Data from the class that graduated in 2015 shows 56 percent of Brownstown 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 was 59 percent.
Of the Brownstown graduates attending Illinois community colleges, 9 percent took remedial courses in reading, while 36 percent took them in math and 27 percent took them 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
Litchfield CUSD 12
Litchfield
Litchfield Senior High School
83.8%
62.5%
Brownstown CUSD 201
Brownstown
Brownstown High School
66.7%
54.5%
Taylorville CUSD 3
Taylorville
Taylorville Senior High School
90.5%
53.6%
Pana CUSD 8
Pana
Pana Senior High School
92.1%
51.4%
Bond County CUSD 2
Greenville
Bond County Community Unit 2 High School
84.5%
47.2%
Wesclin CUSD 3
Trenton
Wesclin Senior High School
92.5%
39.5%
Bunker Hill CUSD 8
Bunker Hill
Bunker Hill High School
90.7%
35.3%
Central CHSD 71
Breese
Central Community High School
91.3%
29.3%
West Washington Co Cud 10
Okawville
Okawville Jr/Sr High School
84.1%
27.8%
Centralia HSD 200
Centralia
Centralia High School
76.1%
24.7%
Carlyle CUSD 1
Carlyle
Carlyle High School
86.4%
22.0%
Panhandle CUSD 2
Raymond
Lincolnwood High School
76.3%
21.4%
Carlinville CUSD 1
Carlinville
Carlinville High School
87.3%
20.6%
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