NW Illinois News

Academic results data released recently reveals 58 percent of Orangeville Elementary School students are considered on track for the next grade level, according to a NW Illinois News 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 Orangeville Elementary School show about 54 percent met expectations and 4 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 26 percent approached expectations, 11 percent partially met expectations and 4 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 Orangeville Elementary School, which enrolled 162 students in 2017, surpassed state averages.

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

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

Orangeville Elementary School's scores over 3 years

How County schools' scores compare

Top 20 Illinois schools' scores

School

City

County

Passed

Failed

Decatur Classical Elementary School

Chicago

Cook

97%

3.0%

Thurgood Marshall Elementary

Rockford

Winnebago

90%

10.0%

McDade Elementary Classical School

Chicago

Cook

87.9%

12.1%

Meadow Glens Elementary School

Naperville

Dupage

86.1%

13.9%

Forest Hills Elementary School

Western Springs

Cook

84.4%

15.6%

Walden Elementary School

Deerfield

Lake

83.9%

16.1%

Poe Elementary Classical School

Chicago

Cook

83.6%

16.4%

Shabonee School

Northbrook

Cook

82.9%

17.1%

Centennial School

Orland Park

Cook

82.6%

17.4%

Grafton Elementary School

Grafton

Jersey

82.1%

17.9%

Willowbrook Elementary School

Glenview

Cook

81.8%

18.2%

The Lane Elementary School

Hinsdale

Dupage

81.6%

18.4%

Greeley Elementary School

Winnetka

Cook

81%

19.0%

Wilmot Elementary School

Deerfield

Lake

80.7%

19.3%

South Park Elementary School

Deerfield

Lake

80.3%

19.7%

Eisenhower Academy

Joliet

Will

79.9%

20.1%

Lincoln Elementary School

River Forest

Cook

79.5%

20.5%

Half Day School

Lincolnshire

Lake

79.1%

20.9%

Oak Elementary School

Hinsdale

Dupage

78.9%

21.1%

Romona Elementary School

Wilmette

Cook

78.8%

21.2%