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Indiana’s graduation rate reached a record 91.8% in 2025 with improvements across all demographics, though racial and economic disparities remain.

Indiana’s initial plan for revised graduation requirements was criticized for prioritizing workforce skills over academic preparedness. The state has tried to find a balance between the two.

All seven Indiana public colleges and universities, and some private institutions, are guaranteeing automatic acceptance for students who earn a new type of high school diploma.

In interviews with WFYI, Indiana high school students, recent graduates, parents and educators seldom say that going to a four-year college is a mistake. Instead, many are skeptical of the idea that everyone should go to college.

A change to Indiana's law governing the alternate diploma will let more students with disabilities graduate high school. The change will affect school districts throughout the state, but it will have the biggest impact in some of the states smallest schools.

This year, WFYI reporters tackled complex education investigations and explainers in audio and written reports

Some of Indiana's new education laws are highly controversial.

A military enlistment exam has quietly become one of the most popular ways that Indiana high schoolers qualify to graduate.

Indiana's high school graduation rate held steady in 2020, according to new data from the State Department of Education.

According to the Indiana Commission for Higher Education's 2020 College Equity Report, college-going rates are down overall with persisting gaps among student groups for college enrollment and completion.