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In the two years after 93 percent of Carmi-White County High School's class of 2018 graduated on time, 22 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 90 percent of Carmi-White 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 Carmi-White graduates attending Illinois community colleges, 3 percent took remedial courses in reading, while 11 percent took them in math and 19 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%