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Monday, December 23, 2024

Analysis: Beardstown HS tops rankings with highest rate of students who fail annual tests, still graduate

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Despite dismal student performance on annual exams covering math and reading, high school graduation rates remain high across the region, according to a West Central Reporter analysis of 2016 data from the Illinois State Board of Education.

Of the 31 schools analyzed in Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Greene, Hancock, McDonough, Morgan, Pike, Schuyler and Scott counties, Beardstown Jr./Sr. High School showed the greatest disparity. In a year when 87 percent of seniors graduated on time, just 7 percent of students actually passed annual tests that the state uses to determine who is "ready for the next level."

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 based on Common Core standards. High schoolers also took the tests through 2016. 

A composite score combines the results of the subject tests. Students whose scores either meet or exceed expectations are considered "ready for the next level."

Schools' graduation fraud index shows the difference between the composite passing rate and the graduation rate.

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Graduation fraud index

West Central Illinois high schoolSchool districtCityAnnual exam pass rate (%)Graduation rate (%)Graduation fraud index
Beardstown Jr/Sr High SchoolBeardstown Cusd 15Beardstown6.587.2-80.7
Brown County High SchoolBrown County Cusd 1Mount Sterling13.993.6-79.7
A-C Central High SchoolA-C Central Cusd 262Ashland15.794.1-78.4
Calhoun High SchoolCalhoun Cusd 40Hardin2092.9-72.9
West Prairie High SchoolWest Prairie Cusd 103Sciota23.195.7-72.6
Triopia Jr-Sr High SchoolTriopia Cusd 27Concord24.696.6-72
Franklin Jr/Sr High SchoolFranklin Cusd 1Franklin17.487.5-70.1
Macomb Senior High SchoolMacomb Cusd 185Macomb22.892.3-69.5
Virginia Jr/ Sr High SchoolVirginia Cusd 64Virginia24.794.1-69.4
Greenfield High SchoolGreenfield Cusd 10Greenfield2088.2-68.2
North Greene Jr High SchoolNorth Greene Cusd 3White Hall1886.1-68.1
Waverly Jr/Sr High SchoolWaverly Cusd 6Waverly32.1100-67.9
Winchester High SchoolWinchester Cusd 1Winchester26.292.6-66.4
Brussels Community Unit School District 42Brussels Cusd 42Brussels34.3100-65.7
Bushnell-Prairie City High SchoolBushnell Prairie City Cusd 170Bushnell1781.4-64.4
Pleasant Hill High SchoolPleasant Hill Cusd 3Pleasant Hill10.875-64.2
Pittsfield High SchoolPikeland Cusd 10Pittsfield24.888.2-63.4
Rushville-Industry High SchoolSchuyler-Industry Cusd 5Rushville19.382.4-63.1
Southeastern Jr/Sr High SchoolSoutheastern Cusd 337Augusta25.887.5-61.7
Bluffs High SchoolScott-Morgan Cusd 2Bluffs34.894.4-59.6
Western High SchoolWestern Cusd 12Barry25.484.4-59
Jacksonville High SchoolJacksonville Sd 117Jacksonville21.578.1-56.6
Hamilton CCSD 328Hamilton Ccsd 328Hamilton35.688.2-52.6
Illini West High SchoolIllini West H S Dist 307Carthage36.888.3-51.5
Meredosia-Chambersburg High SchoolMeredosia-Chambersburg Cusd 11Meredosia2469.2-45.2
Griggsville-Perry High SchoolGriggsville-Perry Cusd 4Griggsville4078.9-38.9
Carrollton High SchoolCarrollton Cusd 1Carrollton56.692.2-35.6
Warsaw Senior High SchoolWarsaw Cusd 316Warsaw25.513.312.2
Source: Illinois State Board of Education

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