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Tuesday, November 5, 2024

Statewide test results: 97 percent of William Harris students failed math

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About 3 percent of William Harris Elementary School students passed annual math assessments in 2017 and nearly all of students failed, according to a Macon Reporter analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers, or PARCC, is administered to third- through eighth-graders in Illinois, testing them in reading and math based on Common Core standards.

According to William Harris Elementary School math scores, about 3 percent met expectations and none exceeded them. Students whose results are in either category are considered to be most ready to move on to the next level and are most prepared for college or work.

Another 6 percent approached expectations, while 40 percent partially met expectations and 51 percent did not meet them. Students who scored in these categories are not ready for the next level of schooling, according to the test.

Test results at William Harris Elementary School, which enrolled 303 students in 2017, fell below state averages.

Statewide, 31 percent of students passed the test and 69 percent failed.

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

William Harris Elementary School's math scores over 3 years

Year
Passed
Failed
2017
2.6%
97.4%
2016
2.2%
97.8%
2015
4.6%
95.4%

How Macon County schools' math scores compare

School
City
County
Passed
Failed
Mt Zion Elementary School
Mount Zion
Macon
54.2%
45.8%
Ruth M. Schneider Elementary School
Farmer City
DeWitt
51.7%
48.3%
Maroa-Forsyth Grade School
Maroa
Macon
49.6%
50.4%
Mt Zion Intermediate School
Mount Zion
Macon
47.1%
52.9%
Washington School
Monticello
Piatt
40.2%
59.8%
Sullivan Elementary School
Sullivan
Moultrie
36.1%
63.9%
Warrensburg-Latham Elementary School
Warrensburg
Macon
36%
64.0%
Argenta-Oreana Elementary School
Oreana
Macon
33.8%
66.2%
Meridian Elementary School
Blue Mound
Macon
28.4%
71.6%
Sangamon Valley East Elementary School
Harristown
Macon
26%
74.0%
Okaw Valley Elementary School
Bethany
Moultrie
23.9%
76.1%
Clinton Elementary School
Clinton
DeWitt
18.8%
81.2%
Michael E. Baum Elementary School
Decatur
Macon
12.9%
87.1%
Parsons Accelerated School
Decatur
Macon
8.3%
91.7%
Stevenson Accelerated School
Decatur
Macon
6.4%
93.6%
Muffley Elementary School
Decatur
Macon
5.4%
94.6%
Mary W. French Academy
Decatur
Macon
4.1%
95.9%
South Shores Elementary School
Decatur
Macon
3.5%
96.5%
Durfee Magnet Elementary
Decatur
Macon
3%
97.0%
William Harris Elementary School
Decatur
Macon
2.6%
97.4%
Oak Grove Accelerated School
Decatur
Macon
2.3%
97.7%
Enterprise Elementary School
Decatur
Macon
1.9%
98.1%
Benjamin Franklin Elementary School
Decatur
Macon
1.8%
98.2%

Top 20 Illinois schools' math scores

School
City
County
Passed
Failed
Decatur Classical Elementary School
Chicago
Cook
95.9%
4.1%
Milledgeville Elementary School
Milledgeville
Carroll
90.9%
9.1%
Thurgood Marshall Elementary
Rockford
Winnebago
90.2%
9.8%
Greeley Elementary School
Winnetka
Cook
86.6%
13.4%
Forest Hills Elementary School
Western Springs
Cook
84.8%
15.2%
Centennial School
Orland Park
Cook
84.8%
15.2%
McDade Elementary Classical School
Chicago
Cook
84.1%
15.9%
Meadow Glens Elementary School
Naperville
Dupage
84.1%
15.9%
Wilmot Elementary School
Deerfield
Lake
83.7%
16.3%
Middlefork Primary School
Northfield
Cook
83.4%
16.6%
Walden Elementary School
Deerfield
Lake
82.2%
17.8%
Poe Elementary Classical School
Chicago
Cook
81.6%
18.4%
Naper Elementary School
Naperville
Dupage
81.5%
18.5%
South Park Elementary School
Deerfield
Lake
81.4%
18.6%
The Lane Elementary School
Hinsdale
Dupage
81.1%
18.9%
Shabonee School
Northbrook
Cook
80.7%
19.3%
Prospect Elementary School
Clarendon Hills
Dupage
80.5%
19.5%
Fry Elementary School
Naperville
Dupage
80.1%
19.9%
Half Day School
Lincolnshire
Lake
79.4%
20.6%
Willowbrook Elementary School
Glenview
Cook
79.3%
20.7%

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