Illinois Valley Times

Of the 685 students attending Coal City High School in 2019, 39.5 percent scored proficient in English Language Arts and 37.6 percent were proficient in math, according to a report recently released by the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE).

The report is based on results from the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) exam; a state-mandated exam used to assess the school and student performance in several states nationwide.

In the Coal City Community Unit School District 1, 39.5 percent of students scored proficient on the ELA portion of the PARCC exam in 2019, and 37.6 percent were proficient in math.

In Illinois, overall, 36.7 percent of students passed the PARCC ELA exam in 2019, and 34.8 percent were proficient in math.

School	ELA School Proficiency	Math School Proficiency
Gardner-South Wilmington High School	38.9	27.5
Streator Twp High School	23.6	19.2
Seneca High School	35.4	33.3
Serena High School	33.3	12.5
Earlville Junior/Senior High School	40.7	33.3
Bureau Valley High School	35.5	26.6
DePue High School	8.4	4.2
Leland High School	28	16
La Moille High School	11.1	22.2
La Salle-Peru Twp High School	36.6	26
Morris Community High School	34.3	39.7
Minooka Community High School	41.6	34.6
Mendota Twp High School	31.2	33.6
Ottawa Township High School	33.2	25.5
Coal City High School	39.5	37.6
Hall High School	31	28.2
Putnam County High School	33.9	27.1
Princeton High School	35.2	25