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Analysis: Putnam County HS tops rankings with highest rate of students who fail annual tests, still graduate

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Despite dismal student performance on annual exams covering math and reading, high school graduation rates remain high across the region, according to a Illinois Valley Times analysis of 2016 data from the Illinois State Board of Education.

Of the 18 schools analyzed in Bureau, LaSalle, Putnam and Grundy counties, Putnam County High School showed the greatest disparity. In a year when 83 percent of seniors graduated on time, just 2 percent of students actually passed annual tests that the state uses to determine who is "ready for the next level."

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 based on Common Core standards. High schoolers also took the tests through 2016. 

A composite score combines the results of the subject tests. Students whose scores either meet or exceed expectations are considered "ready for the next level."

Schools' graduation fraud index shows the difference between the composite passing rate and the graduation rate.

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Illinois Valley schools graduation fraud index

Illinois Valley high schoolSchool districtCityAnnual exam pass rate (%)Graduation rate (%)Graduation fraud index
Putnam County High SchoolPutnam County Cusd 535Granville2.283.1-80.9
Serena High SchoolSerena Cusd 2Serena11.488.7-77.3
La Moille High SchoolLa Moille Cusd 303La Moille22.295.5-73.3
Seneca High SchoolSeneca Twp Hsd 160Seneca21.293.4-72.2
Morris Community High SchoolMorris Chsd 101Morris24.492.2-67.8
Minooka Community High SchoolMinooka Chsd 111Minooka24.691.5-66.9
La Salle-Peru Township High SchoolLa Salle-Peru Twp Hsd 120La Salle1985.3-66.3
DePue High SchoolDepue Usd 103Depue15.177.8-62.7
Bureau Valley High SchoolBureau Valley Cusd 340Manlius30.888.1-57.3
Coal City High SchoolCoal City Cusd 1Coal City3488.7-54.7
Mendota Township High SchoolMendota Twp Hsd 280Mendota32.587.1-54.6
Gardner-South Wilmington Township H SGardner S Wilmington Twp Hsd 73Gardner31.383.3-52
Ottawa Township High SchoolOttawa Twp Hsd 140Ottawa33.783.6-49.9
Hall High SchoolHall Hsd 502Spring Valley27.174.1-47
Princeton High SchoolPrinceton Hsd 500Princeton38.182.4-44.3
Leland High SchoolLeland Cusd 1Leland52.996-43.1
Earlville Jr/Sr High SchoolEarlville Cusd 9Earlville29.772.5-42.8
Streator Township High SchoolStreator Twp Hsd 40Streator34.475.3-40.9
Source: Illinois State Board of Education

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