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Signature School Ranked Among Nation's best

WNIN | By John Gibson

Published April 30, 2019 at 2:00 PM CDT

An Evansville charter school is named the top high school in Indiana and among the top ten in the U.S.

U.S. News and World Report ranked Signature School the best high school in Indiana, the 3^rd best charter school in the country, and the 10^th best overall.

On its website, the magazine cited Sig School’s Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate courses, and reported its students consistently outscore state and national averages on college entrance exams.

The school on Main St. in Evansville was also honored for its 100-percent graduation rate and a nearly 97-percent college readiness rate.

Signature School enrolls about 360 students.

It was the only Evansville-area school to make the U.S. News and World Report list.