Data from the class that graduated in 2017 shows 82 percent of Fisher Jr/Sr students enrolled in two- or four-year programs at college or university within 12 months of graduating high school, compared to 70 percent across the state. After 16 months, the rate was 82 percent.
Of the Fisher Jr/Sr graduates attending Illinois community colleges, 63 percent took remedial courses in math and 13 percent took them in communications.
Statewide, 44 percent of students enrolled in community colleges across the state had to take remedial classes.
Remediation for area schools: Class of 2017
School District
City
School
Four-year graduation rate
Remediation rate
Fisher CUSD 1
Fisher
Fisher Jr/Sr High School
97.1%
62.5%
Tri Point CUSD 6-J
Cullom
Tri-Point High School
80.0%
44.4%
Paxton-buckley-Loda Cud 10
Paxton
Paxton-buckley-Loda High School
79.2%
42.9%
Danville CCSD 118
Danville
Danville High School
70.9%
40.4%
Deland-Weldon CUSD 57
De Land
Deland-Weldon High School
92.3%
33.3%
Cerro Gordo CUSD 100
Cerro Gordo
Cerro Gordo Junior And Senior High School
86.0%
29.4%
Westville CUSD 2
Westville
Westville High School
85.4%
28.6%
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