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Thursday, November 21, 2024

Analysis: 35 percent of Central students fail annual tests

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Academic results data released recently reveals 65 percent of Central School students are considered on track for the next grade level, according to a Lake County Gazette analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The end-of-year tests known as the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers, or PARCC, are administered to third- through eighth-graders in Illinois, testing them in reading and math based on Common Core standards. A composite score combines the results of the subject tests.

Composite scores for Central School show about 53 percent met expectations and 12 percent exceeded them. Students whose results are in either category passed the tests and are considered prepared for the next grade level, college or work.

Another 24 percent approached expectations, 8 percent partially met expectations and 4 percent did not meet expectations. Students who scored in these categories are not ready for the next level of schooling, according to the test.

Test results at Central School, which enrolled 559 students in 2017, surpassed state averages.

Statewide, 34 percent of students passed the test and 66 percent failed.

Of students statewide who passed, only five percent 'exceeded' expectations.

Central School's scores over 3 years

Year
Passed
Failed
2017
64.8%
35.2%
2016
68.3%
31.7%
2015
73.2%
26.8%

How Lake County schools' scores compare

School
City
County
Passed
Failed
Oak Grove Elementary School
Libertyville
Lake
72.7%
27.3%
Bannockburn School
Bannockburn
Lake
71.4%
28.6%
Central School
Glencoe
Cook
64.8%
35.2%
Prairie Crossing Charter School
Grayslake
Lake
60.3%
39.7%
Rondout Elementary School
Lake Forest
Lake
54.9%
45.1%
Park West School
Round Lake
Lake
51.3%
48.7%
Emmons Grade School
Antioch
Lake
42.5%
57.5%
Grass Lake Elementary School
Antioch
Lake
36.6%
63.4%
Big Hollow Middle School
Ingleside
Lake
35.4%
64.6%
Stanton School
Fox Lake
Lake
33.2%
66.8%
Learn Charter School 6 North Chicago Campus
Great Lakes
Lake
32.6%
67.4%
River Trail School
Gurnee
Lake
32.4%
67.6%
North Prairie Junior High
Winthrop Harbor
Lake
28.8%
71.2%
West Oak Middle School
Mundelein
Lake
25.4%
74.6%
Gavin South Middle School
Ingleside
Lake
16.5%
83.5%

Top 20 Illinois schools' scores

School
City
County
Passed
Failed
Skinner North Elementary School
Chicago
Cook
94.7%
5.3%
Keller Elementary Gifted Magnet School
Chicago
Cook
94.1%
5.9%
Thurgood Marshall School
Rockford
Winnebago
93.9%
6.1%
Edison Elementary Regional Gifted Center
Chicago
Cook
93.7%
6.3%
Iles Elementary School
Springfield
Sangamon
93.2%
6.8%
Lincoln Elementary School
Chicago
Cook
83.4%
16.6%
Hawthorne Elementary Scholastic Academy
Chicago
Cook
79.8%
20.2%
Lisbon Grade School
Newark
Kendall
79.2%
20.8%
Lenart Elementary Regional Gifted Center
Chicago
Cook
79.1%
20.9%
Bartelso Elementary School
Bartelso
Clinton
78%
22.0%
Washington Gifted School
Peoria
Peoria
77.7%
22.3%
The Joseph Sears School
Kenilworth
Cook
75.1%
24.9%
Skinner Elementary School
Chicago
Cook
73.9%
26.1%
Sunset Ridge Elementary School
Northfield
Cook
72.9%
27.1%
Oak Grove Elementary School
Libertyville
Lake
72.7%
27.3%
Bannockburn School
Bannockburn
Lake
71.4%
28.6%
Highlands Middle School
La Grange Highlands
Cook
70.9%
29.1%
Germantown Elementary School
Germantown
Clinton
70.9%
29.1%
STEM Magnet Academy Elementary
Chicago
Cook
70.1%
29.9%
Aviston Elementary School
Aviston
Clinton
69.9%
30.1%

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