Data from the class that graduated in 2016 shows 78 percent of Argenta-Oreana students enrolled in two- or four-year programs at college or university within 12 months of graduating high school, compared to 75 percent across the state. After 16 months, the rate is 78 percent.
Of the Argenta-Oreana graduates attending Illinois community colleges, 4 percent took them in reading, while 8 percent took remedial courses in math and 13 percent took remedial courses 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
Bement CUSD 5
Bement
Bement High School
77.3%
66.7%
Okaw Valley CUSD 302
Bethany
Okaw Valley High School
95.8%
64.7%
Decatur SD 61
Decatur
Macarthur High School
73.8%
61.4%
Decatur SD 61
Decatur
Eisenhower High School
78.3%
59.5%
Blue Ridge CUSD 18
Farmer City
Blue Ridge High School
86.0%
58.3%
Warrensburg-Latham CUSD 11
Warrensburg
Warrensburg-Latham High School
97.3%
57.1%
Sangamon Valley CUSD 9
Niantic
Sangamon Valley High School
96.4%
56.0%
Sullivan CUSD 300
Sullivan
Sullivan High School
96.2%
48.8%
Monticello CUSD 25
Monticello
Monticello High School
97.5%
46.6%
Clinton CUSD 15
Clinton
Clinton High School
87.8%
44.8%
Meridian CUSD 15
Macon
Meridian High School
92.8%
29.0%
Mt Zion CUSD 3
Mount Zion
Mt Zion High School
92.9%
27.9%
Maroa Forsyth CUSD 2
Maroa
Maroa-Forsyth Senior High School
90.4%
26.9%
Meridian CUSD 101
Mounds
Meridian High School
93.3%
20.0%
Argenta-Oreana CUSD 1
Argenta
Argenta-Oreana High School
92.8%
16.7%
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