(Wayne County, IN)--New graduation rates for schools in our area released by the state for the Class of ’22 show a continuation of the recent trend of rising rates.  Every Wayne County school district had a graduation rate over 90%.  Hagerstown had the highest rate at 98.7%.  Richmond counted 256 graduates last year and a graduation rate of 93.8%.  Back in 2006, Richmond was called a “dropout factory” by a national publication with a graduation rate of just 54%.