Macon Reporter

In the two years after 77 percent of Bement High School's class of 2018 graduated on time, 100 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 67 percent of Bement 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.

Of the Bement graduates attending Illinois community colleges, 38 percent took remedial courses in reading, while 88 percent took them in math and 13 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
Bement CUSD 5	Bement	Bement High School	77%	100%
Clinton CUSD 15	Clinton	Clinton High School	88%	57%
Okaw Valley CUSD 302	Bethany	Okaw Valley High School	96%	50%
Warrensburg-Latham CUSD 11	Warrensburg	Warrensburg-Latham High School	97%	36%