Data from the class that graduated in 2016 shows 86 percent of Lemont Township students enrolled in two- or four-year programs at college or university within 12 months of graduating high school, compared to 68 percent across the state. After 16 months, the rate was 88 percent.
Of the Lemont Township graduates attending Illinois community colleges, 4 percent took remedial courses in reading, while 21 percent took them in math and 19 percent took them in communications.
Statewide, 46 percent of students enrolled in community colleges across the state had to take remedial classes.
Remediation for area schools: Class of 2016
School District
City
School
Four-year graduation rate
Remediation rate
Thornton Twp HSD 205
Dolton
Thornridge High School
61.6%
79.2%
Thornton Twp HSD 205
Harvey
Thornton Township High School
80.5%
78.0%
Thornton Twp HSD 205
South Holland
Thornwood High School
77.0%
76.4%
Thornton Fractional Twp HSD 215
Lansing
Thornton Fractional South High School
96.2%
74.6%
Thornton Fractional Twp HSD 215
Calumet City
Thornton Fractional North High School
92.7%
72.4%
CHSD 218
Blue Island
Dwight D. Eisenhower High School (Campus)
81.7%
70.3%
Bremen CHSD 228
Midlothian
Bremen High School
85.3%
68.9%
Bremen CHSD 228
Oak Forest
Oak Forest High School
95.5%
60.8%
Bloom Twp HSD 206
Chicago Heights
Bloom Trail High School
72.2%
60.3%
Oak Lawn CHSD 229
Oak Lawn
Oak Lawn Community High School
90.0%
56.5%
Bloom Twp HSD 206
Chicago Heights
Bloom High School
78.5%
55.4%
Cons HSD 230
Orland Park
Carl Sandburg High School
93.3%
46.4%
Lemont Twp HSD 210
Lemont
Lemont Township High School
96.0%
31.6%
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