Data from the class that graduated in 2015 shows 62 percent of Lanphier students enrolled in two- or four-year programs at college or university within 12 months of graduating high school, compared to 70 percent across the state. After 16 months, the rate was 65 percent.
Of the Lanphier graduates attending Illinois community colleges, 32 percent took remedial courses in reading, while 37 percent took them in math and 57 percent took them in communications.
Statewide, 47 percent of students enrolled in community colleges across the state had to take remedial classes.
Remediation for area schools: Class of 2015
School District
City
School
Four-year graduation rate
Remediation rate
Pawnee CUSD 11
Pawnee
Pawnee Jr/Sr High School
72.2%
75.0%
Springfield SD 186
Springfield
Lanphier High School
75.7%
67.7%
Pleasant Plains CUSD 8
Pleasant Plains
Pleasant Plains High School
88.8%
64.2%
Tri City CUSD 1
Buffalo
Tri-City High School
93.3%
47.8%
Porta CUSD 202
Petersburg
Porta High School
70.3%
43.5%
Williamsville CUSD 15
Williamsville
Williamsville High School
99.1%
42.4%
Lincoln CHSD 404
Lincoln
Lincoln Community High School
79.0%
38.6%