Data from the class that graduated in 2016 shows 89 percent of Dongola students enrolled in two- or four-year programs at college or university within 12 months of graduating high school, compared to 75 percent across the state. After 16 months, the rate is 89 percent.
Of the Dongola graduates attending Illinois community colleges, 30 percent took them in reading, while 20 percent took remedial courses in math and 10 percent took remedial courses in communications.
Statewide, 46 percent of students enrolled in community colleges across the state had to take remedial classes.
Remediation for area schools: Class of 2016
School District
City
School
Four-year graduation rate
Remediation rate
Cairo USD 1
Cairo
Cairo Jr/Sr High School
96.0%
61.5%
Anna Jonesboro CHSD 81
Anna
Anna-Jonesboro High School
93.7%
50.9%
Egyptian CUSD 5
Tamms
Egyptian Senior High School
89.7%
50.0%
Shawnee CUSD 84
Wolf Lake
Shawnee High School
90.3%
33.3%
Massac Ud 1
Metropolis
Massac County High School
86.4%
33.3%
Dongola USD 66
Dongola
Dongola High School
83.3%
30.0%
Meridian CUSD 15
Macon
Meridian High School
92.8%
29.0%
Cobden Sud 17
Cobden
Cobden High School
88.6%
26.7%
Joppa-Maple Grove Ud 38
Joppa
Joppa Junior & Senior High School
85.7%
22.2%
Century CUSD 100
Ullin
Century Jr/Sr High School
96.9%
21.4%
Meridian CUSD 101
Mounds
Meridian High School
93.3%
20.0%
Pope Co Cud 1
Golconda
Pope Co High School
85.7%
11.8%
Hardin County CUSD 1
Elizabethtown
Hardin County High School
91.8%
11.1%
Vienna HSD 133
Vienna
Vienna High School
97.8%
8.3%
Goreville Cud 1
Goreville
Goreville High School
96.2%
5.6%