Several schools in the Kankakee Valley area were announced Monday as Indiana’s 4-Star schools for 2013.

In order to achieve this designation, a school must be in the top 25th percentile of schools in the ISTEP+ testing results.

Eastern Pulaski Elementary School in Winamac, John Glenn High School in Walkerton, F. Willard Crichfield Elementary School in LaPorte, Saint Peter’s Lutheran School in North Judson, Webster Elementary School in Plymouth, and West Central High School in Francesville were all recognized as being 4-Star Schools.

A total of 313 schools in the state received this honor.