Data from the class that graduated in 2017 shows 69 percent of Cerro Gordo Junior And Senior 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 77 percent.
Of the Cerro Gordo Junior And Senior graduates attending Illinois community colleges, 12 percent took remedial courses in reading, while 24 percent took them in math and 18 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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