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More specifically, 2.3% of the former high school students took remedial classes in reading, 14.8% in math courses and 2.3% in communication courses.
The same data shows that 84.7% of the students enrolled in two-or four-year college programs within 12 months of graduating high school, which is above the state rate.
Lemont Township High School is one of 205 high schools located within Cook County.
Statewide, 27.7% of community college students across the state had to take remedial classes.
Illinois has approved a new budget for 2025 that increases funds for K-12 education to $8.6 billion, $350 million above last year’s budget.
Lawmakers also approved a new bill that creates a statewide child tax credit, which allows families to receive $300 per child under 17 years. This comes after a similar aid was granted from the federal government, as part of the American Rescue Plan.
Remediation in Cook County Schools (2023-24)
| School | Four-year graduation rate | Remediation rate |
|---|---|---|
| YCCS - Albizu Campos Puerto Rican High School | 37.8% | 100% |
| Chicago Technology Academy High School | 90.7% | 100% |
| YCCS - Sullivan House Alternative High School | 36.1% | 100% |
| YCCS Charter - Chatham School | 52.9% | 100% |
| CICS - Ralph Ellison Campus | 73.5% | 100% |
| Hirsch Metropolitan High School | 47.8% | 100% |
| Perspectives High School of Technology & Leadership Academy | 88.9% | 100% |
| Chicago Collegiate Charter School | 71.4% | 100% |
| Legal Prep Academy Charter High School | 85.4% | 100% |
| Noble Street Charter Schools - Hansberry College Prep | 88.3% | 90.9% |
| Spry Community Links High School | 84.6% | 87.5% |
| Acero Charter School Network - Sor Juana Ines De La Cruz | 86.7% | 85.7% |
| Catalyst Charter - Maria Elementary School | 85.6% | 81% |
| Hyde Park Academy High School | 66.3% | 81% |
| Kelvyn Park High School | 60.2% | 80.6% |
| YCCS - Aspira Pantoja Alternative High School | 39% | 80% |
| World Language High School | 79.2% | 80% |
| Richard T. Crane Medical Preparatory High School | 84.7% | 78.6% |
| YCCS - Latino Youth Alternative High School | 20.7% | 78.6% |
| Multicultural Arts High School | 66% | 76.9% |
| Disney II Magnet High School | 95.3% | 76.5% |
| Epic Academy High School | 77.9% | 76.5% |
| YCCS - Westside Holistic Leadership Academy | 56.2% | 75% |
| Bowen High School | 59.3% | 75% |
| ASPIRA Charter - Early College High School | 89.1% | 71.4% |
| Horizon Science Academy - Southwest Charter | 80.4% | 71.4% |
| Morgan Park High School | 83.7% | 71.4% |
| Instituto Health Science Career Academy - Charter High School | 78.2% | 71% |
| Back of the Yards College Preparatory High School | 90.7% | 69.2% |
| Juarez Community Academy High School | 82.1% | 69.2% |
| Thornridge High School | 80.2% | 69% |
| Noble Street Charter Schools - UIC College Prep | 91.4% | 67.6% |
| Noble Street Charter Schools - Mansueto High School | 92.9% | 67.3% |
| YCCS - CCA Academy High School | 68.5% | 66.7% |
| YCCS - Scholastic Achievement High School | 60% | 66.7% |
| Tilden Career Communty Academy High School | 51.2% | 66.7% |
| Noble Street Charter Schools - Golder College Prep | 91.6% | 66.7% |
| Noble Street Charter Schools - DRW College Prep | 79.2% | 66.7% |
| Chicago Excel Academy High School | 22.2% | 66.7% |
| YCCS - Innovations of Arts Integration High School | 48.6% | 66.7% |
| North-Grand High School | 78.4% | 66.2% |
| Schurz High School | 76.4% | 65.5% |
| Kelly High School | 72.1% | 64% |
| Harlan Community Academy High School | 64.1% | 63.6% |
| Thornton Fractional North High School | 86.3% | 63.3% |
| Aspira Charter - Business And Finance High School | 89.6% | 63.2% |
| Noble Street Charter Schools - Butler College Prep | 92.1% | 62.5% |
| Elmwood Park High School | 87.8% | 61.8% |
| Phillips Academy High School | 74.1% | 61.5% |
| Noble Street Charter Schools - ITW David Speer Academy | 92% | 61.4% |
| Intrinsic Charter High School | 95% | 60.5% |
| Steinmetz College Prep High School | 67.8% | 60.2% |
