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Analysis: 66 percent of West Lincoln-Broadwell students fail annual tests

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Academic results data released recently reveals 34 percent of West Lincoln-Broadwell Elementary School students are considered on track for the next grade level, according to a Sangamon Sun 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 West Lincoln-Broadwell Elementary School show about 31 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 40 percent approached expectations, 19 percent partially met expectations and 8 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 West Lincoln-Broadwell Elementary School, which enrolled 206 students in 2017, fell below state averages.

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

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

West Lincoln-Broadwell Elementary School's scores over 3 years

Year
Passed
Failed
2017
33.5%
66.5%
2016
31.7%
68.3%
2015
29.6%
70.4%

How Sangamon County schools' scores compare

School
City
County
Passed
Failed
Iles Elementary School
Springfield
Sangamon
93.2%
6.8%
Pleasant Plains Middle School
Pleasant Plains
Sangamon
36.4%
63.6%
West Lincoln-Broadwell Elementary School
Lincoln
Logan
33.5%
66.5%
Chester-East Lincoln Elementary School
Lincoln
Logan
33.5%
66.5%
Springfield Ball Charter School
Springfield
Sangamon
32.3%
67.7%
Mount Pulaski Elementary School
Mount Pulaski
Logan
29%
71.0%
Riverton Middle School
Riverton
Sangamon
19.3%
80.7%
New Holland-Middletown Elementary School
Middletown
Logan
18.8%
81.2%

Top 20 Illinois schools' scores

School
City
County
Passed
Failed
Skinner North Elementary School
Chicago
Cook
94.7%
5.3%
Keller Elementary Gifted Magnet School
Chicago
Cook
94.1%
5.9%
Thurgood Marshall School
Rockford
Winnebago
93.9%
6.1%
Edison Elementary Regional Gifted Center
Chicago
Cook
93.7%
6.3%
Iles Elementary School
Springfield
Sangamon
93.2%
6.8%
Lincoln Elementary School
Chicago
Cook
83.4%
16.6%
Hawthorne Elementary Scholastic Academy
Chicago
Cook
79.8%
20.2%
Lisbon Grade School
Newark
Kendall
79.2%
20.8%
Lenart Elementary Regional Gifted Center
Chicago
Cook
79.1%
20.9%
Bartelso Elementary School
Bartelso
Clinton
78%
22.0%
Washington Gifted School
Peoria
Peoria
77.7%
22.3%
The Joseph Sears School
Kenilworth
Cook
75.1%
24.9%
Skinner Elementary School
Chicago
Cook
73.9%
26.1%
Sunset Ridge Elementary School
Northfield
Cook
72.9%
27.1%
Oak Grove Elementary School
Libertyville
Lake
72.7%
27.3%
Bannockburn School
Bannockburn
Lake
71.4%
28.6%
Highlands Middle School
La Grange Highlands
Cook
70.9%
29.1%
Germantown Elementary School
Germantown
Clinton
70.9%
29.1%
STEM Magnet Academy Elementary
Chicago
Cook
70.1%
29.9%
Aviston Elementary School
Aviston
Clinton
69.9%
30.1%

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