Data from the class that graduated in 2016 shows 70 percent of Newark Community 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 72 percent.
Of the Newark Community graduates attending Illinois community colleges, 7 percent took them in reading, while 27 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
Plano CUSD 88
Plano
Plano High School
92.7%
69.4%
Yorkville CUSD 115
Yorkville
Yorkville High School
89.8%
46.9%
CUSD 308
Oswego
Oswego High School
96.9%
45.3%
CUSD 308
Oswego
Oswego East High School
97.8%
43.6%
Newark CHSD 18
Newark
Newark Community High School
97.8%
26.7%