The 2015 state average for students in public schools was 70 percent.
For BBCHS, its college enrollment rate marks an improvement over 2014, when 62.9 percent of its graduates chose post-secondary education.
Among high schools in Kankakee, the class of 2015 college readiness rates at Herscher High School (53.6 percent), Manteno High School (50.9 percent) and Grant Park High School (42.1 percent) were all higher than at BBCHS. Kankakee High School (22.1 percent) and Momence High School (28.7 percent) were all lower.
The data, collected by the National Student Clearinghouse, includes two and four year colleges.
Enrollment at BBCHS in 2015 was 2,083. 454 (21.8 percent) were seniors.
Also according to ISBE, 52.3 percent of BBCHS seniors were "college ready" in 2015, versus an average of 46 percent statewide.
All students who score a 21 on the ACT qualify as "college ready."
BBCHS students did better on reading (46.4 percent) and English (67.4 percent) and worse on science (35.4) and math (43.3).
Only 24.7 percent of BBCHS students were college ready in all four subjects, according to ISBE.
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