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Wednesday, December 4, 2024

Statewide test results: 89 percent of Michael E. Baum failed English language arts

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About 11 percent of Michael E. Baum Elementary School students passed annual English language arts assessments in 2018 and 89 percent 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 Michael E. Baum Elementary School English language scores, about 11 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 29 percent approached expectations, while 26 percent partially met expectations and 35 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 Michael E. Baum Elementary School, which enrolled 320 students in 2018, fell below state averages.

Statewide, 37 percent of students passed the test and 63 percent failed.

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

Michael E. Baum Elementary School's English language arts scores over 4 years

Year
Passed
Failed
2018
10.6%
89.4%
2017
18.7%
81.3%
2016
13.3%
86.7%
2015
21%
79.0%

How Macon, DeWitt, Moultrie and De Witt County schools' English language arts scores compare

School
City
County
Passed
Failed
Washington School
Monticello
Piatt
59.2%
40.8%
Maroa-Forsyth Grade School
Maroa
Macon
57.2%
42.8%
Warrensburg-Latham Elementary School
Warrensburg
Macon
53.9%
46.1%
Mt Zion Elementary School
Mount Zion
Macon
48.1%
51.9%
Mt Zion Intermediate School
Mount Zion
Macon
47.3%
52.7%
Clinton Elementary School
Clinton
DeWitt
47.2%
52.8%
Sangamon Valley Primary School
Harristown
Macon
45.4%
54.6%
Meridian Elementary School
Blue Mound
Macon
43.2%
56.8%
Sullivan Elementary School
Sullivan
Moultrie
41.3%
58.7%
Argenta-Oreana Elementary School
Oreana
Macon
30.6%
69.4%
Okaw Valley Elementary School
Bethany
Moultrie
27.6%
72.4%
Ruth M. Schneider Elementary School
Farmer City
DeWitt
25%
75.0%
Parsons Accelerated School
Decatur
Macon
16.3%
83.7%
Michael E. Baum Elementary School
Decatur
Macon
10.6%
89.4%
Stevenson Accelerated School
Decatur
Macon
10.5%
89.5%
Oak Grove Accelerated School
Decatur
Macon
9.1%
90.9%
South Shores Elementary School
Decatur
Macon
8.9%
91.1%
Muffley Elementary School
Decatur
Macon
7.3%
92.7%
Benjamin Franklin Elementary School
Decatur
Macon
7.2%
92.8%
Enterprise Elementary School
Decatur
Macon
4.6%
95.4%
Durfee Magnet Elementary
Decatur
Macon
4.1%
95.9%
Mary W. French Academy
Decatur
Macon
3.3%
96.7%
William Harris Elementary School
Decatur
Macon
3%
97.0%

Top 20 Illinois schools' English language arts scores

School
City
County
Passed
Failed
Prairieview-Ogden North Elementary
Royal
Champaign
91.3%
8.7%
Decatur Classical Elementary School
Chicago
Cook
90.8%
9.2%
Walden Elementary School
Deerfield
Lake
87.6%
12.4%
Thomas Dooley Elementary School
Schaumburg
Cook
87%
13.0%
Meadow Glens Elementary School
Naperville
Dupage
85.6%
14.4%
Elm Elementary School
Burr Ridge
Dupage
84.9%
15.1%
Madison Elementary School
Hinsdale
Dupage
84.8%
15.2%
Thurgood Marshall Elementary
Rockford
Winnebago
84.4%
15.6%
Forest Hills Elementary School
Western Springs
Cook
84.2%
15.8%
McDade Elementary Classical School
Chicago
Cook
84.1%
15.9%
Ravinia Elementary School
Highland Park
Lake
83.9%
16.1%
Shabonee School
Northbrook
Cook
83.4%
16.6%
Eisenhower Academy
Joliet
Will
82.8%
17.2%
South Park Elementary School
Deerfield
Lake
82.4%
17.6%
Willard Elementary School
River Forest
Cook
81.7%
18.3%
Longfellow Elementary School
Wheaton
Dupage
81.2%
18.8%
Brook Forest Elementary School
Oak Brook
Dupage
80.9%
19.1%
Grove Avenue Elementary School
Barrington
Lake
80.8%
19.2%
The Lane Elementary School
Hinsdale
Dupage
80.7%
19.3%
Ellsworth Elementary School
Naperville
Dupage
80.7%
19.3%

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