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Statewide test results: male students score 10 points lower at Matheny-Withrow Elementary School

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At Matheny-Withrow Elementary School, a 10-point achievement gap persisted between male and female students in 2018, according to end-of-year assessments reported in the latest Illinois schools report card.

The achievement gap shows an 9.1-point decline in scores between male and female 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 Matheny-Withrow Elementary School composite scores for 2018, 13.4 percent of male students passed the tests. Meanwhile, 23.4 percent of female 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 larger for English language arts scores and smaller for math scores.

There is a 12.3-point gap between male and female students' English language arts scores in 2018 – a 0 point improvement since 2017. In 2018, 9.6 percent of male students passed the reading subject test. Meanwhile, 21.9 percent of female students passed.

There was a 7.7-point gap between male and female students' math scores in 2018: 17.3 percent of male students passed while 25 percent of female students passed.

Matheny-Withrow Elementary School's gender achievement gap over 4 years

Year
Composite
English language arts
Math
2015
14.0%
8.1%
20.0%
2016
8.3%
9.5%
7.1%
2017
0.9%
12.3%
10.4%
2018
10.0%
12.3%
7.7%

The achievement gap at Metro Springfield schools

School
School District
City
County
Composite
English language arts
Math
Prairie Central Elementary School
Prairie Central CUSD 8
Fairbury
Livingston
0.1%
0.1%
0.1%
Mount Pulaski Elementary School
Mt Pulaski CUSD 23
Mount Pulaski
Logan
0.2%
7.7%
8.1%
Elizabeth Graham Elementary School
Springfield SD 186
Springfield
Sangamon
0.4%
3.4%
2.6%
Williamsville Junior High School
Williamsville CUSD 15
Williamsville
Sangamon
0.7%
12.0%
10.7%
Jefferson Middle School
Springfield SD 186
Springfield
Sangamon
0.7%
4.7%
3.4%
Tri-City Junior High School
Tri City CUSD 1
Buffalo
Sangamon
0.8%
0.8%
0.8%
Lavizzo Elementary School
City Of Chicago SD 299
Chicago
Cook
0.8%
3.0%
1.3%
Glenwood Elementary School
Ball Chatham CUSD 5
Chatham
Sangamon
0.8%
11.8%
10.1%
Cantrall Elementary School
Athens CUSD 213
Cantrall
Menard
1.1%
1.3%
3.5%
Lincoln Junior High School
La Salle Esd 122
La Salle
La Salle
1.2%
2.9%
0.4%
Black Hawk Elementary School
Marquardt SD 15
Glendale Heights
Dupage
1.6%
5.6%
2.5%
Feitshans Elementary School
Springfield SD 186
Springfield
Sangamon
1.9%
4.7%
0.8%
Northwest Elementary School
La Salle Esd 122
La Salle
La Salle
1.9%
4.1%
7.9%
A-C Central Middle School
A-C Central CUSD 262
Ashland
Cass
1.9%
8.1%
4.2%
Castellanos Elementary School
City Of Chicago SD 299
Chicago
Cook
2.0%
3.8%
7.8%
Porta High School
Porta CUSD 202
Petersburg
Menard
2.1%
13.7%
17.9%
Rochester Intermediate School
Rochester CUSD 3a
Rochester
Sangamon
2.2%
6.4%
1.9%
Sandburg Elementary School
Springfield SD 186
Springfield
Sangamon
2.3%
9.0%
13.6%
Dubois Elementary School
City Of Chicago SD 299
Chicago
Cook
2.4%
6.0%
1.3%
Washington Middle School
Springfield SD 186
Springfield
Sangamon
2.4%
5.4%
0.7%
Wilcox Elementary School
Springfield SD 186
Springfield
Sangamon
2.6%
8.8%
14.0%
Avalon Park Elementary School
City Of Chicago SD 299
Chicago
Cook
2.6%
6.2%
0.9%
New Holland-Middletown Elementary School
New Holland-Middletown Ed 88
Middletown
Logan
2.7%
1.9%
7.3%
Hartsburg-emden Jr-Sr High School
