In a year when 99 percent of Southland College Prep Charter High School seniors graduated on time, 52 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 84 percent of Southland College Prep Charter 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 86 percent.
Of the 52 percent of Southland College Prep Charter graduates who took remedial courses at Illinois community colleges, 9 percent took them in reading, while 48 percent took remedial courses in math and 30 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
Four-year graduation rate
Thornton Fractional Twp HSD 215
Thornton Fractional North High School
Dwight D. Eisenhower High School (Campus)
Thornton Fractional Twp HSD 215
Thornton Fractional South High School
Thornton Township High School
Rich South Campus High School
Rich Central Campus High School
Oak Lawn Community High School
A. B. Shepard High School (Campus)
H. L. Richards High School (Campus)
Argo Community High School
Southland College Prep Charter High School
Rich East Campus High School
Homewood Flossmoor CHSD 233
Homewood-Flossmoor High School
Evergreen Park High School
Amos Alonzo Stagg High School
Carl Sandburg High School
Victor J. Andrew High School
Lemont Township High School