Data from the class that graduated in 2015 shows 79 percent of Riverside Brookfield Township 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 is 81 percent.
Of the 32 percent of Riverside Brookfield Township graduates who took remedial courses at Illinois community colleges, 4 percent took them in reading, while 31 percent took remedial courses in math and 14 percent took remedial courses 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