Lake County Gazette

In the two years after 98 percent of Lakes Community High School's class of 2018 graduated on time, 41 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 83 percent of Lakes Community 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 84 percent.

Of the Lakes Community graduates attending Illinois community colleges, 37 percent took remedial courses in math and 14 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
Waukegan CUSD 60	Waukegan	Waukegan High School	72%	68%
Zion-Benton Twp HSD 126	Zion	Zion-Benton Township High School	82%	63%
Warren Twp HSD 121	Gurnee	Warren Township High School	94%	49%
CHSD 117	Lake Villa	Lakes Community High School	98%	41%
Wauconda CUSD 118	Wauconda	Wauconda High School	88%	41%
CHSD 128	Libertyville	Libertyville High School	97%	40%
Lake Zurich CUSD 95	Lake Zurich	Lake Zurich High School	96%	39%
Barrington CUSD 220	Barrington	Barrington High School	97%	25%
Twp HSD 113	Deerfield	Deerfield High School	97%	10%