Data from the class that graduated in 2017 shows 54 percent of Thornton Township 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 58 percent.
Of the Thornton Township graduates attending Illinois community colleges, 42 percent took remedial courses in reading, while 57 percent took them in math and 48 percent took them in communications.
Statewide, 44 percent of students enrolled in community colleges across the state had to take remedial classes.
Remediation for area schools: Class of 2017
School District
City
School
Four-year graduation rate
Remediation rate
Thornton Twp HSD 205
Harvey
Thornton Township High School
84.8%
78.5%
Thornton Fractional Twp HSD 215
Calumet City
Thornton Fractional North High School
92.7%
76.8%
Thornton Twp HSD 205
Dolton
Thornridge High School
69.1%
73.8%
Bremen CHSD 228
Midlothian
Bremen High School
88.6%
72.6%
Thornton Twp HSD 205
South Holland
Thornwood High School
80.5%
68.1%
Thornton Fractional Twp HSD 215
Lansing
Thornton Fractional South High School
96.2%
65.5%
Oak Lawn CHSD 229
Oak Lawn
Oak Lawn Community High School
91.7%
65.0%
CHSD 218
Blue Island
Dwight D. Eisenhower High School (Campus)
81.4%
62.6%
Bremen CHSD 228
Oak Forest
Oak Forest High School
93.2%
61.9%
Bloom Twp HSD 206
Chicago Heights
Bloom High School
78.2%
42.0%
Bloom Twp HSD 206
Chicago Heights
Bloom Trail High School
75.9%
42.0%
Cons HSD 230
Orland Park
Carl Sandburg High School
94.1%
40.6%
Lemont Twp HSD 210
Lemont
Lemont Township High School
93.3%
25.5%
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