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Wednesday, November 27, 2024

Analysis: 60 percent of Pocahontas Center students fail annual tests

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Academic results data released recently reveals 40 percent of Pocahontas Center students are considered on track for the next grade level, according to a South 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 Pocahontas Center show about 35 percent met expectations and 5 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 28 percent approached expectations, 21 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 Pocahontas Center, which enrolled 226 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.

Pocahontas Center's scores over 3 years

Year
Passed
Failed
2017
40.3%
59.7%
2016
45.6%
54.4%
2015
34.9%
65.1%

How County schools' scores compare

School
City
County
Passed
Failed
Bartelso Elementary School
Bartelso
Clinton
78%
22.0%
Germantown Elementary School
Germantown
Clinton
70.9%
29.1%
Aviston Elementary School
Aviston
Clinton
69.9%
30.1%
Damiansville Elementary School
Damiansville
Clinton
67.3%
32.7%
St. Rose Elementary School
Breese
Clinton
64%
36.0%
Albers Elementary School
Albers
Clinton
61.1%
38.9%
Breese Elementary School
Breese
Clinton
51.4%
48.6%
Iuka Community Consolidated School
Iuka
Marion
50.8%
49.2%
Sorento Elementary School
Sorento
Bond
48%
52.0%
Franklin Park Middle School
Salem
Marion
43.6%
56.4%
Pocahontas Center
Pocahontas
Bond
40.3%
59.7%
Oakdale Grade School
Oakdale
Washington
38.6%
61.4%
Willow Grove Elementary School
Centralia
Clinton
36%
64.0%
Wolf Ridge Education Center
Bunker Hill
Macoupin
31.2%
68.8%
Wesclin Middle School
Trenton
Clinton
30.9%
69.1%
Nashville Grade School
Nashville
Washington
30.2%
69.8%
Taylorville Junior High School
Taylorville
Christian
29.9%
70.1%
Carlyle Junior High School
Carlyle
Clinton
29.1%
70.9%
Raccoon Consolidated Elementary School
Centralia
Marion
29%
71.0%
Vandalia Junior High School
Vandalia
Fayette
25.7%
74.3%
Irvington Elementary School
Irvington
Washington
21.9%
78.1%
Selmaville Elementary School
Salem
Marion
21.8%
78.2%
Ashley Com Consolidated School
Ashley
Washington
20.3%
79.7%
Central City Elementary School
Centralia
Marion
18.7%
81.3%
Centralia Junior High School
Centralia
Marion
15.3%
84.7%
North Wamac Grade School
Centralia
Clinton
14.8%
85.2%
Kell Grade School
Kell
Marion
11.9%
88.1%
Odin Attendance Center K-8
Odin
Marion
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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