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Statewide test results: 59 percent of Coal City students failed math

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About 41 percent of Coal City Elementary School students passed annual math assessments in 2018 and 59 percent of students failed, according to a Illinois Valley Times 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 Coal City Elementary School math scores, about 37 percent met expectations and 4 percent 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 32 percent approached expectations, while 15 percent partially met expectations and 12 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 Coal City Elementary School, which enrolled 338 students in 2018, surpassed state averages.

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

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

Coal City Elementary School's math scores over 4 years

Year
Passed
Failed
2018
41.2%
58.8%
2017
32.9%
67.1%
2016
41.6%
58.4%
2015
35.8%
64.2%

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

School
City
County
Passed
Failed
Coal City Intermediate School
Coal City
Grundy
55.3%
44.7%
Mazon-verona-Kinsman Elementary School
Mazon
Grundy
48%
52.0%
Harding Grade School
Earlville
La Salle
45.8%
54.2%
Coal City Elementary School
Coal City
Grundy
41.2%
58.8%
Northview Elementary School
Peru
La Salle
37.3%
62.7%
Lincoln Elementary School
Princeton
Bureau
37%
63.0%
Aux Sable
Minooka
Grundy
36.5%
63.5%
Sheridan Elementary School
Sheridan
La Salle
36.2%
63.8%
Van Orin Elementary School
Van Orin
Bureau
33.3%
66.7%
McKinley Elementary School
Ottawa
La Salle
31.3%
68.7%
Seneca Grade School North Campus
Seneca
La Salle
29.9%
70.1%
White Oak Elementary
Morris
Grundy
28.7%
71.3%
Minooka Elementary School
Minooka
Grundy
27.4%
72.6%
Lincoln Elementary School
Mendota
La Salle
26.9%
73.1%
Central Intermediate School
Ottawa
La Salle
26.3%
73.7%
Minooka Intermediate School
Minooka
Grundy
26.3%
73.7%
Jefferson Elementary School
Ottawa
La Salle
26.2%
73.8%
Bureau Valley South
Buda
Bureau
22.1%
77.9%
Putnam County Elementary School
Hennepin
Putnam
22%
78.0%
Lincoln Elementary School
Ottawa
La Salle
21.4%
78.6%
Centennial Elementary School
Streator
La Salle
21.3%
78.7%
Lincoln Elementary School
Oglesby
La Salle
16.5%
83.5%
Northwest Elementary School
La Salle
La Salle
6.2%
93.8%

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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