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Tuesday, November 5, 2024

Report: 29 percent of 2016 Quincy Senior High School graduates in Illinois community colleges had to take remedial classes

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In a year when 89 percent of Quincy Senior High School seniors graduated on time, 29 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 for the Class of 2016.

Data from the class that graduated in 2016 shows 68 percent of Quincy Senior students enrolled in two- or four-year programs at college or university within 12 months of graduating high school, compared to 75 percent across the state. After 16 months, the rate is 69 percent.

Of the Quincy Senior graduates attending Illinois community colleges, 2 percent took them in reading, while 21 percent took remedial courses in math and 14 percent took remedial courses 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
Champaign CUSD 4
Champaign
Central High School
85.2%
67.0%
Tolono CUSD 7
Tolono
Unity High School
91.8%
61.5%
Central CUSD 4
Clifton
Central High School
96.2%
44.0%
Central CUSD 301
Burlington
Central High School
96.8%
37.9%
Payson CUSD 1
Payson
Seymour High School
97.6%
37.5%
Central CUSD 3
Camp Point
Central High School
96.8%
32.3%
CUSD 4
Mendon
Unity High School
98.1%
31.6%
Quincy SD 172
Quincy
Quincy Senior High School
88.7%
29.2%
Liberty CUSD 2
Liberty
Liberty High School
100.0%
20.0%

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