Hartsburg Emden CUSD 21
Hartsburg
Logan
2.7%
2.5%
2.9%
Glenwood Elementary School
Waukegan CUSD 60
Waukegan
Lake
2.7%
4.3%
9.7%
A-C Central Elementary School
A-C Central CUSD 262
Chandlerville
Cass
3.0%
8.4%
2.5%
West Lincoln-Broadwell Elementary School
West Lincoln-Broadwell Esd 92
Lincoln
Logan
3.2%
17.9%
11.5%
Tri-City Elementary School
Tri City CUSD 1
Buffalo
Sangamon
3.3%
6.8%
13.4%
Lindsay School
Springfield SD 186
Springfield
Sangamon
3.3%
8.0%
1.4%
Southern View Elementary School
Springfield SD 186
Springfield
Sangamon
3.3%
0.7%
7.3%
Harvard Park Elementary School
Springfield SD 186
Springfield
Sangamon
3.3%
4.5%
2.1%
Hamilton Jr/Sr High School
Hamilton CCSD 328
Hamilton
Hancock
3.7%
10.9%
3.5%
Farmingdale Elementary School
Pleasant Plains CUSD 8
Pleasant Plains
Sangamon
4.0%
12.9%
4.9%
Belmont-Cragin Elementary School
City Of Chicago SD 299
Chicago
Cook
4.0%
10.2%
2.3%
Grant Elementary School
Bellwood SD 88
Melrose Park
Cook
4.0%
5.1%
3.0%
Chatham Elementary School
Ball Chatham CUSD 5
Chatham
Sangamon
4.1%
11.0%
2.8%
New Berlin Elementary School
New Berlin CUSD 16
New Berlin
Sangamon
4.1%
11.1%
2.9%
Lee Elementary School
City Of Chicago SD 299
Chicago
Cook
4.3%
13.0%
4.3%
Riverton Middle School
Riverton CUSD 14
Riverton
Sangamon
4.5%
8.7%
0.4%
Rochester Elementary 2-3
Rochester CUSD 3a
Rochester
Sangamon
4.7%
12.1%
2.7%
Washington Middle School
Lyons SD 103
Lyons
Cook
4.8%
12.0%
2.5%
McClernand Elementary School
Springfield SD 186
Springfield
Sangamon
4.8%
8.3%
1.3%
Enos Elementary School
Springfield SD 186
Springfield
Sangamon
4.8%
8.8%
0.8%
Black Hawk Elementary School
Springfield SD 186
Springfield
Sangamon
5.0%
10.1%
0.1%
Springfield Elementary School
Midlothian SD 143
Midlothian
Cook
5.0%
13.6%
3.5%
Greenview Jr/Sr High School
Greenview CUSD 200
Greenview
Menard
5.0%
3.4%
13.3%
Riverton Elementary School
Riverton CUSD 14
Riverton
Sangamon
5.1%
15.8%
5.6%
Washington Middle School
Johnston City CUSD 1
Johnston City
Williamson
5.2%
10.8%
0.5%
Benjamin Franklin Middle School
Springfield SD 186
Springfield
Sangamon
5.3%
12.2%
1.5%
Ashburn Community Elementary School
City Of Chicago SD 299
Chicago
Cook
5.4%
10.2%
0.6%
Fairview Elementary School
Springfield SD 186
Springfield
Sangamon
5.6%
0.3%
11.5%
Dubois Elementary School
Springfield SD 186
Springfield
Sangamon
5.7%
9.6%
1.7%
Ridgely Elementary School
Springfield SD 186
Springfield
Sangamon
5.7%
9.6%
1.8%
Edwin A. Lee Elementary School
Springfield SD 186
Springfield
Sangamon
5.9%
0.6%
11.2%
Washington-Monroe Elementary School
Lincoln Esd 27
Lincoln
Logan
6.0%
2.1%
9.9%
Brighton Park Elementary School
City Of Chicago SD 299
Chicago
Cook
6.0%
9.0%
2.9%
Jane Addams Elementary School
Springfield SD 186
Springfield
Sangamon
6.0%
5.0%
17.0%
Jefferson Middle School
Champaign CUSD 4
Champaign
Champaign
6.3%
14.9%
2.2%
Sarah Atwater Denman Elementary School Site 2
Quincy SD 172
Quincy
Adams
6.5%
10.4%
2.5%
Sherman Elementary School
Williamsville CUSD 15
Sherman
Sangamon
6.7%
13.9%
0.5%
Laketown Elementary School
Springfield SD 186
Springfield
Sangamon
6.9%
10.7%
3.1%
Jefferson Middle School
Aurora West USD 129
Aurora
Kane
6.9%
17.1%
3.3%
Rochester Junior High School
Rochester CUSD 3a
Rochester
Sangamon
6.9%
14.1%
0.3%
Porta Central
Porta CUSD 202
Petersburg
Menard
7.0%
10.7%
3.3%
Sangamon Valley Intermediate School
Sangamon Valley CUSD 9
Illiopolis
Macon
7.0%
0.9%
15.0%
Fairview Elementary School
McLean County Usd5
Normal
McLean
7.2%
13.8%
0.6%
Iles Elementary School
