools and focus help on the ones doing the worst.
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High and Low Rankings

Top Grade 3

SchoolDistrictBoth ’08Rank ’08
Cedarville ES EACS954
Whispering Meadows ESSACS8923
Croninger ESFWCS8929
Northwest ES Huntington Co Com8830
Deer Ridge ES SACS8651

Bottom Grade 3

SchoolDistrictBoth ’08Rank ’08
Adams ES FWCS171103
Northcrest ES FWCS191101
Abbett ESFWCS191099
Imagine Schools BroadwayCharter School221094
Village ES EACS241093

Top Grade 4

SchoolDistrictBoth ’08Rank ’08
Lincoln ES Warsaw Comm9019
Deer Ridge ES SACS 8839
Roanoke ES Huntington Co Com8839
Lancaster ES Huntington Co Com8843
Aboite ES SACS 8754

Bottom Grade 4

SchoolDistrictBoth ’08Rank ’08
Village ES EACS 191096
Imagine Schools BroadwayCharter School251089
Abbett ESFWCS 251088
Southwick ES EACS 351059
Wolcott Mills ES Lakeland371046

Top Grade 5

SchoolDistrictBoth ’08Rank ’08
Deer Ridge ES SACS 9223
Leo ES EACS 9033
Lincoln ES Warsaw Comm9035
Oak View ES NACS 8754
Croninger ESFWCS 8661

Bottom Grade 5

SchoolDistrictBoth ’08Rank ’08
Imagine Schools BroadwayCharter School211027
Meadowbrook ES EACS 291013
Bloomingdale ES FWCS 35995
Fairfield ES FWCS 36989
South Wayne ES FWCS 38980

Top Grade 6

SchoolDistrictBoth ’08Rank ’08
Leo ES EACS 8546
Woodburn ES EACS 8260
Riverdale ES DeKalb Co Eastern8269
Lincoln ES Warsaw Comm8271
Woodside MS SACS 8181

Bottom Grade 6

SchoolDistrictBoth ’08 Rank ’08
Prince Chapman Academy EACS 33663
Miami MS FWCS 39643
Northwood MS FWCS 44628
Kekionga MS FWCS 46613
Portage MS FWCS 47605

Top Grade 7

SchoolDistrictBoth ’08Rank ’08
Leo Jr-Sr HS EACS 8616
Carroll MS NACS 8424
Southern Wells Jr-Sr HS Southern Wells 8232
Woodlan Jr-Sr HS EACS 8235
Maple Creek MS NACS 8237

Bottom Grade 7

SchoolDistrictBoth ’08Rank ’08
White’s Jr-Sr HS Wabash 10466
Prince Chapman Academy EACS 30454
Northwood MS FWCS 39434
Portage MS FWCS 41431
Kekionga MS FWCS 42427

Top Grade 8

SchoolDistrictBoth ’08Rank ’08
Maple Creek MS NACS 8416
Woodside MS SACS 8417
Leo Jr-Sr HS EACS 8025
Summit MS SACS 8031
Carroll MS NACS 7934

Bottom Grade 8

SchoolDistrictBoth ’08Rank ’08
White’s Jr-Sr HS Wabash 24454
Prince Chapman Academy EACS 30445
Kekionga MS FWCS 36426
Miami MS FWCS 37425
Portage MS FWCS 41409

Top Grade 10

SchoolDistrictBoth ’08Rank ’08
Carroll HS NACS 859
Homestead Senior HS SACS 8114
Leo Jr-Sr HS EACS 8015
Adams Central HS Adams Central7624
Westview Jr-Sr HS Westview7631

Bottom Grade 10

SchoolDistrictBoth ’08Rank ’08
White’s Jr-Sr HS Wabash 17363
Wayne HS FWCS 25349
Paul Harding HS EACS 28346
North Side HS FWCS 36335
South Side HS FWCS 37330