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In the two years after 77 percent of Fairfield Community High School's class of 2018 graduated on time, 8 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 95 percent of Fairfield Community 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 Fairfield Community graduates attending Illinois community colleges, 8 percent took remedial courses in reading, while 4 percent took them in math and 4 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
Carrier Mills-Stonefort CUSD 2	Carrier Mills	Carrier Mills-Stonefort High School	90%	46%
Carmi-White County CUSD 5	Carmi	Carmi-White County High School	93%	22%
Fairfield Comm H S Dist 225	Fairfield	Fairfield Community High School	77%	8%
Wayne City CUSD 100	Wayne City	Wayne City High School	83%	8%
North Wayne CUSD 200	Cisne	Cisne High School	88%	5%