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Report: 33 percent of 2015 Mount Vernon High School graduates in Illinois community colleges had to take remedial classes

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In a year when 82 percent of Mount Vernon High School seniors graduated on time, 33 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 2015.

Data from the class that graduated in 2015 shows 51 percent of Mount Vernon 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 is 53 percent.

Of the 33 percent of Mount Vernon graduates who took remedial courses at Illinois community colleges, 0.9 percent took them in reading, while 26 percent took remedial courses in math and 21 percent took remedial courses 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
Zeigler-Royalton CUSD 188
Zeigler
Zeigler-Royalton High School
86.5%
44.4%
Mt Vernon Twp HSD 201
Mount Vernon
Mount Vernon High School
82.3%
32.7%
Benton Cons HSD 103
Benton
Benton Consolidated High School
81.9%
29.5%
Sesser-Valier CUSD 196
Sesser
Sesser-Valier High School
88.1%
25.0%
Waltonville CUSD 1
Waltonville
Waltonville High School
88.6%
21.4%
Frankfort CUSD 168
West Frankfort
Frankfort Community High School
80.1%
16.9%
Thompsonville CUSD 174
Thompsonville
Thompsonville High School
100.0%
7.7%
Christopher USD 99
Christopher
Christopher High
94.7%
4.5%

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