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Report: 50 percent of 2016 Waverly Junior/Senior High School graduates in Illinois community colleges had to take remedial classes

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In a year when 91 percent of Waverly Junior/Senior High School seniors graduated on time, 50 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 64 percent of Waverly Junior/Senior 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 68 percent.

Of the Waverly Junior/Senior graduates attending Illinois community colleges, 33 percent took them in reading, while 17 percent took remedial courses in math and 50 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
Virginia CUSD 64
Virginia
Virginia Jr/Sr High School
95.2%
100.0%
Jacksonville SD 117
Jacksonville
Jacksonville High School
73.0%
69.0%
West Prairie CUSD 103
Sciota
West Prairie High School
95.1%
57.9%
Illini West H S Dist 307
Carthage
Illini West High School
79.8%
50.0%
Franklin CUSD 1
Franklin
Franklin Jr/Sr High School
93.3%
50.0%
Waverly CUSD 6
Waverly
Waverly Junior/Senior High School
90.5%
50.0%
Beardstown CUSD 15
Beardstown
Beardstown Jr/Sr High School
81.0%
46.3%
A-C Central CUSD 262
Ashland
A-C Central High School
91.4%
45.5%
Western CUSD 12
Barry
Western High School
88.9%
42.9%
Winchester CUSD 1
Winchester
Winchester High School
94.0%
40.0%
Triopia CUSD 27
Concord
Triopia Jr-Sr High School
95.5%
40.0%
Pleasant Hill CUSD 3
Pleasant Hill
Pleasant Hill High School
84.6%
38.5%
Schuyler-Industry CUSD 5
Rushville
Rushville-Industry High School
88.0%
33.3%
North Greene CUSD 3
White Hall
North Greene Jr/Sr High School
96.1%
33.3%
Bushnell Prairie City CUSD 170
Bushnell
Bushnell-Prairie City High School
86.2%
30.8%
Scott-Morgan CUSD 2
Bluffs
Bluffs High School
100.0%
25.0%
Macomb CUSD 185
Macomb
Macomb Senior High School
88.8%
23.5%
Brussels CUSD 42
Brussels
Brussels High School
72.7%
22.2%
Brown County CUSD 1
Mount Sterling
Brown County High School
92.5%
21.4%
Carrollton CUSD 1
Carrollton
Carrollton High School
96.0%
18.2%
Southeastern CUSD 337
Augusta
Southeastern Jr/Sr High School
82.4%
15.4%
Greenfield CUSD 10
Greenfield
Greenfield High School
92.3%
14.3%
Calhoun CUSD 40
Hardin
Calhoun High School
92.3%
10.0%
Pikeland CUSD 10
Pittsfield
Pittsfield High School
86.3%
9.1%

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