| YCCS - West Town Academy Alternative High School | 41.4% | 60% |
| Fenger Academy High School | 58.5% | 60% |
| Sullivan High School | 68.7% | 60% |
| North Lawndale College Prep - Collins | 86.7% | 60% |
| Rickover Naval Academy | 87.9% | 60% |
| Chicago Academy High School | 93.4% | 59.4% |
| Mather High School | 76.1% | 59.3% |
| Proviso East High School | 84.6% | 58.8% |
| Walter H. Dyett High School for the Arts | 87% | 58.8% |
| Foreman High School | 52.7% | 58.8% |
| Perspectives Charter - IIT Math & Science Academy | 88.6% | 58.8% |
| Noble Street Charter Schools - Pritzker College Prep | 96.1% | 58.6% |
| Hubbard High School | 78.3% | 58.4% |
| Bogan High School | 69% | 57.5% |
| Alcott College Prep High School | 88% | 57.1% |
| CICS - Northtown Campus | 90.9% | 56.9% |
| Acero Charter School Network - Major Hector P. Garcia Md Campus | 88.8% | 56.8% |
| Thornwood High School | 85% | 56.5% |
| Noble Street Charter Schools - Chicago Bulls College Prep | 95.8% | 56.5% |
| Chicago Math and Science Elementary Charter School | 87.9% | 56.3% |
| Noble Street Charter Schools - Muchin College Prep | 92.3% | 56% |
| Percy L. Julian High School | 77.1% | 55.6% |
| YCCS - Progressive Leadership Academy | 65.4% | 55.6% |
| Richards Career Academy | 64% | 55.6% |
| Proviso West High School | 83.8% | 54.9% |
| Senn High School | 83.7% | 54.7% |
| Marshall Metropolitan High School | 52.4% | 54.5% |
| Prosser Career Academy High School | 89.2% | 54.3% |
| Noble Street Charter Schools - Noble Street College Prep | 95.3% | 54.2% |
| George Washington High School | 85.3% | 54.1% |
| Farragut Career Academy High School | 59.8% | 53.5% |
| Goode Stem Academy High School | 87.3% | 52.4% |
| Proviso Math and Science Academy | 97.9% | 51.1% |
| Thornton Township High School | 80.5% | 50.9% |
| Bremen High School | 89.4% | 50.7% |
| Hillcrest High School | 82.8% | 50% |
| Perspectives Charter - High School of Technology | 87.1% | 50% |
| University of Chicago Charter - Woodlawn | 84.6% | 50% |
| Carver Military Academy High School | 81.9% | 50% |
| YCCS - Association House High School | 37.5% | 50% |
| Raby High School | 60% | 50% |
| Infinity Math Science and Tech High School | 89.3% | 50% |
| Williams Medical Preparatory High School | 93.3% | 50% |
| Uplift Community High School | 59.1% | 50% |
| Noble Street Charter Schools - Gary Comer College Prep | 90.8% | 50% |
| Noble Street Charter Schools - Baker College Prep | 71.9% | 50% |
| Noble Street Charter Schools - Rowe-Clark Math & Science Academy | 90.6% | 50% |
| Maine West High School | 84% | 49.2% |
| Thornton Fractional South High School | 94.7% | 48.5% |
| Solorio Academy High School | 87.6% | 48.2% |
| Maine East High School | 88.7% | 48.1% |
| Acero Charter School Network - Victoria Soto Campus | 91% | 47.4% |
| Roosevelt High School | 75.2% | 46.8% |
| Air Force Academy High School | 86.5% | 46.2% |
| Amundsen High School | 86.8% | 46.2% |
| YCCS - Truman Middle College High School | 27.8% | 45.8% |
| Simeon Career Academy High School | 85.6% | 45.8% |
| Chicago High School for The Arts | 90.1% | 45.8% |
| Clemente Community Academy High School | 64.1% | 45.5% |
| Niles North High School | 91.5% | 45.1% |
| Harold L. Richards High School | 81.7% | 44.8% |
| Chicago Military Academy High School | 68.4% | 44.4% |
| Austin College And Career Academy High School | 52% | 44.4% |
| King College Preparatory High School | 87.6% | 44.4% |
| Orr Academy High School | 55.4% | 43.8% |
| Clark Academy Preparatory Magnet High School | 82.2% | 43.8% |
| William H. Wells Community Academy High School | 73.7% | 43.8% |
| Marine Leadership Academy - Ames | 94.2% | 43.2% |
| Noble Street Charter Schools - Johnson College Prep | 81.9% | 42.9% |
| Curie Metropolitan High School | 76.4% | 42.9% |
| North Lawndale College Prep - Christiana | 87% | 42.9% |
| Noble Street Charter Schools - The Noble Academy | 88.4% | 42.9% |
| East Leyden High School | 85.3% | 42.6% |
| West Leyden High School | 84.3% | 42% |
| Noble Street Charter Schools - Rauner College Prep | 90.4% | 41.7% |
