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Area leader Monticello‘s graduation rates for the past five years: 97.8%, 95.6%, 98.0%, 98.4% and 99.1.
Here’s the rate for every area high school, according to newly released data in the state board of education’s
1. Monticello: 99.1%2. GCMS: 98.5%3. ALAH:96.8%4. Chrisman: 96.2%5. Arcola: 95.3%6 (tie). Blue Ridge: 94.9%6 (tie). St. Joseph-Ogden: 94.9%8. Milford: 94.3%
9. Mahomet-Seymour:9 4.2%10. Fisher: 94.0%11. Villa Grove: 92.5%12. Iroquois West: 92.4%13. Cissna Park: 91.7%14. Salt Fork: 91.3%15. Heritage: 90.6%16. LeRoy: 89.8%
17. Shiloh: 89.2%18. Hoopeston Area: 88.7%19. Tuscola: 88.6%20. PBL: 87.8%21. DeLand-Weldon: 87.5%22. Sullivan: 87.0%23. Unity: 86.7%24. Cerro Gordo: 86.5%
25. Rantoul: 86.3%26. Georgetown-Ridge Farm: 82.9%27. Centennial: 82.0%28. Bement: 81.5%29. Urbana: 80.4%30. Kansas: 80.0%31. Iroquois County: 79.2%32. Westville: 78.6%
33. Champaign Central: 78.3%34. Clinton: 78.2%35. Armstrong HS: 77.8%36. Oakwood: 77.3%37. Oakland: 76.5%38. Danville: 61.7%
