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Report: 43 percent of 2016 Peotone High School graduates in Illinois community colleges had to take remedial classes

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In the two years after 91% of Peotone High School's class of 2016 graduated on time, 43 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.

Data from the class that graduated in 2016 shows 78 percent of Peotone students enrolled in two- or four-year programs at college or university within 12 months of graduating high school, compared to 68 percent across the state. After 16 months, the rate was 82 percent.

Of the Peotone graduates attending Illinois community colleges, 11 percent took remedial courses in reading, while 38 percent took them in math and 13 percent took them 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
Joliet Twp HSD 204
Joliet
Joliet Central High School
75.3%
64.8%
Joliet Twp HSD 204
Joliet
Joliet West High School
85.3%
56.1%
Plainfield SD 202
Plainfield
Plainfield East High School
96.0%
51.6%
Lockport Twp HSD 205
Lockport
Lockport Township High School East
89.7%
49.8%
Plainfield SD 202
Plainfield
Plainfield South High School
92.9%
48.6%
Crete Monee CUSD 201u
Crete
Crete-Monee High School
88.5%
47.0%
Beecher CUSD 200u
Beecher
Beecher High School
97.7%
45.5%
Valley View CUSD 365u
Bolingbrook
Bolingbrook High School
83.6%
45.1%
Plainfield SD 202
Plainfield
Plainfield High School
91.8%
44.9%
Peotone CUSD 207u
Peotone
Peotone High School
91.3%
42.6%
Plainfield SD 202
Plainfield
Plainfield North High School
95.7%
40.6%
Lincoln Way CHSD 210
Frankfort
Lincoln-Way East High School
97.2%
39.4%

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