Data from the class that graduated in 2015 shows 67 percent of Argo Community 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 70 percent.
Of the 53 percent of Argo Community graduates who took remedial courses at Illinois community colleges, 21 percent took them in reading, while 47 percent took remedial courses in math and 29 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
Thornton Twp HSD 205
Dolton
Thornridge High School
69.1%
81.6%
Bremen CHSD 228
Midlothian
Bremen High School
88.6%
77.9%
Thornton Twp HSD 205
South Holland
Thornwood High School
80.5%
77.2%
Thornton Fractional Twp HSD 215
Calumet City
Thornton Fractional North High School
92.7%
76.1%
CHSD 218
Blue Island
Dwight D. Eisenhower High School (Campus)
81.4%
70.3%
Thornton Fractional Twp HSD 215
Lansing
Thornton Fractional South High School
96.2%
69.2%
Bremen CHSD 228
Country Club Hills
Hillcrest High School
77.3%
67.2%
Bloom Twp HSD 206
Chicago Heights
Bloom High School
78.2%
66.1%
Thornton Twp HSD 205
Harvey
Thornton Township High School
84.8%
65.9%
Bremen CHSD 228
Oak Forest
Oak Forest High School
93.2%
63.5%
Rich Twp HSD 227
Richton Park
Rich South Campus High School
86.0%
63.3%
Rich Twp HSD 227
Olympia Fields
Rich Central Campus High School
89.7%
62.9%
Oak Lawn CHSD 229
Oak Lawn
Oak Lawn Community High School
91.7%
58.9%
CHSD 218
Palos Heights
A. B. Shepard High School (Campus)
93.1%
58.6%
Reavis Twp HSD 220
Burbank
Reavis High School
90.7%
57.5%
CHSD 218
Oak Lawn
H. L. Richards High School (Campus)
93.0%
54.5%
Argo CHSD 217
Summit
Argo Community High School
86.7%
53.4%
Bloom Twp HSD 206
Chicago Heights
Bloom Trail High School
75.9%
53.2%
Southland College Prep
Richton Park
Southland College Prep Charter High School
99.1%
52.2%
Bremen CHSD 228
Tinley Park
Tinley Park High School
94.7%
50.0%
Rich Twp HSD 227
Park Forest
Rich East Campus High School
81.8%
48.9%
Homewood Flossmoor CHSD 233
Flossmoor
Homewood-Flossmoor High School
97.2%
48.9%
Evergreen Park CHSD 231
Evergreen Park
Evergreen Park High School
91.0%
47.7%
Cons HSD 230
Palos Hills
Amos Alonzo Stagg High School
93.6%
47.4%
Cons HSD 230
Orland Park
Carl Sandburg High School
94.1%
42.5%
Cons HSD 230
Orland Hills
Victor J. Andrew High School
93.6%
41.6%
Lemont Twp HSD 210
Lemont
Lemont Township High School
93.3%
38.2%
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