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About 97 percent of ninth graders in 2020 were on track to graduate at Wheaton North High School, where the four-year graduation rate was 94 percent that year, according to the latest Illinois schools report card by the Illinois State Board of Education.
Simultaneously, 27 percent of 10th graders, 49 percent of 11th graders and 59 percent of 12th graders were taking early college courses, which offer students a chance to gain college credit before graduating high school.
Illinois tracks several metrics to determine whether students are college-ready. But a high graduation rate isn t always indicative of college readiness. Data shows 21 percent of Wheaton North High School students who graduated in 2018 and attended Illinois community colleges had to enroll in remedial classes because they weren t prepared for college-level courses.
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In the two years after 94 percent of Community High School s class of 2018 graduated on time, 40 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 73 percent of 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 75 percent.
Of the Community graduates attending Illinois community colleges, 1 percent took remedial courses in reading, while 31 percent took them in math and 20 percent took them in communications.
In the two years after 95 percent of York Community High School's class of 2018 graduated on time, 30 percent of those who attended Illinois community colleges had to enroll in remedial courses.