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Report: 46 percent of 2016 Warren Jr/Sr High School graduates in Illinois community colleges had to take remedial classes

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In a year when 89 percent of Warren Jr/Sr High School seniors graduated on time, 46 percent of those who attended Illinois community colleges had to enroll in remedial courses because they weren't prepared for college-level classes, according to data from the Illinois State Board of Education for the Class of 2016.

Data from the class that graduated in 2016 shows 77 percent of Warren Jr/Sr students enrolled in two- or four-year programs at college or university within 12 months of graduating high school, compared to 75 percent across the state. After 16 months, the rate is 81 percent.

Of the Warren Jr/Sr graduates attending Illinois community colleges, 9 percent took them in reading, while 18 percent took remedial courses in math and 46 percent took remedial courses in communications.

Statewide, 46 percent of students enrolled in community colleges across the state had to take remedial classes.

Remediation for area schools: Class of 2016

School District
City
School
Four-year graduation rate
Remediation rate
Scales Mound CUSD 211
Scales Mound
Scales Mound High School
87.5%
100.0%
Freeport SD 145
Freeport
Freeport High School
78.2%
75.4%
West Carroll CUSD 314
Savanna
West Carroll High School
94.4%
70.6%
Dakota CUSD 201
Dakota
Dakota Junior Senior High School
89.1%
65.7%
Forrestville Valley CUSD 221
Forreston
Forreston Jr/Sr High School
97.1%
60.9%
Chadwick-Milledgeville CUSD 399
Milledgeville
Milledgeville High School
91.7%
58.3%
Lena Winslow CUSD 202
Lena
Lena-Winslow High School
80.9%
58.3%
Eastland CUSD 308
Lanark
Eastland Jr/Sr High School
93.8%
57.1%
Orangeville CUSD 203
Orangeville
Orangeville High School
95.2%
57.1%
Erie CUSD 1
Erie
Erie High School
94.0%
55.0%
Sterling CUSD 5
Sterling
Sterling High School
87.0%
53.0%
Dixon USD 170
Dixon
Dixon High School
77.9%
48.5%
Pearl City CUSD 200
Pearl City
Pearl City High School
91.4%
47.1%
Prophetstown-lyndon-Tampico Cusd3
Prophetstown
Prophetstown High School
86.5%
46.2%
Warren CUSD 205
Warren
Warren Jr/Sr High School
89.2%
45.5%
Stockton CUSD 206
Stockton
Stockton Senior High School
97.6%
45.0%
Oregon CUSD 220
Oregon
Oregon High School
91.5%
44.1%
Rock Falls Twp HSD 301
Rock Falls
Rock Falls Township High School
86.2%
43.9%
Rochelle Twp HSD 212
Rochelle
Rochelle Township High School
92.9%
43.1%
Amboy CUSD 272
Amboy
Amboy High School
87.5%
37.5%
River Ridge CUSD 210
Hanover
River Ridge High School
89.5%
36.8%
Ashton-Franklin Center CUSD 275
Ashton
Ashton-Franklin Center High School
100.0%
35.7%
Morrison CUSD 6
Morrison
Morrison High School
81.2%
33.3%
Polo CUSD 222
Polo
Polo Community High School
93.9%
28.6%
Meridian CUSD 223
Stillman Valley
Stillman Valley High School
97.5%
25.0%
Byron CUSD 226
Byron
Byron High School 9-12
93.6%
25.0%
Paw Paw CUSD 271
Paw Paw
Paw Paw Jr/Sr High School
100.0%
20.0%

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