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Monday, November 25, 2024

Analysis: 72 percent of Argenta-Oreana students fail annual tests

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Academic results data released recently reveals 28 percent of Argenta-Oreana Elementary School students are considered on track for the next grade level, according to a Macon 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 Argenta-Oreana Elementary School show about 26 percent met expectations and 1 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 35 percent approached expectations, 23 percent partially met expectations and 15 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 Argenta-Oreana Elementary School, which enrolled 492 students in 2017, fell below state averages.

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

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

Argenta-Oreana Elementary School's scores over 3 years

Year
Passed
Failed
2017
27.5%
72.5%
2016
35.7%
64.3%
2015
23.1%
76.9%

How Macon County schools' scores compare

School
City
County
Passed
Failed
Maroa-Forsyth Grade School
Maroa
Macon
54.1%
45.9%
Ruth M. Schneider Elementary School
Farmer City
DeWitt
52.6%
47.4%
Mt Zion Elementary School
Mount Zion
Macon
50.4%
49.6%
Washington School
Monticello
Piatt
46.8%
53.2%
Mt Zion Intermediate School
Mount Zion
Macon
44.3%
55.7%
Sullivan Elementary School
Sullivan
Moultrie
41.2%
58.8%
Warrensburg-Latham Elementary School
Warrensburg
Macon
41.1%
58.9%
Sangamon Valley East Elementary School
Harristown
Macon
34.3%
65.7%
Okaw Valley Elementary School
Bethany
Moultrie
28.9%
71.1%
Meridian Elementary School
Blue Mound
Macon
27.8%
72.2%
Argenta-Oreana Elementary School
Oreana
Macon
27.5%
72.5%
Clinton Elementary School
Clinton
DeWitt
24.7%
75.3%
Michael E. Baum Elementary School
Decatur
Macon
15.8%
84.2%
Parsons Accelerated School
Decatur
Macon
15.5%
84.5%
Muffley Elementary School
Decatur
Macon
11.7%
88.3%
South Shores Elementary School
Decatur
Macon
9.1%
90.9%
Stevenson Accelerated School
Decatur
Macon
8.2%
91.8%
Benjamin Franklin Elementary School
Decatur
Macon
7.7%
92.3%
Oak Grove Accelerated School
Decatur
Macon
7%
93.0%
Mary W. French Academy
Decatur
Macon
6.1%
93.9%
Durfee Magnet Elementary
Decatur
Macon
4.3%
95.7%
William Harris Elementary School
Decatur
Macon
4.3%
95.7%
Enterprise Elementary School
Decatur
Macon
3.2%
96.8%

Top 20 Illinois schools' scores

School
City
County
Passed
Failed
Decatur Classical Elementary School
Chicago
Cook
97%
3.0%
Thurgood Marshall Elementary
Rockford
Winnebago
90%
10.0%
McDade Elementary Classical School
Chicago
Cook
87.9%
12.1%
Meadow Glens Elementary School
Naperville
Dupage
86.1%
13.9%
Forest Hills Elementary School
Western Springs
Cook
84.4%
15.6%
Walden Elementary School
Deerfield
Lake
83.9%
16.1%
Poe Elementary Classical School
Chicago
Cook
83.6%
16.4%
Shabonee School
Northbrook
Cook
82.9%
17.1%
Centennial School
Orland Park
Cook
82.6%
17.4%
Grafton Elementary School
Grafton
Jersey
82.1%
17.9%
Willowbrook Elementary School
Glenview
Cook
81.8%
18.2%
The Lane Elementary School
Hinsdale
Dupage
81.6%
18.4%
Greeley Elementary School
Winnetka
Cook
81%
19.0%
Wilmot Elementary School
Deerfield
Lake
80.7%
19.3%
South Park Elementary School
Deerfield
Lake
80.3%
19.7%
Eisenhower Academy
Joliet
Will
79.9%
20.1%
Lincoln Elementary School
River Forest
Cook
79.5%
20.5%
Half Day School
Lincolnshire
Lake
79.1%
20.9%
Oak Elementary School
Hinsdale
Dupage
78.9%
21.1%
Romona Elementary School
Wilmette
Cook
78.8%
21.2%

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