Data from the class that graduated in 2015 shows 63 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 70 percent across the state. After 16 months, the rate was 66 percent.
Of the Quincy Senior graduates attending Illinois community colleges, 3 percent took remedial courses in reading, while 21 percent took them in math and 25 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
Quincy SD 172
Quincy
Quincy Senior High School
85.7%
36.2%
Liberty CUSD 2
Liberty
Liberty High School
94.1%
17.6%