| Lake View High School | 79.3% | 41% |
| Ogden International High School | 92% | 40.9% |
| John F. Kennedy High School | 73% | 40.7% |
| Corliss High School | 74.4% | 40% |
| CICS - Longwood Campus | 82.6% | 40% |
| Phoenix Military Academy High School | 96.5% | 39.5% |
| Niles West High School | 93.1% | 39.4% |
| Evanston Township High School | 93.2% | 39% |
| Oak Park and River Forest High School | 95.4% | 38.6% |
| Westinghouse High School | 92.9% | 38.5% |
| Taft High School | 84.4% | 38.5% |
| Dunbar Vocational Career Academy High School | 72.4% | 37.5% |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower High School | 74.7% | 37.4% |
| South Shore International College Preparatory High School | 80.9% | 36.8% |
| Von Steuben Metro Science High School | 94.1% | 36.2% |
| School of Social Justice High School | 69.3% | 35.7% |
| Elgin High School | 82.5% | 34.4% |
| J. Sterling Morton East High School | 79.5% | 34.3% |
| Riverside Brookfield Township High School | 94.9% | 34.2% |
| Reavis High School | 86.3% | 33.5% |
| J. Sterling Morton West High School | 82.8% | 33.3% |
| Collins Academy High School | 74.1% | 33.3% |
| Chicago Vocational Career Academy High School | 64.8% | 33.3% |
| YCCS - McKinley-Lakeside Leadership Academy | 50% | 33.3% |
| Urban Prep Charter Academy Bronzeville High School | 82.3% | 33.3% |
| YCCS - Olive Harvey Middle College High School | 21% | 33.3% |
| Hancock College Preparatory High School | 97.1% | 33.3% |
| ACE Amandla Charter School | 89.3% | 33.3% |
| YCCS - Community Youth Development Institute High School | 27.8% | 33.3% |
| Oak Lawn Community High School | 91.9% | 31.8% |
| Evergreen Park High School | 92.8% | 31.5% |
| Maine South High School | 95.8% | 31.2% |
| Victor J. Andrew High School | 96.1% | 31.1% |
| Lincoln Park High School | 87% | 30.4% |
| Gage Park High School | 62.8% | 30.3% |
| A.B. Shepard High School | 83.1% | 30.1% |
| Tinley Park High School | 92.2% | 28.3% |
| Bloom High School | 88.6% | 27.7% |
| Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences | 82.8% | 27.3% |
| Kenwood Academy High School | 89.9% | 27.3% |
| Amos Alonzo Stagg High School | 93.1% | 26.6% |
| Streamwood High School | 86.3% | 26.1% |
| Homewood-Flossmoor High School | 95.3% | 25.7% |
| Bloom Trail High School | 85.2% | 25.7% |
| Oak Forest High School | 91.3% | 25.6% |
| Argo Community High School | 85.3% | 25.3% |
| Horizon Science Academy McKinley | 93.2% | 25% |
| Southland College Prep Charter High School | 97.8% | 25% |
| Ridgewood Community High School | 87.2% | 24.6% |
| Lyons Township High School | 95.2% | 23.5% |
| Rich Central Campus High School | 84.5% | 22.7% |
| Carl Sandburg High School | 94.9% | 21.7% |
| Palatine High School | 89% | 21.6% |
| Glenbrook South High School | 93.4% | 21.3% |
| Lindblom Math and Science Academy High School | 96.1% | 20.8% |
| New Trier Township High School Winnetka | 97.7% | 20.5% |
| Gwendolyn Brooks College Preparatory Academy High School | 91.4% | 20% |
| Perspectives Charter - Rodney D. Joslin Campus | 86.3% | 20% |
| Wheeling High School | 86.1% | 18.3% |
| Rolling Meadows High School | 88.6% | 17.4% |
| John Hersey High School | 96.4% | 16.2% |
| Prospect High School | 95.9% | 15.9% |
| Lemont Township High School | 96.1% | 15.9% |
| Buffalo Grove High School | 91.9% | 15.7% |
| William Fremd High School | 95.8% | 15% |
| Glenbrook North High School | 96.6% | 14.3% |
| Payton College Preparatory High School | 95.3% | 14.3% |
| Schaumburg High School | 93.4% | 13.5% |
| Elk Grove High School | 91.1% | 13.4% |
| Jones College Prep High School | 94.9% | 12.9% |
| James B. Conant High School | 95.6% | 12.3% |
| Lane Technical High School | 95.7% | 11.8% |
| Hoffman Estates High School | 92.7% | 11.3% |
| Devry Advantage Academy High School | 100% | 11.1% |
| Northside College Preparatory High School | 96.9% | 6.3% |
| Whitney M. Young Magnet High School | 94% | 5.3% |
| Manley Career Academy High School | 26.7% | 0% |
| YCCS - Youth Connection Leadership Academy | 61.8% | 0% |
