Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) records show that 83.5 percent of Batavia Senior High School's (BSHS) 2015 graduating class enrolled in college within 12 months of graduation.
The 2015 state average for students in public schools was 70 percent.
For BSHS, its college enrollment rate marks an improvement over 2014, when 76.4 percent of its graduates chose post-secondary education.
Among other high schools in Kane County, the Class of 2015 college-enrollment rates at Geneva Community High School (78.0 percent), St Charles East High School (72.0 percent) and St Charles North High School (71.8 percent), Elgin High School (25.0 percent), Streamwood High School (29.9 percent), West Aurora High School (30.6 percent) and Hampshire High School (52.6 percent) were all lower than that of BSHS.
The data, collected by the National Student Clearinghouse, includes two- and four-year colleges.
Enrollment at BSHS in 2015 was 2,023; 531 (26.25 percent) were seniors.
ISBE said 73.4 percent of BSHS seniors were "college ready" in 2015, vs. an average of 46 percent statewide.
All students who score a 21 on the ACT qualify as "college ready."
BSHS students did better in math (69.2 percent) and English (82.7 percent), and worse in reading (58.8) and science (60.6).
Only 45.1 percent of BSHS students were college ready in all four subjects, ISBE said.
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