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Report: 50 percent of 2018 Patoka Senior High School graduates in Illinois community colleges had to take remedial classes

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In the two years after 71 percent of Patoka Senior High School's class of 2018 graduated on time, 50 percent of those who attended Illinois community colleges had to enroll in remedial courses because they were not prepared for college-level classes, according to data from the Illinois State Board of Education.

Data from the class that graduated in 2018 shows 94 percent of Patoka Senior students enrolled in two- or four-year programs at a college or university within 12 months of graduating high school, compared to 75 percent across the state.

Of the Patoka Senior graduates attending Illinois community colleges, 50 percent took remedial courses in math and 25 percent took them in communications.

Statewide, 43 percent of students enrolled in community colleges across the state had to take remedial classes.

Remediation for area schools: Class of 2018

School DistrictCitySchoolFour-year graduation rateRemediation rate
Litchfield CUSD 12LitchfieldLitchfield Senior High School83%63%
Pana CUSD 8PanaPana Senior High School93%51%
Patoka CUSD 100PatokaPatoka Senior High School71%50%
Brownstown CUSD 201BrownstownBrownstown High School100%43%
Central CHSD 71BreeseCentral Community High School90%42%
Taylorville CUSD 3TaylorvilleTaylorville Senior High School91%39%
Carlinville CUSD 1CarlinvilleCarlinville High School77%33%
Wesclin CUSD 3TrentonWesclin Senior High School86%31%
Centralia HSD 200CentraliaCentralia High School79%29%
Panhandle CUSD 2RaymondLincolnwood High School83%22%
Bunker Hill CUSD 8Bunker HillBunker Hill High School88%21%
Bond County CUSD 2GreenvilleBond County Community Unit 2 High School93%21%
West Washington Co Cud 10OkawvilleOkawville Jr/Sr High School91%15%
Carlyle CUSD 1CarlyleCarlyle High School81%11%

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