Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) records show that 80.1 percent of Lincoln-Way North High School's (LWNHS) 2015 graduating class enrolled in college within 12 months of graduation.
The 2015 state average for students in public schools was 70 percent.
For LWNHS, its college enrollment rate marks a decline since 2014, when 80.4 percent of its graduates chose post-secondary education.
The data, collected by the National Student Clearinghouse, includes two- and four-year colleges.
Enrollment at LWNHS in 2015 was 1,740; 413 (23.74 percent) were seniors.
Also according to ISBE, 63 percent of LWNHS seniors were "college ready" in 2015, versus an average of 46 percent statewide.
All students who score a 21 on the ACT qualify as "college ready."
Among high schools in Will County, the class of 2015 college readiness rates at Lincoln-Way East High School (71.1 percent) and Lincoln-Way Central High School (65.8 percent) were higher than at LWNHS. Plainfield North High School (61.2 percent), Joliet Central High School (22.9 percent), Wilmington High School (46 percent), and Lockport Township High School East (59.8 percent) were all lower.
LWNHS students did better on math (54.1 percent) and English (76 percent) and worse on science (44.4 percent) and reading (53.3 percent).
Only 34.8 percent of LWNHS students were college ready in all four subjects, according to ISBE.
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