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Analysis: 64 percent of Putnam students fail annual tests

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Academic results data released recently reveals 36 percent of Putnam County Elementary School students are considered on track for the next grade level, according to a Illinois Valley Times 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 Putnam County Elementary School show about 33 percent met expectations and 2 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 33 percent approached expectations, 22 percent partially met expectations and 9 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 Putnam County Elementary School, which enrolled 182 students in 2017, surpassed state averages.

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

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

Putnam County Elementary School's scores over 3 years

Year
Passed
Failed
2017
35.6%
64.4%
2016
40.3%
59.7%
2015
32.4%
67.6%

How Bureau, La Salle and Putnam County schools' scores compare

School
City
County
Passed
Failed
Coal City Intermediate School
Coal City
Grundy
46.1%
53.9%
Seneca Grade School North Campus
Seneca
Lasalle
43.6%
56.4%
Minooka Intermediate School
Minooka
Grundy
40.5%
59.5%
McKinley Elementary School
Ottawa
Lasalle
40.1%
59.9%
Coal City Elementary School
Coal City
Grundy
38.9%
61.1%
Lincoln Elementary School
Princeton
Bureau
37.8%
62.2%
Putnam County Elementary School
Hennepin
Putnam
35.6%
64.4%
Kimes Elementary School
Streator
Lasalle
34.7%
65.3%
Mazon-verona-Kinsman Elementary School
Mazon
Grundy
34.3%
65.7%
White Oak Elementary
Morris
Grundy
33.2%
66.8%
Centennial Elementary School
Streator
Lasalle
33.1%
66.9%
Northview Elementary School
Peru
Lasalle
32.8%
67.2%
Minooka Elementary School
Minooka
Grundy
32.3%
67.7%
Lincoln Elementary School
Ottawa
Lasalle
31.6%
68.4%
Bureau Valley South
Buda
Bureau
31.4%
68.6%
Aux Sable
Minooka
Grundy
28.9%
71.1%
Harding Grade School
Earlville
Lasalle
28.8%
71.2%
Jefferson Elementary School
Ottawa
Lasalle
28.7%
71.3%
Lincoln Elementary School
Oglesby
Lasalle
27.1%
72.9%
Central Intermediate School
Ottawa
Lasalle
25.8%
74.2%
Van Orin Elementary School
Van Orin
Bureau
25%
75.0%
Sherman Elementary School
Streator
Lasalle
22.9%
77.1%
Lincoln Elementary School
Mendota
Lasalle
21.5%
78.5%
Sheridan Elementary School
Sheridan
Lasalle
13.8%
86.2%
Northwest Elementary School
La Salle
Lasalle
7%
93.0%

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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