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Analysis: 58 percent of Calhoun Elementary/Jr students fail annual tests

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Academic results data released recently reveals 42 percent of Calhoun Elementary/Jr High School students are considered on track for the next grade level, according to a West Central Reporter 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 Calhoun Elementary/Jr High School show about 38 percent met expectations and 4 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 34 percent approached expectations, 14 percent partially met expectations and 10 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 Calhoun Elementary/Jr High School, which enrolled 319 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.

Calhoun Elementary/Jr High School's scores over 3 years

Year
Passed
Failed
2017
41.7%
58.3%
2016
34.6%
65.4%
2015
40.4%
59.6%

How Adams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Christian, Clinton, Fayette, Fulton, Greene, Henderson, Knox, Log County schools' scores compare

School
City
County
Passed
Failed
Carthage Middle School
Carthage
Hancock
44.7%
55.3%
Calhoun Elementary/Jr High School
Hardin
Calhoun
41.7%
58.3%
Greenfield Elementary School
Greenfield
Greene
33.3%
66.7%
Dallas City Elementary School
Dallas City
Hancock
31.2%
68.8%
Winchester Elementary School
Winchester
Scott
29.2%
70.8%
Carrollton Grade School
Carrollton
Greene
28.8%
71.2%
Schuyler Industry Middle School
Rushville
Schuyler
26.3%
73.7%
West Prairie Middle School
Colchester
McDonough
25.3%
74.7%
Brown County Middle School
Mt Sterling
Brown
19.6%
80.4%
Nauvoo Elementary School
Nauvoo
Hancock
16.1%
83.9%
A-C Central Middle School
Ashland
Cass
15.6%
84.4%
Griggsville-Perry Middle School
Perry
Pike
15.6%
84.4%
Pleasant Hill Elementary School
Pleasant Hill
Pike
10.2%
89.8%

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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