Data from the class that graduated in 2015 shows 56 percent of Belvidere 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 was 61 percent.
Of the Belvidere graduates attending Illinois community colleges, 12 percent took remedial courses in reading, while 44 percent took them in math and 18 percent took them 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
School District
City
School
Four-year graduation rate
Remediation rate
Belvidere CUSD 100
Belvidere
Belvidere High School
83.4%
50.4%
Durand CUSD 322
Durand
Durand High School
87.5%
50.0%
Belvidere CUSD 100
Belvidere
Belvidere North High School
82.5%
46.1%