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Statewide test results: white students score 32.7 points higher at Lindsay School

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At Lindsay School, a 32.7-point achievement gap persisted between white and black students in 2018, according to end-of-year assessments reported in the latest Illinois schools report card.

The achievement gap shows an 6.0-point improvement in scores between white and black students. Of the 412 students enrolled in 2018, 46.1 percent were white – or 189 students.

The achievement gap measures how one group of students academically outperforms another. The Illinois State Board of Education collects data on the persistent gap between groups by race and ethnicity, income level and gender.

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. A composite score combines the results of the subject tests.

According to Lindsay School composite scores for 2018, 50 percent of white students passed the tests. Meanwhile, 17.2 percent of black students passed.

Students who passed either met or exceeded expectations are considered prepared for the next grade level, college or work. Students who failed either partially met, approached or did not meet expectations.

The achievement gap is smaller for English language arts scores and larger for math scores.

There is a 31.9-point gap between white and black students' English language arts scores in 2018 – a 12.7 point improvement since 2017. In 2018, 52.1 percent of white students passed the reading subject test. Meanwhile, 20.2 percent of black students passed.

There was a 33.5-point gap between white and black students' math scores in 2018: 47.8 percent of white students passed while 14.3 percent of black students passed.

Lindsay School's white vs. black achievement gap over 4 years

Year
Composite
English language arts
Math
2015
29.6%
30.0%
29.2%
2016
35.0%
37.1%
32.8%
2017
26.8%
19.2%
34.3%
2018
32.7%
31.9%
33.5%

The achievement gap at Metro Springfield schools

School
School District
City
County
Composite
English language arts
Math
Jane Addams Elementary School
Moline-Coal Valley CUSD 40
Moline
Rock Island
0.7%
7.7%
6.4%
Lincoln Junior High School
La Salle Esd 122
La Salle
La Salle
0.8%
2.3%
3.8%
Glenwood Elementary School
Waukegan CUSD 60
Waukegan
Lake
2.4%
7.6%
2.8%
Hazel Dell Elementary School
Springfield SD 186
Springfield
Sangamon
3.1%
6.8%
0.5%
Northwest Elementary School
La Salle Esd 122
La Salle
La Salle
5.2%
4.0%
6.3%
Southern View Elementary School
Springfield SD 186
Springfield
Sangamon
5.2%
3.6%
6.9%
Riverton Elementary School
Riverton CUSD 14
Riverton
Sangamon
5.8%
3.4%
8.1%
Edwin A. Lee Elementary School
Springfield SD 186
Springfield
Sangamon
6.3%
11.3%
1.3%
Washington Middle School
Springfield SD 186
Springfield
Sangamon
8.0%
4.2%
11.8%
Jefferson Middle School
Springfield SD 186
Springfield
Sangamon
8.3%
6.9%
9.7%
Pleasant Hill Elementary School
Pleasant Hill SD 69
Peoria
Peoria
8.6%
11.2%
5.9%
Riverton Middle School
Riverton CUSD 14
Riverton
Sangamon
9.0%
13.3%
4.7%
Feitshans Elementary School
Springfield SD 186
Springfield
Sangamon
10.4%
5.1%
15.8%
Chatham Elementary School
Ball Chatham CUSD 5
Chatham
Sangamon
10.8%
11.1%
10.5%
Elizabeth Graham Elementary School
Springfield SD 186
Springfield
Sangamon
11.2%
14.7%
7.7%
Iles Elementary School
Springfield SD 186
Springfield
Sangamon
11.3%
4.1%
18.6%
U. S. Grant Middle School
Springfield SD 186
Springfield
Sangamon
11.5%
11.5%
11.5%
Harvard Park Elementary School
Springfield SD 186
Springfield
Sangamon
11.5%
9.8%
13.2%
Glenwood Intermediate School
Ball Chatham CUSD 5
Chatham
Sangamon
11.6%
6.1%
17.1%
McClernand Elementary School
Springfield SD 186
Springfield
Sangamon
13.1%
7.8%
18.4%
Springfield Ball Charter School
Springfield SD 186
Springfield
Sangamon
13.6%
10.7%
16.4%
Springfield Elementary School
Midlothian SD 143
Midlothian
Cook
13.8%
18.0%
9.5%
Dubois Elementary School
Springfield SD 186
Springfield
Sangamon
14.3%
15.1%
13.6%
Washington Middle School
Lyons SD 103
Lyons
Cook
14.3%
18.6%
10.0%
Enos Elementary School
Springfield SD 186
Springfield
Sangamon
14.5%
16.0%
13.0%
Jane Addams Elementary School
Springfield SD 186
Springfield
Sangamon
14.8%
16.4%
13.1%
Jefferson Middle School
Aurora West USD 129
Aurora
Kane
14.8%
16.3%
13.2%
Ridgely Elementary School
Springfield SD 186
Springfield
Sangamon
14.8%
10.8%
18.7%
Burbank Elementary School
City Of Chicago SD 299
Chicago
Cook
14.9%
21.1%
8.7%
Fairview Elementary School
Springfield SD 186
Springfield
Sangamon
16.4%
17.5%
15.4%
Cantrall Intermediate School
Athens CUSD 213
Cantrall
Menard
16.7%
7.5%
25.9%
Wilcox Elementary School
Springfield SD 186
Springfield
Sangamon
17.2%
27.0%
7.4%
Jefferson Middle School
SD 45 Dupage County
Villa Park
Dupage
17.4%
19.8%
15.1%
Matheny-Withrow Elementary School
Springfield SD 186
Springfield
Sangamon
18.4%
15.2%
21.5%
Black Hawk Elementary School
Springfield SD 186
Springfield
Sangamon
19.9%
17.1%
22.7%
U. S. Grant Elementary School
Chicago Heights SD 170
South Chicago Heights
Cook
20.9%
9.2%
32.5%
Glenwood Middle School
Ball Chatham CUSD 5
Chatham
Sangamon
21.6%
21.5%
21.8%
Washington Middle School
Aurora West USD 129
Aurora
Kane
24.6%
24.3%
25.0%
Glenwood Elementary School
Ball Chatham CUSD 5
Chatham
Sangamon
24.8%
28.3%
21.2%
Sandburg Elementary School
Springfield SD 186
Springfield
Sangamon
24.9%
20.4%
29.5%
Jefferson Middle School
Champaign CUSD 4
Champaign
Champaign
28.3%
27.7%
28.9%
Black Hawk Elementary School
Marquardt SD 15
Glendale Heights
Dupage
29.4%
28.2%
30.6%
Butler Elementary School
Springfield SD 186
Springfield
Sangamon
29.4%
22.2%
36.7%
Fairview Elementary School
McLean County Usd5
Normal
McLean
32.4%
27.6%
37.2%
Lindsay School
Springfield SD 186
Springfield
Sangamon
32.7%
31.9%
33.5%
Lincoln Magnet School
Springfield SD 186
Springfield
Sangamon
32.9%
27.4%
38.4%
Laketown Elementary School
Springfield SD 186
Springfield
Sangamon
37.8%
32.6%
43.0%
Benjamin Franklin Middle School
Springfield SD 186
Springfield
Sangamon
41.0%
48.4%
33.6%
Ball Elementary School
Ball Chatham CUSD 5
Chatham
Sangamon
45.4%
38.9%
51.9%
Owen Marsh Elementary School
Springfield SD 186
Springfield
Sangamon
50.8%
51.3%
50.2%

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