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More specifically, 40% of the former high school students took remedial classes in math and 40% in communication courses.
The same data shows that 13% of the students enrolled in two-or four-year college programs within 12 months of graduating high school, which is below the state rate.
YCCS - West Town Academy Alternative 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% |
