Rock Island Today

In the two years after 88 percent of Cambridge Jr/Sr High School's class of 2018 graduated on time, 33 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 88 percent of Cambridge Jr/Sr 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.

Of the Cambridge Jr/Sr graduates attending Illinois community colleges, 33 percent took remedial courses in math and 7 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
United Twp HSD 30	East Moline	United Township High School	95%	46%
Kewanee CUSD 229	Kewanee	Kewanee High School	81%	41%
Wethersfield CUSD 230	Kewanee	Wethersfield Jr/Sr High School	94%	37%
Cambridge CUSD 227	Cambridge	Cambridge Jr/Sr High School	88%	33%
Orion CUSD 223	Orion	Orion High School	93%	29%