Springfield SD 186
Springfield
Sangamon
7.2%
8.8%
5.7%
Pawnee Grade School
Pawnee CUSD 11
Pawnee
Sangamon
7.3%
17.2%
2.6%
Jefferson Middle School
SD 45 Dupage County
Villa Park
Dupage
7.4%
15.7%
0.9%
Pleasant Hill Elementary School
Pleasant Hill SD 69
Peoria
Peoria
7.5%
15.5%
0.5%
U. S. Grant Middle School
Springfield SD 186
Springfield
Sangamon
7.9%
15.0%
0.8%
Dewey Elementary Academy of Fine Arts
City Of Chicago SD 299
Chicago
Cook
8.1%
9.0%
7.2%
Auburn Middle School
Auburn CUSD 10
Auburn
Sangamon
8.1%
12.1%
4.1%
Washington Middle School
Aurora West USD 129
Aurora
Kane
8.2%
14.8%
1.5%
Burbank Elementary School
City Of Chicago SD 299
Chicago
Cook
8.8%
15.9%
1.6%
Sangamon Valley Middle School
Sangamon Valley CUSD 9
Illiopolis
Macon
9.1%
16.8%
1.4%
Columbia Explorers Elementary Academy
City Of Chicago SD 299
Chicago
Cook
9.3%
18.4%
0.2%
Williamsville Middle School
Williamsville CUSD 15
Williamsville
Sangamon
9.3%
22.1%
3.4%
Chester-East Lincoln Elementary School
Chester-East Lincoln CCSD 61
Lincoln
Logan
9.4%
21.6%
2.7%
Glenwood Intermediate School
Ball Chatham CUSD 5
Chatham
Sangamon
9.8%
17.0%
2.7%
Matheny-Withrow Elementary School
Springfield SD 186
Springfield
Sangamon
10.0%
12.3%
7.7%
Cantrall Intermediate School
Athens CUSD 213
Cantrall
Menard
10.4%
15.2%
5.6%
Owen Marsh Elementary School
Springfield SD 186
Springfield
Sangamon
10.8%
14.0%
7.6%
Mount Greenwood Elementary School
City Of Chicago SD 299
Chicago
Cook
10.9%
17.4%
4.4%
Auburn Junior High At Divernon
Auburn CUSD 10
Divernon
Sangamon
10.9%
21.0%
0.9%
Springfield Ball Charter School
Springfield SD 186
Springfield
Sangamon
11.1%
20.1%
2.0%
Olympia South Elementary School
Olympia CUSD 16
Atlanta
McLean
11.2%
22.6%
0.3%
Fairview Elementary School
Mount Prospect SD 57
Mt Prospect
Cook
11.2%
20.6%
1.9%
Fairview Elementary School
Schaumburg CCSD 54
Hoffman Estates
Cook
11.2%
14.1%
8.2%
Greenview Elementary School
Greenview CUSD 200
Greenview
Menard
11.2%
19.6%
2.9%
Luther Burbank Elementary School
Burbank SD 111
Burbank
Cook
11.6%
15.1%
8.0%
Hazel Dell Elementary School
Springfield SD 186
Springfield
Sangamon
12.1%
18.8%
5.3%
Lincoln Magnet School
Springfield SD 186
Springfield
Sangamon
13.1%
24.4%
1.7%
Jane Addams Elementary School
Moline-Coal Valley CUSD 40
Moline
Rock Island
13.3%
20.6%
6.1%
Emden Elementary School
Hartsburg Emden CUSD 21
Emden
Logan
13.3%
20.9%
5.8%
Ball Elementary School
Ball Chatham CUSD 5
Chatham
Sangamon
13.8%
14.4%
13.1%
Lincoln Junior High School
Dolton SD 148
Dolton
Cook
13.9%
19.5%
8.3%
Glenwood Middle School
Ball Chatham CUSD 5
Chatham
Sangamon
14.2%
20.6%
7.9%
U. S. Grant Elementary School
Chicago Heights SD 170
South Chicago Heights
Cook
14.4%
22.0%
6.8%
Butler Elementary School
Springfield SD 186
Springfield
Sangamon
15.4%
18.9%
11.9%
Washington Middle School
Washington SD 52
Washington
Tazewell
15.7%
25.6%
5.7%
New Berlin Junior High School
New Berlin CUSD 16
New Berlin
Sangamon
15.8%
24.8%
6.7%
Pleasant Plains Middle School
Pleasant Plains CUSD 8
Pleasant Plains
Sangamon
16.8%
22.3%
11.3%
Northwest Elementary School
Lincoln Esd 27
Lincoln
Logan
16.8%
22.7%
10.8%
Athens Junior High School
Athens CUSD 213
Athens
Menard
17.2%
27.9%
6.6%
Pawnee Jr/Sr High School
Pawnee CUSD 11
Pawnee
Sangamon
20.8%
36.1%
5.4%
Virginia Jr/Sr High School
Virginia CUSD 64
Virginia
Cass
26.6%
38.4%
14.8%
Virginia Elementary School
Virginia CUSD 64
Virginia
Cass
26.8%
33.6%
19.9%

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