Kankakee Times

In the two years after 92 percent of Kankakee High School's class of 2018 graduated on time, 43 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 58 percent of Kankakee 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 59 percent.

Of the Kankakee graduates attending Illinois community colleges, 7 percent took remedial courses in reading, while 33 percent took them in math and 23 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
Kankakee SD 111	Kankakee	Kankakee High School	92%	43%
Cissna Park CUSD 6	Cissna Park	Cissna Park Senior High School	88%	33%
Bradley Bourbonnais CHSD 307	Bradley	Bradley-Bourbonnais C. High School	94%	26%
Iroquois County CUSD 9	Watseka	Watseka Community High School	94%	8%