All eight high schools in the area either saw their graduation rates go up or stay the same in 2010 compared to 2009.
The Indiana Department of Education officially released the 2010 graduation rates Monday.
According to information from the IDOE's website, 84.1 percent of public school students graduated within four years, while 6.4 percent of students are reported dropouts or undetermined.
Students still in school account for 7.3 percent, while 0.8 percent of students earned a General Education Development diploma. Another 1.2 percent earned a Special Education Certificate, while 0.3 percent earned a non-diploma Course Completion Certificate.
Sixty-six percent of public high schools met or exceeded the state average. Seventy-nine percent of public high schools graduated 80 percent or more of their senior class, while 36 percent of public high schools graduated 90 percent or more of their senior class.
From 2009 to 2010, 234 schools (64 percent) improved their graduation rates, with 26 percent of schools having at least a 5 percentage point increase in their graduation rate, according to IDOE information.
Of the eight area schools, three high schools were 90 percent or higher. NorthWood had the highest 2010 graduation rate at 94.7, followed by Rochester at 92.1 percent, and Whitko at 90.6 percent.
Triton's class of 2010 had a 89.7 percent graduation rate, followed by Manchester Junior-Senior High School at 89.2 percent.
Warsaw placed sixth at 83.9 percent, with Wawasee at 83.4 and Tippecanoe Valley High School at 80.4 percent.
As for improvement from 2009 to 2010, Warsaw Community High School increased 9 percentage points from 74.9 percent in 2009 to 83.9 percent in 2010.
Rochester had the greatest improvement, however, going from 78.8 percent in 2009 to 92.1 percent in 2010.
NorthWood improved 7.6 percentage points, from 87.1 in 2009 to 94.7 in 2010.
Whitko increased its graduation rate by 5.7 percentage points, from 84.9 in 2009 to 90.6 in 2010. Valley improved by 5 from 75.4 in 2009 to 80.4 in 2010.
Triton improved 3.2 percentage points from 86.5 in 2009 to 89.7 in 2010.
Manchester only improved by 0.1 percentage point, going from 89.1 in 2009 to 89.2 in 2010. Wawasee held steady at 83.4 percent in 2009 and 2010.
