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Thursday, March 28, 2024

Statewide test results: 86 percent of Michael E. Baum students failed math

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About 14 percent of Michael E. Baum Elementary School students passed annual math assessments in 2018 and 86 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 math scores, about 14 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 25 percent approached expectations, while 30 percent partially met expectations and 31 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, 31 percent of students passed the test and 69 percent failed.

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

Michael E. Baum Elementary School's math scores over 4 years

Year
Passed
Failed
2018
14.3%
85.7%
2017
12.9%
87.1%
2016
7.1%
92.9%
2015
11.9%
88.1%

How Macon, DeWitt, Moultrie and De Witt County schools' math scores compare

School
City
County
Passed
Failed
Washington School
Monticello
Piatt
50.7%
49.3%
Mt Zion Elementary School
Mount Zion
Macon
49.2%
50.8%
Mt Zion Intermediate School
Mount Zion
Macon
48.6%
51.4%
Maroa-Forsyth Grade School
Maroa
Macon
43.7%
56.3%
Warrensburg-Latham Elementary School
Warrensburg
Macon
41.7%
58.3%
Sullivan Elementary School
Sullivan
Moultrie
38.6%
61.4%
Meridian Elementary School
Blue Mound
Macon
37.5%
62.5%
Ruth M. Schneider Elementary School
Farmer City
DeWitt
34.1%
65.9%
Clinton Elementary School
Clinton
DeWitt
33.2%
66.8%
Argenta-Oreana Elementary School
Oreana
Macon
32.9%
67.1%
Okaw Valley Elementary School
Bethany
Moultrie
22.4%
77.6%
Sangamon Valley Primary School
Harristown
Macon
18.8%
81.2%
Michael E. Baum Elementary School
Decatur
Macon
14.3%
85.7%
Stevenson Accelerated School
Decatur
Macon
8.4%
91.6%
Oak Grove Accelerated School
Decatur
Macon
6.1%
93.9%
South Shores Elementary School
Decatur
Macon
6%
94.0%
Parsons Accelerated School
Decatur
Macon
5.4%
94.6%
Muffley Elementary School
Decatur
Macon
3.7%
96.3%
Benjamin Franklin Elementary School
Decatur
Macon
3.1%
96.9%
Enterprise Elementary School
Decatur
Macon
2.8%
97.2%
Mary W. French Academy
Decatur
Macon
2.5%
97.5%
Durfee Magnet Elementary
Decatur
Macon
1.5%
98.5%
William Harris Elementary School
Decatur
Macon
0%
100%

Top 20 Illinois schools' math scores

School
City
County
Passed
Failed
Thurgood Marshall Elementary
Rockford
Winnebago
91.7%
8.3%
Decatur Classical Elementary School
Chicago
Cook
89.1%
10.9%
Alhambra Primary School
Alhambra
Madison
87.6%
12.4%
Walden Elementary School
Deerfield
Lake
86.3%
13.7%
Meadow Glens Elementary School
Naperville
Dupage
85.9%
14.1%
Walker School
Clarendon Hills
Dupage
85.7%
14.3%
Milledgeville Elementary School
Milledgeville
Carroll
85.2%
14.8%
Eisenhower Academy
Joliet
Will
84.3%
15.7%
South Park Elementary School
Deerfield
Lake
84.3%
15.7%
Middlefork Primary School
Northfield
Cook
82.7%
17.3%
McDade Elementary Classical School
Chicago
Cook
81.1%
18.9%
Everett Elementary School
Lake Forest
Lake
80.5%
19.5%
Fry Elementary School
Naperville
Dupage
80.3%
19.7%
Central Elementary School
Wilmette
Cook
80%
20.0%
Prairie Elementary School
Buffalo Grove
Lake
79.9%
20.1%
Naper Elementary School
Naperville
Dupage
79.8%
20.2%
Greeley Elementary School
Winnetka
Cook
79.8%
20.2%
Beecher City Grade School
Beecher City
Effingham
79.7%
20.3%
Shabonee School
Northbrook
Cook
78.5%
21.5%
Wescott Elementary School
Northbrook
Cook
78.5%
21.5%

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