Metro East Sun

In the two years after 85 percent of Jersey Community High School's class of 2018 graduated on time, 25 percent of those who attended Illinois community colleges had to enroll in remedial courses because they were not prepared for college-level classes, according to data from the Illinois State Board of Education.

Data from the class that graduated in 2018 shows 80 percent of Jersey Community students enrolled in two- or four-year programs at a college or university within 12 months of graduating high school, compared to 75 percent across the state. After 16 months, the rate was 82 percent.

Of the Jersey Community graduates attending Illinois community colleges, 8 percent took remedial courses in reading, while 16 percent took them in math and 18 percent took them in communications.

Statewide, 43 percent of students enrolled in community colleges across the state had to take remedial classes.

School District	City	School	Four-year graduation rate	Remediation rate
Cahokia CUSD 187	Cahokia	Cahokia High School	70%	76%
Dupo CUSD 196	Dupo	Dupo High School	73%	73%
Belleville Twp HSD 201	Belleville	Belleville High School-West	95%	58%
Belleville Twp HSD 201	Belleville	Belleville High School-East	93%	49%
Triad CUSD 2	Troy	Triad High School	98%	38%
Bethalto CUSD 8	Bethalto	Civic Memorial High School	95%	36%
Freeburg CHSD 77	Freeburg	Freeburg Community High School	94%	30%
Jersey CUSD 100	Jerseyville	Jersey Community High School	85%	25%