Data from the class that graduated in 2015 shows 63 percent of Jacksonville 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 67 percent.
Of the 60 percent of Jacksonville graduates who took remedial courses at Illinois community colleges, 14 percent took them in reading, while 52 percent took remedial courses in math and 42 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
Beardstown CUSD 15
Beardstown
Beardstown Jr/Sr High School
92.0%
74.1%
Western CUSD 12
Barry
Western High School
90.0%
66.7%
Jacksonville SD 117
Jacksonville
Jacksonville High School
76.4%
60.0%
North Greene CUSD 3
White Hall
North Greene Jr/Sr High School
91.8%
53.8%
Triopia CUSD 27
Concord
Triopia Jr-Sr High School
94.4%
50.0%
Griggsville-Perry CUSD 4
Griggsville
Griggsville-Perry High School
87.5%
38.5%
Illini West H S Dist 307
Carthage
Illini West High School
94.3%
34.8%
Winchester CUSD 1
Winchester
Winchester High School
91.3%
33.3%
Calhoun CUSD 40
Hardin
Calhoun High School
92.1%
31.6%
Greenfield CUSD 10
Greenfield
Greenfield High School
87.1%
30.0%
West Prairie CUSD 103
Sciota
West Prairie High School
84.8%
28.6%
Schuyler-Industry CUSD 5
Rushville
Rushville-Industry High School
92.1%
25.0%
Macomb CUSD 185
Macomb
Macomb Senior High School
87.9%
18.4%
Brown County CUSD 1
Mount Sterling
Brown County High School
81.8%
9.1%
Carrollton CUSD 1
Carrollton
Carrollton High School
90.9%
8.3%
Pikeland CUSD 10
Pittsfield
Pittsfield High School
87.3%
5.9%
Bushnell Prairie City CUSD 170
Bushnell
Bushnell-Prairie City High School
84.9%
-
Waverly CUSD 6
Waverly
Waverly Junior/Senior High School
91.3%
-
Warsaw CUSD 316
Warsaw
Warsaw Senior High School
81.6%
-
Scott-Morgan CUSD 2
Bluffs
Bluffs High School
100.0%
-
A-C Central CUSD 262
Ashland
A-C Central High School
92.0%
-
Virginia CUSD 64
Virginia
Virginia Jr/Sr High School
90.5%
-
Hamilton CCSD 328
Hamilton
Hamilton Jr/Sr High School
82.9%
-
Pleasant Hill CUSD 3
Pleasant Hill
Pleasant Hill High School
77.3%
-
Meredosia-Chambersburg CUSD 11
Meredosia
Meredosia-Chambersburg High School
86.7%
-
Southeastern CUSD 337
Augusta
Southeastern Jr/Sr High School
96.0%
-
Franklin CUSD 1
Franklin
Franklin Jr/Sr High School
95.7%
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