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Class of 2013 Remediation Rates: 2- and 4-Year College Breakdown
We recently looked at the remediation rates for the class of 2013. In the initial examination of those rates, I couldn’t help but notice that in many cases there was a tremendous difference in remediation rates among the 2- and 4-year Alabama college enrollees graduating from the same high school.
Statewide,
- 46.1% of the class of 2013 who enrolled in a two-year college in Alabama were enrolled in remedial classes during the Fall 2013 college semester
- 16.8% of the class of 2013 who enrolled in a four-year college in Alabama were enrolled in remedial classes during the Fall 2013 college semester
I make no inferences as to why that might be, just that these numbers bear further investigation.
Based on feedback received after the first article was written, I offer this simple advice to the class of 2014 and their parents: before you enroll in a remedial course, investigate whether you really need to take that course. The criteria by which the 2- and 4-year colleges place a student into a remedial course vary widely. Make certain you are making a wise investment.
The source for these numbers is the Alabama Commission on Higher Education‘s high school feedback reports for fall of 2013. Please note that these numbers only represent students who graduated high school in 2013 and were enrolled in a remedial course in an Alabama public college during the fall of 2013, the student’s first semester of college. Students who attended college in a private or out-of-state school are not represented in ACHE’s reports.
The first table presented here is one that looks at remediation rates for 2- and 4-year Alabama college enrollees by district.
| District | 2013 High School Graduates | Total Enrolled in Alabama Colleges Fall 2013 | Proportion of AL Public College Enrollees in 2YR Colleges Fall 2013 | 2YR District Remediation Rate | Proportion of AL Public College Enrollees in 4YR Colleges Fall 2013 | 4YR District Remediation Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albertville City | 209 | 118 | 79.7% | 54.3% | 20.3% | 8.3% |
| Alexander City | 213 | 131 | 74.0% | 42.3% | 26.0% | 8.8% |
| Andalusia City | 96 | 56 | 57.1% | 40.6% | 42.9% | 25.0% |
| Anniston City | 91 | 35 | 51.4% | 55.6% | 48.6% | 41.2% |
| Arab City | 160 | 119 | 60.5% | 34.7% | 39.5% | 10.6% |
| Athens City | 188 | 115 | 47.0% | 37.0% | 53.0% | 4.9% |
| Attalla City | 132 | 82 | 85.4% | 58.6% | 14.6% | 33.3% |
| Auburn City | 433 | 264 | 34.8% | 35.9% | 65.2% | 5.8% |
| Autauga County | 646 | 290 | 19.7% | 45.6% | 80.3% | 21.5% |
| Baldwin County | 1663 | 763 | 51.2% | 26.6% | 48.8% | 11.8% |
