McLean County Times

In the two years after 91 percent of Prairie Central High School's class of 2018 graduated on time, 32 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 65 percent of Prairie Central 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 66 percent.

Of the Prairie Central graduates attending Illinois community colleges, 3 percent took remedial courses in reading, while 30 percent took them in math.

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
Flanagan-Cornell Dist 74	Flanagan	Flanagan-Cornell High School	92%	59%
Bloomington SD 87	Bloomington	Bloomington High School	90%	57%
Leroy CUSD 2	Le Roy	Leroy High School	95%	48%
Pontiac Twp HSD 90	Pontiac	Pontiac High School	96%	47%
Olympia CUSD 16	Stanford	Olympia High School	91%	39%
Dwight Twp HSD 230	Dwight	Dwight High School	95%	38%
Prairie Central CUSD 8	Fairbury	Prairie Central High School	91%	32%