South Central Reporter

In the two years after 77 percent of Carlinville High School's class of 2018 graduated on time, 33 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 71 percent of Carlinville 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 Carlinville graduates attending Illinois community colleges, 11 percent took remedial courses in reading, while 22 percent took them in math and 17 percent took them in communications.

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

School District	City	School	Four-year graduation rate	Remediation rate
Litchfield CUSD 12	Litchfield	Litchfield Senior High School	83%	63%
Pana CUSD 8	Pana	Pana Senior High School	93%	51%
Patoka CUSD 100	Patoka	Patoka Senior High School	71%	50%
Brownstown CUSD 201	Brownstown	Brownstown High School	100%	43%
Central CHSD 71	Breese	Central Community High School	90%	42%
Taylorville CUSD 3	Taylorville	Taylorville Senior High School	91%	39%
Carlinville CUSD 1	Carlinville	Carlinville High School	77%	33%
Wesclin CUSD 3	Trenton	Wesclin Senior High School	86%	31%
Centralia HSD 200	Centralia	Centralia High School	79%	29%
Panhandle CUSD 2	Raymond	Lincolnwood High School	83%	22%
Bunker Hill CUSD 8	Bunker Hill	Bunker Hill High School	88%	21%
Bond County CUSD 2	Greenville	Bond County Community Unit 2 High School	93%	21%
West Washington Co Cud 10	Okawville	Okawville Jr/Sr High School	91%	15%
Carlyle CUSD 1	Carlyle	Carlyle High School	81%	11%