| Barbour County | 65 | 35 | 80.0% | 78.6% | 20.0% | 28.6% |
| Bessemer City | 158 | 56 | 41.1% | 82.6% | 58.9% | 33.3% |
| Bibb County | 224 | 104 | 68.3% | 29.6% | 31.7% | 12.1% |
| Birmingham City | 1338 | 381 | 40.2% | 83.0% | 59.8% | 35.5% |
| Blount County | 497 | 233 | 72.5% | 43.2% | 27.5% | 9.4% |
| Boaz City | 142 | 92 | 90.2% | 43.4% | 9.8% | 11.1% |
| Brewton City | 81 | 64 | 71.9% | 43.5% | 28.1% | 5.6% |
| Bullock County | 108 | 47 | 25.5% | 33.3% | 74.5% | 57.1% |
| Butler County | 164 | 87 | 75.9% | 54.5% | 24.1% | 19.0% |
| Calhoun County | 578 | 299 | 50.8% | 40.1% | 49.2% | 12.9% |
| Chambers County | 248 | 121 | 58.7% | 45.1% | 41.3% | 34.0% |
| Cherokee County | 247 | 130 | 56.9% | 36.5% | 43.1% | 7.1% |
| Chilton County | 412 | 184 | 56.0% | 60.2% | 44.0% | 24.7% |
| Choctaw County | 100 | 45 | 48.9% | 31.8% | 51.1% | 34.8% |
| Clarke County | 227 | 149 | 59.1% | 47.7% | 40.9% | 32.8% |
| Clay County | 113 | 58 | 81.0% | 31.9% | 19.0% | 9.1% |
| Cleburne County | 170 | 61 | 62.3% | 26.3% | 37.7% | 0.0% |
| Coffee County | 129 | 74 | 77.0% | 50.9% | 23.0% | 11.8% |
| Colbert County | 157 | 71 | 69.0% | 63.3% | 31.0% | 4.5% |
| Conecuh County | 95 | 47 | 48.9% | 73.9% | 51.1% | 37.5% |
| Coosa County | 69 | 29 | 75.9% | 36.4% | 24.1% | 28.6% |
| Covington County | 179 | 100 | 78.0% | 37.2% | 22.0% | 13.6% |
| Crenshaw County | 150 | 76 | 72.4% | 50.9% | 27.6% | 28.6% |
| Cullman City | 216 | 140 | 55.7% | 33.3% | 44.3% | 0.0% |
| Cullman County | 604 | 314 | 86.0% | 42.6% | 14.0% | 0.0% |
| Dale County | 181 | 108 | 76.9% | 47.0% | 23.1% | 24.0% |
| Daleville City | 78 | 41 | 51.2% | 42.9% | 48.8% | 25.0% |
| Dallas County | 211 | 131 | 72.5% | 33.7% | 27.5% | 36.1% |
| Decatur City | 487 | 265 | 50.2% | 52.6% | 49.8% | 13.6% |
| DeKalb County | 508 | 271 | 91.9% | 47.4% | 8.1% | 4.5% |
| Demopolis City | 140 | 83 | 42.2% | 34.3% | 57.8% | 10.4% |
| Dothan City | 553 | 282 | 52.1% | 47.6% | 47.9% | 25.2% |
| Elba City | 48 | 21 | 81.0% | 70.6% | 19.0% | 50.0% |
| Elmore County | 913 | 306 | 29.1% | 38.2% | 70.9% | 25.8% |
| Enterprise City | 442 | 241 | 53.9% | 33.1% | 46.1% | 18.9% |
| Escambia County | 249 | 41 | 77.4% | 49.1% | 22.6% | 16.1% |
| Etowah County | 608 | 321 | 68.8% | 54.8% | 31.2% | 8.0% |
| Eufaula City | 156 | 73 | 69.9% | 49.0% | 30.1% | 9.1% |
| Fairfield City | 117 | 40 | 55.0% | 72.7% | 45.0% | 22.2% |
| Fayette County | 153 | 77 | 79.2% | 47.5% | 20.8% | 6.3% |
| Florence City | 300 | 175 | 24.0% | 52.4% | 76.0% | 9.0% |
| Fort Payne City | 197 | 120 | 72.5% | 49.4% | 27.5% | 15.2% |
| Franklin County | 189 | 96 | 82.3% | 57.0% | 17.7% | 5.9% |
| Gadsden City | 281 | 142 | 57.0% | 50.6% | 43.0% | 13.1% |
