Data from the class that graduated in 2015 shows 84 percent of Pearl City students enrolled in two- or four-year programs at college or university within 12 months of graduating high school, compared to 70 percent across the state. After 16 months, the rate is 87 percent.
Of the 54 percent of Pearl City graduates who took remedial courses at Illinois community colleges, 12 percent took them in reading, while 50 percent took remedial courses in math and 19 percent took remedial courses in communications.
Statewide, 47 percent of students enrolled in community colleges across the state had to take remedial classes.
Remediation for area schools: Class of 2015
School District
City
School
Four-year graduation rate
Remediation rate
West Carroll CUSD 314
Savanna
West Carroll High School
88.0%
70.0%
Freeport SD 145
Freeport
Freeport High School
75.4%
66.3%
Prophetstown-lyndon-Tampico Cusd3
Prophetstown
Prophetstown High School
78.3%
54.5%
Pearl City CUSD 200
Pearl City
Pearl City High School
85.7%
53.8%
Orangeville CUSD 203
Orangeville
Orangeville High School
100.0%
53.3%
Sterling CUSD 5
Sterling
Sterling High School
88.5%
53.3%
Dixon USD 170
Dixon
Dixon High School
82.6%
51.4%
Warren CUSD 205
Warren
Warren Jr/Sr High School
100.0%
50.0%
Forrestville Valley CUSD 221
Forreston
Forreston Jr/Sr High School
95.8%
50.0%
Rock Falls Twp HSD 301
Rock Falls
Rock Falls Township High School
88.7%
48.1%
Lena Winslow CUSD 202
Lena
Lena-Winslow High School
85.7%
47.1%
Rochelle Twp HSD 212
Rochelle
Rochelle Township High School
97.6%
47.0%
Eastland CUSD 308
Lanark
Eastland Jr/Sr High School
93.5%
43.5%
Oregon CUSD 220
Oregon
Oregon High School
97.8%
42.1%
Erie CUSD 1
Erie
Erie High School
90.6%
41.2%
Stockton CUSD 206
Stockton
Stockton Senior High School
94.4%
36.4%
Amboy CUSD 272
Amboy
Amboy High School
88.7%
34.5%
Byron CUSD 226
Byron
Byron High School 9-12
93.1%
34.0%
Morrison CUSD 6
Morrison
Morrison High School
81.9%
32.0%
Polo CUSD 222
Polo
Polo Community High School
100.0%
28.6%
Meridian CUSD 223
Stillman Valley
Stillman Valley High School
88.1%
27.8%
Chadwick-Milledgeville CUSD 399
Milledgeville
Milledgeville High School
82.6%
26.3%
Dakota CUSD 201
Dakota
Dakota Junior Senior High School
88.1%
25.0%
Ashton-Franklin Center CUSD 275
Ashton
Ashton-Franklin Center High School
94.6%
23.1%
Scales Mound CUSD 211
Scales Mound
Scales Mound High School
93.3%
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Galena USD 120
Galena
Galena High School
91.2%
-
River Bend CUSD 2
Fulton
Fulton High School
100.0%
-
East Dubuque USD 119
East Dubuque
East Dubuque High School
100.0%
-
River Ridge CUSD 210
Hanover
River Ridge High School
96.7%
-
Paw Paw CUSD 271
Paw Paw
Paw Paw Jr/Sr High School
100.0%
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