| Geneva City | 74 | 33 | 63.6% | 47.6% | 36.4% | 8.3% |
| Geneva County | 140 | 67 | 83.6% | 46.4% | 16.4% | 9.1% |
| Greene County | 63 | 31 | 48.4% | 53.3% | 51.6% | 56.3% |
| Guntersville City | 132 | 87 | 59.8% | 51.9% | 40.2% | 8.6% |
| Hale County | 206 | 93 | 60.2% | 42.9% | 39.8% | 32.4% |
| Haleyville City | 92 | 61 | 80.3% | 51.0% | 19.7% | 25.0% |
| Hartselle City | 239 | 156 | 50.0% | 34.6% | 50.0% | 7.7% |
| Henry County | 120 | 78 | 71.8% | 53.6% | 28.2% | 36.4% |
| Homewood City | 201 | 118 | 19.5% | 56.5% | 80.5% | 6.3% |
| Hoover City | 919 | 578 | 18.2% | 53.3% | 81.8% | 10.4% |
| Houston County | 398 | 200 | 72.5% | 42.1% | 27.5% | 14.5% |
| Huntsville City | 1309 | 759 | 33.2% | 42.5% | 66.8% | 10.3% |
| Jackson County | 339 | 168 | 83.9% | 34.0% | 16.1% | 0.0% |
| Jacksonville City | 91 | 52 | 23.1% | 41.7% | 76.9% | 2.5% |
| Jasper City | 166 | 122 | 62.3% | 36.8% | 37.7% | 8.7% |
| Jefferson County | 2420 | 1234 | 42.8% | 67.0% | 57.2% | 30.2% |
| Lamar County | 133 | 85 | 92.9% | 54.4% | 7.1% | 0.0% |
| Lanett City | 49 | 21 | 47.6% | 60.0% | 52.4% | 27.3% |
| Lauderdale County | 643 | 378 | 52.4% | 45.5% | 47.6% | 7.8% |
| Lawrence County | 337 | 184 | 74.5% | 54.7% | 25.5% | 8.5% |
| Lee County | 629 | 281 | 70.1% | 48.7% | 29.9% | 19.0% |
| Leeds City | 75 | 30 | 50.0% | 66.7% | 50.0% | 26.7% |
| Limestone County | 564 | 297 | 62.3% | 45.4% | 37.7% | 14.3% |
| Linden City | 48 | 21 | 28.6% | 50.0% | 71.4% | 46.7% |
| Lowndes County | 113 | 53 | 49.1% | 46.2% | 50.9% | 33.3% |
| Macon County | 174 | 61 | 27.9% | 76.5% | 72.1% | 50.0% |
| Madison City | 735 | 469 | 28.1% | 30.3% | 71.9% | 5.9% |
| Madison County | 1270 | 768 | 39.2% | 40.5% | 60.8% | 9.4% |
| Marengo County | 94 | 46 | 56.5% | 46.2% | 43.5% | 30.0% |
| Marion County | 191 | 122 | 86.9% | 45.3% | 13.1% | 0.0% |
| Marshall County | 338 | 155 | 84.5% | 55.7% | 15.5% | 4.2% |
| Midfield City | 76 | 37 | 43.2% | 62.5% | 56.8% | 57.1% |
| Mobile County | 3373 | 1353 | 47.9% | 53.1% | 52.1% | 16.6% |
| Monroe County | 250 | 152 | 79.6% | 41.3% | 20.4% | 22.6% |
| Montgomery County | 1321 | 536 | 5.8% | 48.4% | 94.2% | 32.3% |
| Morgan County | 444 | 243 | 78.2% | 38.9% | 21.8% | 3.8% |
| Mountain Brook City | 327 | 174 | 0.6% | 0.0% | 99.4% | 2.3% |
| Muscle Shoals City | 205 | 143 | 38.5% | 40.0% | 61.5% | 3.4% |
| Oneonta City | 90 | 53 | 58.5% | 32.3% | 41.5% | 9.1% |
| Opelika City | 277 | 172 | 63.4% | 48.6% | 36.6% | 33.3% |
| Opp City | 83 | 54 | 75.9% | 41.5% | 24.1% | 7.7% |
| Oxford City | 228 | 123 | 42.3% | 30.8% | 57.7% | 12.7% |
| Ozark City | 148 | 85 | 55.3% | 46.8% | 44.7% | 23.7% |
| Pell City | 257 | 103 | 51.5% | 45.3% | 48.5% | 24.0% |
| Perry County | 114 | 61 | 49.2% | 43.3% | 50.8% | 35.5% |
| Phenix City | 320 | 134 | 61.2% | 85.4% | 38.8% | 38.5% |
| Pickens County | 171 | 91 | 80.2% | 57.5% | 19.8% | 44.4% |
| Piedmont City | 80 | 45 | 48.9% | 40.9% | 51.1% | 8.7% |
| Pike County | 111 | 42 | 40.5% | 58.8% | 59.5% | 32.0% |
| Randolph County | 138 | 67 | 83.6% | 19.6% | 16.4% | 9.1% |
| Roanoke City | 102 | 53 | 73.6% | 38.5% | 26.4% | 21.4% |
| Russell County | 193 | 72 | 73.6% | 56.6% | 26.4% | 15.8% |
| Russellville City | 163 | 98 | 71.4% | 37.1% | 28.6% | 7.1% |
| Saint Clair County | 537 | 257 | 54.5% | 54.3% | 45.5% | 11.1% |
| Saraland City | 129 | 65 | 50.8% | 27.3% | 49.2% | 15.6% |
| Satsuma City | 138 | 59 | 67.8% | 25.0% | 32.2% | 0.0% |
| Scottsboro City | 173 | 96 | 69.8% | 38.8% | 30.2% | 6.9% |
| Selma City | 146 | 93 | 59.1% | 27.3% | 40.9% | 13.2% |
| Sheffield City | 75 | 39 | 61.5% | 41.7% | 38.5% | 26.7% |
| Shelby County | 1796 | 1010 | 30.6% | 47.9% | 69.4% | 11.0% |
| Sumter County | 133 | 64 | 34.4% | 50.0% | 65.6% | 40.5% |
| Sylacauga City | 130 | 74 | 60.8% | 26.7% | 39.2% | 20.7% |
| Talladega City | 144 | 55 | 56.4% | 41.9% | 43.6% | 45.8% |
| Talladega County | 432 | 199 | 60.8% | 39.7% | 39.2% | 41.0% |
| Tallapoosa County | 195 | 95 | 76.8% | 30.1% | 23.2% | 22.7% |
| Tallassee City | 104 | 60 | 46.7% | 39.3% | 53.3% | 37.5% |
| Tarrant City | 58 | 22 | 54.5% | 66.7% | 45.5% | 60.0% |
| Thomasville City | 152 | 82 | 73.2% | 33.3% | 26.8% | 22.7% |
| Troy City | 130 | 77 | 24.7% | 47.4% | 75.3% | 34.5% |
| Trussville City | 301 | 192 | 22.9% | 43.2% | 77.1% | 9.5% |
| Tuscaloosa City | 358 | 186 | 42.0% | 47.8% | 58.0% | 18.6% |
| Tuscaloosa County | 944 | 525 | 63.8% | 26.3% | 36.2% | 11.1% |
| Tuscumbia City | 85 | 60 | 61.7% | 62.2% | 38.3% | 4.3% |
| Vestavia Hills City | 440 | 312 | 7.1% | 36.4% | 92.9% | 3.8% |
| Walker County | 503 | 249 | 83.1% | 54.1% | 16.9% | 14.3% |
| Washington County | 225 | 125 | 74.4% | 39.8% | 25.6% | 21.9% |
| Wilcox County | 120 | 56 | 50.0% | 60.7% | 50.0% | 46.4% |
| Winfield City | 69 | 44 | 86.4% | 31.6% | 13.6% | 0.0% |
| Winston County | 176 | 94 | 86.2% | 50.6% | 13.8% | 0.0% |
The next two tables will separate the remediation rates for 2- year and 4-year Alabama college enrollees by high school. The only good way to present these two tables here is in a Google spreadsheet. Click the “get the data” link to download each spreadsheet. After clicking the link, you can sort and re-sort based on each column’s heading. [Click here to get the data for both combined into one spreadsheet.]
2YR Alabama College Enrollees and Remediation Rates by High School – Class of 2013
4YR Alabama College Enrollees and Remediation Rates by High School – Class of 2013
